Many people have probably heard of the saying, "what doesn't kill you will only make you stronger." Most people have lived through a lot of hardships to actually understand what it means. They gained experience over the years which made their tolerance level to hardships to rise to a very high extent. Little things don't shake them anymore. They stand, fight and conquer big and small situations.
There are many situations that may seem very extremely hard to move on from. It may be school activities and it's stress, trouble, heartbreak, depression due to a loss, or any other bad event. Sometimes, these hardships may seem life threatening but then, when you go past it, you tend to understand that it was not as difficult as you mentally visualised it.
There was a time when I was really scared of handling blood or anything related. Bodily fluids used to irritate and I was very scared of seeing a corpse. This was earlier in my career. I was wondering if I could ever be a nurse because of the things I dislike and the things I was scared of.
I remember the first last office I performed. I had to call a few colleagues to do it with me. Thankfully, they understood my predicament and they assisted me. I was sooo shaken by that last office afterwards. I could not eat. I could not sleep properly at night. The man's face kept replaying in my mind. My thoughts were obstructed and all I could think of was if that person would come haunt me as a ghost.
Gradually, I began to adapt to that unfavorable situation. It was hard, but I had to. I didn't adapt because I wanted to, but I adapted because I had to. It was a necessity. Gradually, I began to perform more last offices. I also began to perform procedures that exposes me to blood. I didn't know how I adapted, but I did.
Currently, I could perform last office by 12am in the morning and I would not flinch. I can assist in the theatre without being disgusted by bodily fluids. The fear is no more. I adapted.
Just like how we have the ability to adapt on unfavourable conditions that may seem life threatening, micro organisms also have that capacity too. They are living things. They grow and multiply through biological processes. And they can also adapt to a medication and be resistant to it. It's a very interesting thing to know and it's also a very scary thing to happen to somebody.
Pathogens, mostly bacteria, have the ability to grow resistant to antibacterial medications. Few days ago, I saw a circulating flyer which contents state that in many individuals, Gonorrhea is resistant to a particular antibiotic, Gentamycin. What would be the fate of people if pathogens evolve to grow resistant to many antibiotic? It scares me to think of it.
I don't really think I have been resistant to any medication. At the moment, I don't even think there is any medication that I am hypersensitive to. If there is, I have not found out yet. However, in many people, the pathogens in them is resistant to many medications.
From the perspective of a curious person, I think it's a very interesting thing to know that pathogens can be resistant to medications. Studying this type of things is very interesting to me, but then, to the victim, it may not be interesting.
I think we actually have hope that humans will survive and thrive
irrespective of the fact that pathogens can now evolve to be resistant to some medications.
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