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Bacteria are treated with antibiotics and viruses are treated with antiviral medications.
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What do antibiotics act on?
bacteria and they don't cure viruses
Why were the antibiotics not effective in controlling cancer condition?
Antibiotics are chemicals that destroy BACTERIA and ony bacteria. Cancer is not caused by bacteria. Therefore antibiotics can not be used to cure cancer.
A bacterial disease becomes difficult to cure when the bacteria?
A bacterial disease becomes difficult to cure when the bacteria are resistant to antibiotics.
Why don't antibiotics cure colds?
Antibiotics only affect bacteria and colds are caused by viruses.
What are antibiotics and how do they affect bacteria?
they are a cure for when you have a infection and you have to be ill and have to go to the doctors to get this medication.
Which of the these statements about antibiotics is false?
Safely using antibiotics can only be done when a patient has all the facts. The most common misconception about antibiotics is that they can cure any infection. This statement is false and when taken improperly, antibiotics may not cure an infection, they can make a person sick.
A child that has not been immunised with the MMR vaccine develops measles suggest a reason why antibiotics will not cure the child of measles?
Measles is a viral infection. Antibiotics treat infections caused by bacteria. Bacteria and viruses are two very different types of germs, and antibiotics will do nothing to cure the measles.
Can stomach ulcers be hereditary?
No, Stomach ulcers are caused by a bacteria. A course of antibiotics will cure the problem.
Can azithromycin cure the flu?
No. Azithromycin is an antibiotic. Antibiotics only work to kill or control growth of bacteria. The flu is not caused by bacteria, so antibiotics are ineffective to treat it. Influenza is caused by viruses.
Why are antibiotics in animal food bad?
Antibiotics in animal food is bad because the dseases and bacteria get used to the antibiotics in the feed and the evolve and learn how to beat it and therefore the antibiotics in animals feed has no longer an affect on the bacteria. You should only use antibiotics when completely necessary they are not to be used to prevent, only to cure.
What are antibiotics and what are they used for?
Antibiotics are medicines that cure infections. They have no effect on viruses.
What types of illnesses do antibiotics cure?
Antibiotics only cure bacterial infections. Antibiotics will not cure a viral infection.
