Why Viral infection cannot be cured easily?

Answer 1

They can't, only white blood cells can deal with the problem because they're perfect for the job, although they may take time. Stuff like [anti-] medicines can't be used, because virus reproduce INSIDE cells, and action can't be taken unless you're sure you want your body cells to be damaged and destroyed. Bacteria CAN be cured and killed, because they DON'T reproduce inside cells

Answer 2

Viruses are postulated anytime medicine fails to understand the cause of an illness. No "viral illness" passes the Koch postulates, so the "pathogenic" quality of viruses - even the existence of some - are just a woking axiom. But since the proof is in the pudding, attacking the wrong cause can't cure an illness, and therefore none of the so-called "viral diseases" have a cure. Viruses as pathogens is the most sterile hypothesis of medicine.

Answer 3

Viruses are unique in that they aren't alive; that is, they don't feed and reproduce in a manner characteristic to other living things. Rather, a virus is a microscopic set of gene code that makes copies of itself inside bodily cells, causing them to function improperly.

To go about ridding a virus, therefore, you cannot attack the virus by killing it, as you do with living (bacterial or parasitic) infections. The life cycle of a virus is as follows: * Attachment to a host cell. * Release of viral genes and possibly enzymes into the host cell. * Replication of viral components using host-cell machinery. * Assembly of viral components into complete viral particles. * Release of viral particles to infect new host cells. Viruses sneak into the body, sabotage cells into making copies of them. Viruses are made of the same kinds of materials all cells are: Fat, Protein, DNA. Any means of destroying a virus would have to be very calculated (as it could harm the host if not careful).

Antiviral drugs inhibit the development of viruses. One method antiviral drugs work is to prevent viruses from attaching to cells. A recent type of antiviral is called "antisense" molecule, it is more or less a decoy that virus cells attach to instead of host cells.

Answer 4

Viral infections are challenging to cure quickly because viruses invade and hijack the body's cells to replicate and spread, making it difficult to target the virus without harming the host cells. Additionally, viruses can mutate rapidly, leading to the development of drug-resistant strains. This complexity makes it a constant challenge to develop effective and long-lasting treatments for viral infections.