Antibiotic use may raise risk of type 2 diabetes.

DEEKSHA SINGH

RASHMI KUMARI

“Diabetes is one of the greatest challenges facing modern health care, with a globally increasing incidence.”

A person develops diabetes, which is characterized by high blood sugar levels, when the individual cannot produce enough of the hormone insulin or insulin does not work properly to clear sugar from the bloodstream.

Two types of Diabetes :1.Diabetes insipidus2.Diabetes mellitus :

i. Type 1ii. Type 2

ANTIBIOTICS

Antibiotics are antibacterial drugs used to treat bacterial infection

They either kill bacteria or inhibit there growth or reproduction thus preventing the infection

from becoming worse.

In the recent research by Dr. Kristian Mikkelsen from denmark published that antibiotic use is associated with increase risk of type 2 diabetes

The study looked at incidents of type 2 diabetes in the 5.6 million population of Denmark from January 2000 through December 2012, using data from the Danish Registry of Patients, the Danish National Prescription Registry and the Danish Person Registry.

• There may be a more than 50% increased risk of type 2 diabetes diabetes among those who filled five or more prescriptions for antibiotics during the study’s time period.

• The risks were slightly higher for narrow-spectrum antibiotics (antibiotics that are effective against specific bacteria - such as penicillin V.) and bactericidal antibiotics than it was for broad-spectrum and bacteriostatic antibiotics.

The Center of Diabetes Research and other institutions in Denmark say that some antibiotics may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes due to their effects on gut bacteria

Changes in gut bacteria may lead to reduced ability to metabolize sugar - a characteristic of type 2 diabetes.

Increasing concerns have surfaced in recent years over the widespread overuse of antibiotics, which many health experts indicate may result in the development of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria that are more difficult to treat. It is widely recommended that doctors only prescribe antibiotics in cases of confirmed bacterial infections.

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