Antibiotic resistance could become the primary cause of death world

 More people are succumbing to antibiotic resistance annually than to Covid, and experts caution that an infection caused by a simple insect bite could soon turn fatal.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), antimicrobial resistance (AMR) stands as one of the foremost global threats to human public health and development. This phenomenon arises when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites cease to respond to antimicrobial medicines, rendering these drugs ineffective.

In such cases, bacteria or fungi persist and continue to grow as the drugs fail to eliminate them. Infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant germs can prove challenging to treat and, in some instances, become virtually impossible to manage.

AMR, driven by the overuse of antimicrobials in humans, animals, and plants, directly caused 1.27 million deaths globally in 2019 and contributed to an additional 4.95 million deaths. The consequences of drug resistance result in antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines losing their effectiveness, leading to an increased risk of disease spread, severe illness, disability, and death.

The WHO has labeled this alarming situation a “silent pandemic,” prompting the US and Canada to implement measures making it more challenging to administer these drugs to patients.

William Gaze, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Exeter, emphasized to Mirror US that the number of people dying from antibiotic-resistant infections is on the rise each year, often going unnoticed by the general public.