1.6 - Using drugs to treat disease Flashcards
1
Q
What do antibiotics do?
A
Kill infective bacteria in the body
2
Q
What is an example of an antibiotic?
A
Penicillin
3
Q
Who was penicillin discovered by, and in what year?
A
Alexander Fleming in 1928
4
Q
Why are viruses difficult to kill?
A
They reproduce inside body cells, so any treatment could also damage the body cells
5
Q
What can painkillers and other drugs do and not do?
A
They can relieve the symptoms of the disease but do not kill the pathogen
6
Q
How are viral pathogens killed, if not by drugs?
A
Your immune system will usually overcome the viral pathogens
