Medicine is beautiful, one of the keys to humanity’s dominance over the earth. It has kept alive longer, has increased quality of life, and in turn has led us to more productive lives that help to continue our dominance over nature.
However, nature hasn’t just rolled over and submitted, there are still an overwhelming about of antigens and autoimmune disorders around to keep all of us on our toes. Diabetes, Cancer, AIDS, and SIDS, just to name a few.
We’ve grown comfortable though, those aforementioned diseases are not extraordinarily common, so the majority of the human race can afford that comfort.
Enter: Candida Auris.
Candida Auris is a fungal infection from (and excuse the profanity) Hell. Its rising prevalence has caused quite a stir in the medical community, and in turn, the media.
This, like other fungi, enters into the bloodstream and causes dangerous, potentially fatal infections. The difference between Candida Auris and many other fungi is: Candida Auris is among a growing number of germs that are resistant to anti-fungal medication. It and these other germs have evolved past both our natural defences and our synthetic, man made ones.
So what does this mean?
C. Auris is currently a low risk disease, it’s still relatively uncommon. Those at risk are generally people with already weakened immune systems.
However, as these super-bacteria become increasingly common, it will become necessary for our medicine to out-adapt nature. This means we need more, and better doctors who will be able to find innovative solutions to complex issues such as C. Auris.
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