Question

Eliana was given a ten-day course of antibiotics,but she stopped taking them once she started feeling better on day four.Eliana's decision seems to be personal,but it has social implications.What public health risk do we face if more and more people fail to complete prescribed courses of antibiotics?

A) rising costs of prescriptions
B) lingering infections in more people
C) the development of antimicrobial-resistant antigens
D) continued poverty in vast regions of the world

Answer 1

Answer: (c) the development of antimicrobial-resistant antigens

Explanation: The major implication that will arise for not completing the antibiotics meant to terminate microbes as prescribed is the “development of antimicrobial-resistant antigens”.

However, these antigens are primarily used to fight against microbes invasion into the body, but due to the inconsistency that occurs during the use of medication as prescribed, it will results to resistance of antigens which is supposed to stimulate an immune response to fight already established microbes in the body system.

Thus, as the resistance continue over time, the medication will become ineffective to terminate the invading microbes causing complications in the body system.