Cold sores are a viral illness. They are caused by herpes simplex virus.
Yes it is viral.
Although there is no medication to remove the cold sore, the polymyxin is an antibiotic which will not work on a viral infection. To help the cold sore, an anti viral medication is needed.
You may be starting to get a "cold sore" these are caused by a viral infection.
No, antibiotics are only effective against BACTERIAL infections and a cold is a VIRAL infection.
Yes. Bacterial diseases can be treated with antibiotics. Viral diseases have to run their course. Many viral diseases have vaccines available, such as flu, measles, mumps, chicken pox and so on. If your cold or flu turns into pneumonia, then that can be treated since it is bacterial.
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.
If there is a viral or bacterial infection of the throat, the infection causes damage on a cellular level, which triggers a reaction in pain-sensing nerves.
Antibiotics kill bacteria. They do not kill viruses.
MRSA is a form of staph. Staph is bacterial
Rabies is viral.
Because antibiotics treat bacterial infections not viral. There are some viral colds like the flu in which antibiotics will work.
Spanish flu is viral.