Why disease-causing bacteria are resistant to antibiotics and what the medical profession can do about it. What is resistance? Resistance is the ability to not be affected or harmed by a certain thing. It is known for the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics in the medical field.What are bacteria?Bacteria are single-celled microorganisms. Many of them are not harmful, some are beneficial to us but there are also disease-causing bacteria. They are found throughout the human body, inside and out. They are not found in blood and spinal fluid. Infections usually manifest themselves through symptoms that the patient produces due to the bacteria that cause the disease. If the infections get worse, a test of the patient's blood will be done and the type of disease-causing microorganisms causing the infections will be looked at. What are antibiotics? Antibiotics are drugs/medicines that fight and kill infections caused by pathogenic microorganisms. Infections that should not be treated with antibiotics are: • Common cold • Flu • Most coughs and bronchitis • Sore throat (except those resulting from strep throat) • Some ear infections Antibiotics do not attack or kill viruses, attack and kill only disease-causing bacterial microorganisms. What is bacterial resistance? It is resistance to an antibiotic drug that was once effective against the bacterial organism. Infections caused by resistant bacterial microorganisms often fail to overcome standard treatment with several types of antibiotics, leading to prolonged illness and an increased risk of death. Resistance occurs when bacteria mutate in some way genetically to change or stop the effectiveness of antibiotics. Prolonged illness can increase the chances of spreading... middle of the paper... or sick. If you continue to use the old one, the pathogenic bacterial microorganisms can become "super resistant", making it almost impossible to eliminate the pathogenic bacterial microorganisms.7. Unnecessary use of antibiotics on livestock and agriculture can result in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. They pressure doctors to specifically choose which antibiotics their patient may need because they have bacterial microorganisms that are resistant to the specific antibiotic. The antibiotics that doctors rely on will not help the patients who need them and are used on livestock to get better quality food. This will increase the chances that people will become resistant to antibiotics more quickly if they do not stop giving antibiotics to livestock and instead give them better quality shelter, safe food and clean water.