For the first time ever, the World Health Organization has drawn up a list of the highest priority needs for new antibiotics — marching orders, it hopes, for the pharmaceutical industry.
The list, which was released Monday, enumerates 12 bacterial threats, grouping them into three categories: critical, high, and medium.
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I have Pseudomonas in my lungs. I am 66 years young and I have a lot to do before leaving this earth. I am finding the mucous produced by this infection is being coughed up quite regularly. I currently take Cflox for 4 weeks at a time but I am finding the effects on the coughing is lessening each time. Are there any foods I should be avoiding or any that could help me better manage the effects of the horrid bug?
What are her views on Lyme Disease weakening the immune system, allowing viruses such as Epstein-Barr to take over, potentially causing cancers? I am sick. Antibiotics are useless. I would love feedback! Thank you 🙂
Hi there, I have a bachelors in biology. I see there haven’t been any replies, and I would like to throw my hat in the ring. In western medicine, we attack the infection, this method was brilliantly effective until people stopped taking antibiotics for as long as they are prescribed. Now we must focus on a new method of fighting disease. This is building our own immune systems stronger. 1. The first thing that I would suggest is a 24 hour fast. This fast will be no food stuffs or any sugar intake. Drink plenty of water. Aim for 2-3 ounces of water for every 10 pounds of weight. Studies suggest that this simple fast will give the immune system a much needed rest as it will have 24 hours to not focus on the food we intake. This will allow your immune system to turn over aging or possibly defective immune cells. 2. Then following this fast, I would focus highly on fruits. These fruits must consist of a wide variety. I’m not saying cut back on food. I am saying include a citrus fruit (limes and oranges are great examples), these will fuel your macrophages. Now a caveat to add to this is that cutting out carbohydrates and sugars for a short period will allow for more effective macrophages. This has to do with the chemical structure of glucose and citric acid being only 1 hydroxide different (I believe) and that their overlap can cause some deficient macrophages. The next fruit we will want are antioxidants. Obvious ones such as grapes but also cherries, blueberries, and if you like vegetables dark green and orange vegetables are also great. Then make sure you are getting fish, I would focus on actual fish and not crustaceans and shellfish (these can be hard on a weakened immune system). This is to get omega 3s and iodide. 3. Then as a last thing to include if you can is get 5 minutes of sunlight if you have lighter skin, a medium skin tone should shoot for 5-15 minutes, and darker skin tones need to aim above 15 to possibly 25 minutes depending on tone. This is to get vitamin D production into our systems which help regulate nutrient uptake and bone health. Another item that also impacts bone health as well as overall health is a little exercise. Doing something for half an hour is good enough to help the immune system. Walking, jumping jacks, swimming, biking. Something. I hope this helps. I know lots of medical establishments that won’t push these because they cannot make money off of you if you improve your food and exercise.