Antibiotics - Vaccination - Painkillers Flashcards
1
Q
What do antibiotics do?
A
They kill bacteria by breaking down the call wall in their cells, not ours
2
Q
Can Antibiotics be used to treat anything?
A
No, it’s very specific, one type of bacteria should be used for one type of disease
3
Q
What’s antibiotic resistance?
A
Since we’ve overused antibiotics ( for any ilness ), superbugs have developed and are resistant to antibiotics.
4
Q
Example of antibiotic resistance
A
MRSE
Clostridium difficile
5
Q
Why is antibiotic resistance a thing?
A
- over use of antibiotics
- failing to complete the full prescribed course
- the use of antibiotics in farming
6
Q
How can we stop antibiotic resistance
A
- only take antibiotics when necessary and needed
- use them for their specific use
- higher hospital hygiene levels
- infected need to be isolated from the non infected
7
Q
2 properties of viruses
A
- they reproduce inside cells
- hard to destroy without killing cells
8
Q
Example s of what were vaccinated against
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- MMR
- Polio
- Chicken pox
- Tetanus
- Yellow fever
9
Q
What can vaccines contain?
A
- Live pathogens
- Harmless fragments of pathogens
- Toxins produced by pathogens
- Dead pathogens
10
Q
What’s herd immunity
A
When a large amount of people are vaccinated again a virus ( 90% )
This makes the virus hard to spread
