Bacteria infection and Termites - The Same or Different - Dr. Nabil Ebraheim

Dr. Ebraheim’s educational animated video discussing the similarities between bacteria and termites.

Bacteria are found in every habitat on earth and they may thrive living off of the infected organic tissues of animals, humans and plants. Termites mostly feed on dead plant material, generally in the form of wood and cause damage to the areas in which they live.
Bacteria have the same needs as that of the termite. They must obtain food and break the food down.
The termite feeds on materials that contain cellulose which is actually digested by bacteria living within the gut of the termite.
Bacteria can reproduce at tremendous speeds, often as much as once every 20 minutes by doubling themselves and splitting in two.
The queen termite has a great capacity to reproduce as well, often producing 30,000 eggs each day.
Bacteria can hide within infected bone often until the bone deteriorates and forms an abscess. Termites hide within the walls deteriorating the wooden structure of the building.
Bacterial infection of the bones can usually be treated with antibiotics and washing of the wounds with a jet lavage.
Treatment for termites is done with chemicals sprayed to wash or eliminate the problem much like the use of a jet lavage. And when the termite problem is much deeper within the core of the tree, just like the treatment of the infected bone by antibiotics, drilling is needed to deliver the chemicals and eliminate the pests.
Debridement of the infected tissue is also necessary to limit further spread of the bacteria. Often removal of the loose contaminated hardware becomes necessary to control the bacteria. More stable hardware or a different fixation method is usually used.
Infection which causes a sequestrum or dead bone around or within the bone must be removed. A new bone is created by adding a fresh, healthy iliac crest bone graft or material that regenerates the bone.
Just like the deteriorated bone tissue, the badly affected wood will have to be removed and replaced with a new healthy structure.

[nabilebraheim]

@beefymcmanst1c i like your choice of words
infection in the bone can come back after treatment, hard to eradicate, the doc may have to remove the infected bone to get rid of the infection . how do you explain this to the patient .the best way is to compare it to TERMITES
if you have a better way please post it and i will learn from it and i will support it
when the patient ask the doc, what do you mean that you can not get rid of the infection, we tell the patient it is like TERMITES

[chinafox]

Wonderful video!
The analogue is perfect!

[flygod]

Nice break down to make people understand!

[nabilebraheim]

@wolfens29 sometimes it is incurable
you need antibiotics and cleaning and debridement of bone and healing of the bones
multiple surgery id needed

[nabilebraheim]

@NotARebel1 it weill make the patients understand infection and its treatment

[kaleidoscopekay]

When bacteria gets into the bone, how long before a person starts feeling symptoms? Can a knee replacement still get infected years after it was done?
Great video! My husband cuts wood for our woodstove, alot of the times you can see the damage in the wood that the termites do. It's unbelievable.

[nabilebraheim]

@beefymcmanst1c no problem at all
thanks

[nabilebraheim]

@fly4god23 thank you very much
i tried i hope i explained well

[pudding]

@wolfens29 osteo is a bone infection it needs antiboitics to kill the bacterias(if its caused by bacterias) and by getting calcium or milk wud not kill bacterias altho it is good for getting the bone harder and stronger...i think its better to drink milk after the infection isclear :3

[higiniomalave]

the bone and Wood are living tissue  fithing back  sometimes you can help
sometimes  you cannot allways  you stand in the way of the invader and put the most gallant  fight  surgeons and pest controllers  does the same  pray to god and pass the ammo 

[OfUnreasonable]

@nabilebraheim Study English a bit more.