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No, antibiotics are made for bacteria. A virus is something else all together. However, it is not uncommon for someone to be sick with a viral infection, such as the flu, and then get sick with a bacterial infection immediately after due to their immune system being stressed. In those cases, antibiotics may be given.
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Why don't antibiotics affect virus?
Because antibiotics are designed to fight bacterial infections, whereas antivirals are used to combat viral infections.
Why it is difficult to treat viral disease?
It is difficult to treat viral disease because antibiotics do not work against viral diseases and also antiviral can be given but they are no really used because of adverse side effects.
What type of illness can be treated with antibiotics?
Only bacterial infections they are not effective for viral infections.
Why antibiotics could not kill the virus?
Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections not viral infections.
Antibiotics are used to treat what?
Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Antibiotics cannot treat viral infections such as HPV, herpes and HIV.
How do you spell herpies?
It is spelled herpes (virus and viral disease).
An antibiotic is a drug used to kill?
Bacterial infection. Antivirals are used to combat viral infections.
Why regular antibodies not be used as effective treatment of viral diseases but effective against bacterial infection?
Viral diseases are caused by viruses which live in our cells as a host. So, killing them by antibiotics means killing our own cells. This is why antibiotics are not effective against viral diseases.
Antibiotics are used to treat viral infections like the flu True or False?
Antibiotics kill bacteria. Antivirals kill viruses. However, a patient with a viral infection might sometimes be given antibiotics to reduce the work the patient's defenses have to do or to stop opportunistic infections.
What is used to fight viral infections?
Usually nothing. Antibiotics won't help it has to run its course.
Antibiotics are used to treat viruses.?
NO! Antibiotics have no effect at all on viruses and should never be used to treat viral infections and doing so accelerates the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
What antibiotic is commonly used to treat viral infections?
There are no antibiotics that are effective against viruses. In fact, they should never be used unless a secondary bacterial infection is present and this is best determined by culturing the drainage, whether it is from the nose, throat, blood, or sputum. Because some Dr.'s have overprescribed antibiotics, many of the common bacteria have developed resistance.
