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which type of medicine kills disease causing bacteria to prevent infections, but also kills the good bacteria that your body needs?
antibiotics
What are the drugs that are used to treat bacterial diseases called?
Most of the drugs that treat bacterial disease are called antibiotics.
What is the correlation between antibiotic use and thrush?
Antibiotics kill the bad bacteria which make us sick, but they also kill the good bacteria that our bodies need. The good bacteria actually help keep the "bugs" at bay, so when we take antibiotics and they kill all the bacteria (good and bad) we are then more susceptible to other problems, such as thrush. This can usually be avoided by taking pro biotics (cultured yogurt) or acidophylus tablets which replace the good bacteria in our bodies. You can take them while taking antibiotics, but can also take them full time, even when not taking antibiotics.
What is bacteria used to make that is good for you?
it is antibiotics
Why good bacteria are important for your body?
Certain bacteria (the good bacteria) helps the body's immune system by fighting off the bad bacteria, and plays a major role in the digestive tract. That's one reason some people get diarrhea when taking antibiotics. The antibiotics kill the bad bacteria, but they also kill the good bacteria, as well. So for that reason, it's always a good idea to eat foods with active cultures, such as yogurt or buttermilk when taking antibiotics, because they replace the good bacteria back in the body. Actually, it's a good idea to eat foods with active cultures even when you're not taking antibiotics, because they will help your body's natural defenses against the bad bacteria.
Can you eat dairy products and amoxicilin?
Yes, in fact it is recommend because any antibiotics will strip your body of bacteria (both good and bad) so it helps restore the bacteria in your intestines and by restoring it, the yogurt prevents or makes the diarrhea less. It also keeps you from getting yeast infections while on antibiotics.
How antibiotics predispose animal for disease?
Antibiotics not only kill bad bacteria, they kill good bacteria, antibotics cannot know the difference, killing the good bacteria hurts the immune system.
What makes some bacteria harmful?
some bacteria produce toxins in their metabolism which is harmful for humans. if you have used antibiotics, the normal, good, bacteria that live in your body can be replaced by a pathogen, which will make you sick.
What are antibiotics useful for?
Antibiotics are used to fight bad bacteria/infection, although they just attack all cells in the body both good and bad. It is important to take antibiotics as prescribed and to take the entire dose. If you do not take the whole prescription, the antibiotics will attack only the good cells and leave your body more susceptible to another infection or illness. You can also find probiotics and a prescription is not required for taking them. You can order them online.It is also important to note that antibiotics SHOULD NOT be used for colds or the flu (including H1N1). These illnesses are caused by viruses, which are not responsive to antibiotics. Taking antibiotics is useless when you have the cold/flu.
Can you take probiotics with antibiotics?
No; in fact, as may be inferred from the prefixes, they are opposites. Antibiotics are chemical compounds that are used to kill microorganisms, whereas probiotics are "friendly" microorganisms introduced into the body to out-compete "bad" microorganisms. They are typically given in concert with antibiotics to prevent the body's healthy complement of gut flora (the bacteria and other microbes in your digestive tract) from being eradicated by the antibiotics, which were administered to kill off some harmful beasties but can also kill the ones that belong in your body. No. Antibotics are medications that kill bacteria. probiotics ar the GOOD bacteria that you want in your (mostly intestinal) system.
What is the definition of antibiotics?
Drugs that fight bacteria. Very good for when you're sick.
How does ampicillin work?
Ampicillin is in a class of medications called antibiotics. Ampicillin destroys the bacterial cells that cause many illnesses. Antibiotics are also notorious for killing the good and bad bacteria.
