Eliana was given a 10-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?

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Lainey Guerra

7 May, 14:59

Eliana was given a 10-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?

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Marin Blevins · Answer 1

The development of antimicrobial-resistant antigens

Explanation:

If people starts to fail complete the prescribed course of medicines or antibiotics after getting well from illness, it will lead to greater harm then good.

People will developed an antimicrobial or anti bacteria antigens in them. In other words, the antigens in our body which made us ill will not get destroyed completely by the discontinuity of the prescribe course of antibodies but eventually will develop resistance against the antibiotic medicine and will become stronger than earlier. This is a dangerous case as now they will be affected by the normal antibiotics.

Therefore, the answer is - --

The development of antimicrobial-resistant antigens.