Sobering experiment:
This is why you should always complete any course of antibiotics - you may feel allright after a few days but you have only knocked the population down to the point where it no longer bothers your body.
The easy to kill bugs were destroyed in the first day or two of treatment but the harder to kill drugs can take up to two weeks or more. If you stop after the first couple of days, the strong bacteria are lurking in your body ready to come back like gangbusters and they will require more potent antibiotics and a longer course of treatment.
More at this article from National Public Radio: WATCH: Bacteria Invade Antibiotics And Transform Into Superbugs
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