At first, you may barely notice the symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as fatigue and weight gain, or you may simply attribute them to getting older. But as your metabolism continues to slow, you may develop more-obvious signs and symptoms. Hypothyroidism signs and symptom may include: Fatigue.
Studies have estimated that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance adds $20 billion in excess direct health care costs, with additional costs to society for lost productivity as high as $35 billion a year. The use of antibiotics is the single most important factor leading to antibiotic resistance.
The OR for the association between infectious diseases among patients and employees' antibiotic medication use was 1.64 (95% CI, 0.70-3.80) in nonovercrowded wards and 2.23 (95% CI, 0.53-9.36) in overcrowded wards (P value for interaction, .41).ur data suggest that a high prevalence of patients with infectious diseases may adversely affect the health of staff, especially when the ward is overcrowded. Ward overcrowding was also associated with higher prevalence of infectious diseases among patients.