Some people have more of a gag reflex than others. If when you brush, you occupy your mind with something else while still using the proper brushing technique, you won't focus on gagging. For example, try sitting in a chair when brushing, straighten one leg, then lift and hold it in the air.
Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the US. Antibiotics are powerful tools for fighting illness and disease, but overuse of antibiotics has helped create bacteria that are outliving the drugs used to treat them. Antibiotic resistance is a quickly growing, extremely dangerous problem. World health leaders have described antibiotic-resistant bacteria as nightmare bacteria that pose a catastrophic threat to people in every country in the world.
Bacteria and Drug Resistance. Bacteria live in our bodies and in our environment, usually without causing any illness. When bacteria do make us sick, antibiotics are usually available to treat the illness. However, over time, bacteria develop resistance to some types of antibiotics. This means that the drugs are no longer effective at killing the bacteria and the infections become harder to treat. If bacteria are resistant to more than one type of antibiotic, they are called multidrug-resistant organisms, or MDROs.