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Originally Posted by rubicon
Well I am not one to throw caution to the wind but the world of experts have continued in my lifetime to walk back too many warnings. My first recollection was cranberry sauce. Now experts did well with cigarettes and I finally mustered up enough courage to stop smoking in 1973.
Today the same folks who adhere to the dangers of climate change also believe that GMO's are the devil. Now I do believe the climate is always changing but I am not concerned with GMO's because GMO's have existed for many years. And I can't fault people for believing scientist. However science seems to never be settled and one has only to look at how many times scientist have walked back man's origins.
I was a victim to an overuse of an antibotic before it became fashionable. It took over 30 days while an inpatient for doctors to discover it was the cause to what they diagnosed as psudeo-membraneous enter colitis (sp) and they cured it with a recent army's discovery of another antibotic vagamicin (sp). My doctors advise stay away from broad spectrum antibotics in the future
Plainly speaking again I will not throw caution to the wind but methinks far too many scientist suffer from conceit, lack of attention, a desire for the validation of their life's work at any costs or are swayed by profits.
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Sorry you had a personal encounter with pseudomembranous enterocolitis. This occurs when broad spectrum antibiotics administered DIRECTLY to a patient kills most of the normal intestinal bacteria and allows the overgrowth of a specific species---Clostridium difficile. This bacteria elaborates a toxin that causes profuse diarrhea. In and of itself it is not bad, it is about 8% of the normal intestinal bacteria and without it we would all be chronically constipated. It's only when it "runs amuck" and grows to 50,60,70% that the problems ensue. It can fairly easily be treated with metronidazole or in your case, vancomycin. This condition is a known possible side effect in 1-2% of those taking broad spectrum ABX and varies in severity greatly. Remember, as long as the original antibiotic was given for a legitimate reason, you probably cured an infection that could have been much worse.
For those of you worried about the OP, fear not. You CANNOT get this condition from meat that came from an animal that was given antibiotics. Let me clarify that---there is an extremely slight possibility if you eat your meat raw---not rare, RAW. If you make a habit of eating raw chicken or pork, consider yourself lucky to have survived this long. Besides, there are a lot more dangerous things in raw meat than antibiotics.