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The flu is caused by a virus (viruses).
Antibiotics ONLY treat bacterial infections.
Therefore, an antibiotic will do absolutely nothing for a person with the flu.
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What is wrong with people taking antibiotics to help the flu?
Antibiotics only treat bacterial infections. The flu is a virus. Thus it has no effect against it.
Would antibiotics help when having the swine flu?
Not in the slightest.
If you already have the Flu can you recover much quicker if you only eat healthy foods?
It won't be MUCH quicker, but it would make it take less time. It will definetly help you recover, but it won't inprove the speed by a lot, but enough to eat healthy. Also, healthy food is good for you, so the answer would be eat healthy!
Why would antibiotics not help if you had a flu?
Influenza is a viral disease and antibiotics do not affect viruses, only bacteria.
Does azithromycin help with a severe cold or flu?
No. Antibiotics do not help viral infections such as the cold or flu. Antibiotics are specifically for helping with treatment of bacterial infections or for preventing bacterial infections and do nothing to an inanimate virus.
How do the symptoms of a cold help you recover?
The symptoms of flu cannot help you recover surely you must know. There is only medication which consists of many types.
Why do antibiotics have an effect on Swine Flu?
They do not have an effect on swine flu, but can be helpful if a secondary bacterial infection occurs with the flu or after the flu. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses. The flu is caused by viruses. Antibiotics are for treating infections by bacteria, not for treating infections by viruses.
Why anitbiotics will not help you to get over a bout of flu?
Since the flu is a severe upper respiratory infection caused by a virus, antibiotics cannot affect them as viruses are not living and antibiotics only affect living microbes.
Are there antibiotics for bird flu?
There are no antibiotics for the bird flu. Influenza (all types) is caused by a virus, and hence can't be treated with antibiotics (antibiotics only work with bacteria).
Why don't doctors prescribe antibiotics if you have the flu?
antibiotics can be powerful.
Is amoxicillin good for flu?
No, swine flu is a virus and amoxicillin is an antibiotic which means it only fights bacteria. The effects of Swine flu can lead to infections that may or may not require the use of an antibiotic like amoxilin. However the amoxilin does not fight the Swine flu virus it fights the infection that is caused by the original presence of the virus. Your immune system takes care of the virus.
What is adverse effect of using antibiotics in treating flu?
Antibiotics will not help when you have flu because antibiotics only kill bacteria and influenza is caused by a virus, you would only end up with the side effec ts from taking medication you don't need when you are already unwell.
