B6: Preventing And Treating Disease Flashcards
1
Q
What Do painkillers and other medicines that treat the disease do?
A
-they treat the symptoms of the disease but do not kill the pathogen that cause it
2
Q
How do antibiotics cure bacterial diseases?
A
By killing the bacterial pathogens inside your body
3
Q
What infections do antibiotics onky work for?
A
Bacterial infections
4
Q
Why do antibiotics not destroy viruses?
A
Because viruses reproduce inside the cells. It is very difficult to develop drugs that can destroy viruseswithout damaging the body’s cells
5
Q
are there types of bacteria resistant to all known antibiotics?
A
Yes
6
Q
Who discovered penicillin?
A
Alexander Flemin
