SEC-S16 / W2 | How do you like it better? injected or orally?

Hello my dear Steemians,

Today I wanted to invite you to the challenge running by Healthy Steem Community:

https://steemit.com/hive-168205/@hive-168205/sec-s16-w2-or-how-do-you-like-it-better-injected-or-orally#

I have our Doctors from Animal hospital who will help to understand what is better and why.

When we are unwell often our body manages to repair itself if it is something simple like viral infection and food poisoning. We all know that the best just to have some rest in bed, some sleep so that our body uses the energy to fight the problem and our brain can rest. Because you know that our brain uses large amount of energy for any process, because it is a complex process.

Even if it is flu still our body manages to cure it but it might take about 7 days and at the end you will feel very exhausted.

There are other conditions when you require medicines for example one of the commonest problem like chest infection that needs antibiotics, so let's talk about the route of administration.

Chest infection is something that everyone had once and you might have had some antibiotics. The cause of chest infection is Bacteria called Streptococcus and that is sensitive to the oldest antibiotic of the world Penicillin group, the best way of administration is oral route both tablets or liquid for children and adult, because this group of antibiotics has equivalent bioavailability like intravenous way and very rarely in sepsis we might need intravenous one.

Contrary to Penicillin, Vit B12 has is widely used as 3 months injection because it absorbs better as intramuscular injection. Often we see people with Vit B12 insufficiency like:

• Anemia, but it is then called pernicious or Vit B12 anemia
• people noticed being fatigue, feeling of pins and needles of hands

The people undergoing Bariatric surgeries like:

• gastric bypass, the food is not absorbed like in normal people and this is one of the Vit deficiency that we check
• vegans should be also on Vit B12 replacement because the people do not eat such food like: eggs, meat, liver or fish, the products that are rich in Vit B12

Pain is another symptoms that we can not tolerate and rush to get pain killer, one fo the easiest is oral route: tablets or solution. Such simple medicine like paracetamol and Ibuprofen start working in 20 min and usually last for about 4 hours. That is easiest and more comfortable route and you can take it yourself at home.

Of course, of you have perforated viscus you definitely need intramuscular injection, because oral route may not be efficient, often patients vomiting so tablets may not absorb.

Do you know that there is an infusion of Paracetamol that we use for operation when patients under anaesthesia and that route of paracetamol is more effective but in such case there is no oral route.

In toddlers, when they need urgent administration of medication it is advisable to use suppository, like when a child has an attack of croup and not able to breath but it is half an hour to reach hospital, such families have steroid suppositories at home as first aid.

In general, every route of administration of medication has its good side but also the indication for that, so we can not say that we like this or that we need to decide what is best for patient and for the certain condition.

I would like to invite @davidad, @liusir, @bambuka for this challenge