antibiotics and painkillers

Question 1

what do anti-biotics do?

Answer 1

kill bacteria without harming body cells

Question 2

years ago, doctors discovered certain antibiotics were no longer effective against certain bacteria, why was this?

Answer 2

antiobiotics had been overused and bacteria had evolved so that they werent killed by antibiotics

Question 3

doctors always use _____ antibiotics to treat ____ bacteria?

Answer 3

doctors always use specific antibiotics to treat specific bacteria

Question 4

antibiotics cannot kill ______?

Answer 4

antibiotics cannot kill viruses

Question 5

painkillers treat symptoms of disease by relieving ____?

Answer 5

painkillers treat symptoms of disease by relieving pain

Question 6

painkillers do not kill _____?

Answer 6

painkillers do not kill pathogens

Question 7

why is it hard to develop drugs that kill viruses without damaging body cells?

Answer 7

because viruses live and reproduce inside human cells