Biology 3.1.8

Question 1

When treating a Disease, there are 2 types of Medication that an Individual can take: (2)

Answer 1

-Medicines that Treat the Cause of the Disease (Antibiotics).

-Medicines which Treat the Symptoms of the Disease (Painkillers).

Question 2

How do Antibiotics help the Body?

Answer 2

Antibiotics help to cure Bacterial Disease by killing Infective Bacteria inside the Body.

Question 3

It is Important that Specific Bacteria should be treated by Specific ___ that are known to work against them.

Answer 3

Antibiotics.

Question 4

Antibiotics will not work against ___.

Answer 4

Viruses.

Question 5

Why won’t Antibiotics work against Viruses?

Answer 5

Because Viruses Reproduce within your Body Cells. It is difficult to develop Drugs that kill Viruses without also damaging the Body’s Tissues.

Question 6

Painkillers, & other Medicines that are used to Treat the Symptoms of a Disease, do no kill the ___.

Answer 6

Pathogens.