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Do you think having antibiotics blocks a child's body from learning how to fight against the bacteria naturally?
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Sometimes.: That's one of the reasons we don't give antibiotics for all bacterial infections, only for ones likely to cause harm to the child.
Answered 4/26/2012
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Not really: Antibiotics are only of real need or benefit to treat problems the immune system won't fix. You would never omit antibiotics when a meningitis would otherwise kill the kid in days. You might for a middle ear infection that could self heal with immune system help in 6 -8 weeks, but would you really want them to be in pain that long.
Answered 6/20/2017
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