Why will antibiotics not get rid of flu?

Answer 1

. Coz it is inside our cells or us thing like that and we can't destroy it without destroying our own cells.... usually left to die out by its own..... Flu tablets only relieve the symptoms and don't actually cure the flu!

Answer 2

Because antibiotics are for killing bacteria, not viruses. Influenza is caused by viruses. Both bacteria and viruses are "germs" but they are different types of germs that need different types of medicines to get rid of them.

There are anti-viral medicines that work to deactivate ("kill") viruses or weaken them to help you get over the illness faster with less severe symptoms, but they do not prevent you from getting the virus like an immunization would. There are anti-viral medicines that are already available and do work for the flu, but they must be taken within two days of the first symptoms to be most effective. See more information about treatments for the flu in the related questions below.

Sometimes antibiotics are given to people who have or have had the flu. This is done if they get or it is expected that they may get a secondary infection by bacteria. It is not uncommon for people with the flu virus to get bacterial pneumonia as a result of strain on the immune system from the virus, or if they are in an overall weakened immune status. It is more common that the secondary pneumonia they might get is viral pneumonia, but either types are possible, and if it is the bacterial kind, that is when antibiotics might be prescribed.

For more information about the different types of germs, and how to prevent them from infecting you, see the related question below, "How do you protect yourself from microbes".

Answer 3

because antibiotics only kill bacteria, they cannot kill flu (a virus).

Answer 4

Antibiotics only work on bacteria, not flu. Flu is a virus. Therefore, antibiotics would have no effect on a flu.

Answer 5

Antibiotics work on bacteria. The flu is caused by a virus.

Answer 6

Antibiotics only work against bacterial infections. They do not work against any kind of virus, including influenza or the common cold.