New Delhi: The superbug, which is scaring America, is now coming to the fore as the deadliest disease in the world. After the corona epidemic, now the superbug started wreaking havoc in the world. According to the report of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Department (CDC), there is no effect of any medicine on this disease. In Asia, this disease is widely taking maximum lives in India. According to a report in the medical journal Lancet, a UK researcher said that every year 10 million people will lose their lives due to this disease in the coming time. So let’s know why superbug is so deadly after all.
what is superbug disease?
Superbugs are a strain of bacteria, viruses, and parasites that arise due to the misuse of antibiotics. After becoming a superbug, it does not die from any kind of medicines present and on many occasions takes people’s lives. According to the CDC, superbugs kill 50,000 people every year in America alone. For comparison, every 10 minutes the superbug is killing one person in the US. In an advanced country like America, this figure is very frightening. According to the US Department of Health, superbugs are causing more deaths in Americans than any other disease. Superbug is also known as anti-microbial-resistant in the medical field.
How do superbugs form?
Superbugs are specially formed diseases that can be slowed down but cannot be stopped. Over time, microbes such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites adapt to the drugs that are designed to kill them. This makes earlier standard treatments for some infections less effective and sometimes ineffective. Superbugs arise due to the overuse of any antibiotic drug and without any reason. According to doctors, if there is a viral infection like flu, taking antibiotics is more likely to become superbugs, which gradually infect other humans.
1 crore people will die every year by 2050
According to a research paper published in The Lancet, a study done in Britain suggests that superbugs will cause the death of about 10 million people every year. To estimates, about 65 lakh people have died due to corona in three years so far but superbugs alone can kill 10 million people in a year. At present, the death rate due to superbugs in India is 13 percent, which is 13 times more than the corona. Concerned about the death of an American every ten minutes from the superbug, the US has constituted a task force ‘US National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria on this.
America is losing about 5 billion dollars every year due to superbug
America also has to suffer huge losses every year due to superbugs. Due to this disease, America has suffered a loss of about $ 5 billion, which is half of India’s total health budget. According to the US Health Agency, there has been a 15 percent increase in superbug deaths due to increased antibiotic use due to corona. According to the data from March 2020 to October 2020, about 80% of the patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were given antibiotics which sharply increased the cases of superbugs. In view of the outbreak of superbugs, many hospitals built for corona in America had to be changed for the treatment of superbugs. Now the prevention of superbugs and treatment of patients is being done in these hospitals, but the corpses coming out of the hospitals have drawn worry lines on the forehead of the superpower.
World unaware of superbugs, 5 million people are being killed every year
According to the report of the medical journal Lancet, every year superbugs are killing 5 million people worldwide. The superbug spreads among people faster than other diseases. According to the report, the highest number of deaths due to superbugs was recorded in West Africa. At the same time, the highest death rate was recorded in India. The negligible effect of any medicine on the superbug has caused so many deaths. According to America, due to the excessive use of antibiotics, the bacteria present in the body themselves turn into superbugs, which cause death in people. By spreading from the patient, these superbugs also make other healthy people their victims.
Only 7 superbugs cause 70 percent of deaths
Research from the Lancet shows that out of 88 existing pathogens, only 7 types of superbugs are responsible for more than 70 percent of deaths. The CDC has also considered these 7 superbugs to be extremely dangerous. The disappointing thing is that these seven superbugs are generally making people their prey. Respiratory infections, chest infections, bloodstream infections, and intra-abdominal infections from superbugs cause about 80 percent of deaths. This respiratory infection caused by superbugs kills 1.5 million people worldwide every year. Doctors believe that the superbug, which was caused by giving large amounts of antibiotics, contributed more to the deaths during the corona, which were assumed to be corona-related deaths.
How do superbugs spread?
After becoming a superbug, it spreads among people through skin-to-skin touch, wounding, saliva, and sexual intercourse. After getting superbug disease, medicines do not work on the patients, in such a situation the patient has to go through a lot of pain. There is currently no medicine for superbugs, but there is proper prevention we can stop it.
Avoid the outbreak of superbugs like this
- Wash your hands frequently with soap and water, or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer
- Proper handling of food, such as separating raw and cooked food, cooking food thoroughly, and using clean water
- Avoid close contact with people who are sick
- Using antibiotics only on the advice of a doctor
- not sharing antibiotics with others
