painkillers + antibiotics Flashcards
1
Q
what do painkillers do?
A
relieve symptoms of a disease
2
Q
what do antibiotics do?
A
treat bacterial disease
3
Q
why can painkillers not be used to treat a disease?
A
painkillers do not cure the disease, they only relieve symptoms: the pathogen is still there
4
Q
how do antibiotics eradicate bacterial illness?
A
they kill bacterial cells and prevent them from reproducing and growing
5
Q
why can’t antibiotics treat viruses?
A
viruses hide withing human cells and antibiotics will not attack human cells
6
Q
how many bacterium can antibiotics attack?
A
antibiotics can only kill certain bacteria
