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51.The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
"Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some
patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis
has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of
patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle
injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took
antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time
was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in
the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician,
were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking
antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly
reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain
would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment."
Based on preliminary results of a study, it has been proved that secondary infections may keep some patients from quikly after severe muscle strain. As a result, the arguer concluded that all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treament. However, several logical flaws may seriously undermine this argument.
First of all, the patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain may not suffer from severe muscle strain and secondary infections. It could just be light muscle strain. In this case, the precondition of this conclusion is failed. And no evidence has showed that people who suffer from severe muscle strain would have secondary infections. As we know, such infections may just infect under certain conditions. If the patients are well treated and enough careful, second infections may not be able to infect them. As a consequent, antibiotics are not necessary to be taken.
Moreover, the preliminary results of the study could be mistaken. No information about the difference between the patients of the two groups has been provided. If the patients of first g roup are younger, stronger, and more optimistic than the second group, the stronger immune systems could be a more important factor rather than antibiotics. In addition, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine may have a better understanding of the muscle strain than a general physician. May Dr. Newland of first group is more experienced, he or she gave more appropriate and comprehensive treatments to the patients of first group. Thus, antibiotics may not play an important role in the shorter recuperation time. Last but not least, the sugar pills given to the patients may have negative influence on the recuperation of muscle strain. Consequently, may it is the sugar pills increase the recuperation time, but not the antibiotics shorten the recuperation time. In this case, we do not have ample reasons to draw the conclusion.
Finally, even the results of the study are correct, the advice still could not be given to all patients who suffer from severe muscle strain with secondary infections. It is known to all that antibiotics have negative influence on health. They can not only restain the bacteria, and also kill the normal cells of human beings. And the patients may be sensitive to certain antibiotics. Thus, taken antibiotics as part of their treatment in all conditions could bring negative aftermath.
In sum, unless a more comprehensive and farther study are taken to research whether antibiotics have notable effect on the treatment of severe muscle strain with secondary infections, we can not draw a conclution that people who suffer from such strain should take antibiotics as part of their treatment. And, to give advice to all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain, we should get better understanding of their condition, but not take a part for the whole.
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