Honey and its processed drugs become the first line of treatment for people with cough. These suggestions are recommendations for new guidelines.
The use of honey as a cough medicine is a new recommendation from the National Institute for British Health and Excellence Care (NICE) and UK Public Health (PHE). Honey is recommended as an aim to reduce antibiotic use. This type of medication must be reduced in a doctor's prescription for coughing.
Antibiotics in many cases do not significantly improve the symptoms of coughing. Precisely with frequent consumption of antibiotics the problem of antibiotic resistance can arise. Excessive use of antibiotics makes infection more difficult to treat, by creating a drug-resistant superbug.
"Antibiotic resistance is a big problem, and we need to take action now to reduce antibiotic use," said deputy director at PHE Dr Susan Hopkins, quoted from the BBC on Thursday (8/23).
Cough will actually improve by itself without medication. Within two to three weeks the cough will subside.
The use of honey as a cough medicine is a new recommendation from the National Institute for British Health and Excellence Care (NICE) and UK Public Health (PHE). Honey is recommended as an aim to reduce antibiotic use. This type of medication must be reduced in a doctor's prescription for coughing.
Antibiotics in many cases do not significantly improve the symptoms of coughing. Precisely with frequent consumption of antibiotics the problem of antibiotic resistance can arise. Excessive use of antibiotics makes infection more difficult to treat, by creating a drug-resistant superbug.
"Antibiotic resistance is a big problem, and we need to take action now to reduce antibiotic use," said deputy director at PHE Dr Susan Hopkins, quoted from the BBC on Thursday (8/23).
Cough will actually improve by itself without medication. Within two to three weeks the cough will subside.
