Finish Your Antibiotics
Finish Your Antibiotics
I’m sorry, this isn’t Jojo at all but I think I’ve had it for today. As a pharmacy tech, I’m tired of hearing “Well, I started to feel better so I didn’t finish them.” I always knew this but now as a Molecular and Cellular Biology major, I not only know why but how. If you’re willing to heed my advice from the title, good; be on your way. If you need to know more, keep reading.
It’s widely known–to some extent–that not completing a regiment of antibiotics can result in resistant bacteria, or even super bacteria.
But in an infection, you already have resistant bacteria lurking. Not taking antibiotics doesn’t literally create resistant bacteria. So how, then, do the antibiotics take care of the resistant ones?
A lot of antibiotics aren’t bacterialcidal: They don’t actually kill them. Many inhibit growth by some mechanism depending if the bacterium is gram negative or gram positive. For example, penicillin inhibits growth by disrupting the formation of a peptidoglycan layer on gram positive bacteria. Others target the LPS layer on gram negative ones. This keeps the non resistant bacteria at bay. So what kills the resistant ones? Your immune system. Antibiotics buy time and energy for your immune system to recognize and destroy the resistant strains. Your immune system is intelligent in that sense and can form antibodies for new illnesses. It’s important to give your immune system this time because bacteria grow, mutate, and transfer genetic material at astonishing rates. If you wanted to look at a microcosm of the mechanics that go into evolution, you’ve got it with bacteria.
There are three methods aside from binary fission in which they transfer genes (I won’t get into the minutia of the form of informational material): Transformation, transduction and conjugation.
In transformation, a bacterium can pickup lost genes from a ruptured and dead cell.
Transduction is a way to transfer information via a viral vector.
In conjugation, genes are transferred through something called a pilus: It’s a bridge between two cells that pipes a copy of the information from one cell to another receptive cell and is the only method that doesn’t involve killing either cells. Resistant bacteria like to give around that resistance information like they’re burning a CD for their friends.
So please finish your antibiotics if you’ve been given them. It doesn’t matter if you’ve started to feel better or even great. Finish them.
(Hey science people, If I’ve missed anything or even got something wrong, help me out. There’s obviously lengthy stuff I’ve left out but I think I got the basics).
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so i’m actually reading the comics now and for those of my followers who are just into the movie and not delving beyond, here’s a few things
1) they first bonded in a church and when they return there venom refers to their bonding as “like a marriage”
2) they call each other “my love,” “my darling,” and are affectionate towards each other
3) they’ve had like… 5, 6 kids now? they’re dads. venom actually wanted eddie to raise one specifically because he wanted it to be raised right.
4) in the latest issue, venom tells eddie he loves him
5) venom actually tries to fix psychological damage as well as physical so he actively tries to help eddie live a healthy life mentally as well
6) venom has bonded with others in the comics but eddie is stated to be the best person for him.
7) please observe the following gremlin expression venom makes when he’s trying to find eddie after being separated
yea, can i get uhhhhhhh……. 3 urarararakas and 1 good froggo, thank you
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Dietary Habits Pt. I
Well, here’s a fic for Detroit: Become Human, which is my latest obsession. If anyone is interested in joining a Discord group for people who are interested in writing fanfiction for Detroit, lemme know!
Summary: Connor suggest that Hank change his dietary habits and becomes his diet coach. Shenanigans ensue. Set after the revolution.
“I think you should change your dietary habits, Hank.”
Hank was midbite into his double cheeseburger when Connor decided to speak his mind. His eyes shifted from his burger to the android seated across from him as he shut his mouth and gave him a withering look.
“Oh, really now? And what exactly has brought on this revelation?” Hank immediately regretted asking that question; because Connor immediately had an answer.
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FFXIVWrite #16 - Jitter
It’s a shivering feeling that radiates from the pit of Houmei’s stomach or the small of his back, radiating out like an earthquake. His tail twitches. He bounces his leg. His mouth goes dry.
This is what happens when someone asks him where he’s from. Does he hail from Othard? Is he a refugee? Is he hoping to return to Doma now that it’s rebuilding?
He lets those quaking nerves turn into a cheerful smile.
“I’m from the sea! I’ve been sent ashore to learn about how folk live on dry land. I’m the prince of jellyfish!”
They might laugh. They might stare. They’ll probably blink a moment, not sure what to think.
But he’ll feel steady, after that.
Amazing combo
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(part 1) as previous mention i recently found out that 2.8 blender kinda changes everything (i’ve been trying to learn the software for a very, very long time, but I could never remember the shortcut keys)
now here’s a bit of little things that i’ve learned. These images are in chronological order starting with 26th august and last one being 17th september. Includes learning modeling, sculpting, procedural shaders and modifiers
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