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Anitbiotics helps fight diseases by killing bacteria. Always remember these 3 rules:
Antibiotics=bacteria
Antiviral=virus
Antifungal=fungus
A certain type of medication can only be used for the disease it matches up with (antiviral will not kill a bacteria of fungus infection, only a virus)
What else can I help you with?
Do white blood cells and antibiotics help fight disease?
Yes, they help.
How do fungi drugs help people?
Fungi-derived drugs can provide various medical benefits due to their unique biochemical properties. For example, some fungi produce antibiotics that can be used to treat bacterial infections. Others produce compounds that have anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, or immunosuppressive properties, which can be utilized in different therapeutic applications for human health.
How is antibiotic differ from chemotherapeutic agents?
Antibiotics are effective against bacteria, usually by breaking down the cell wall. These are given to ward off infection after surgery or injury, or for diseases like TB that are caused by bacteria. Chemotherapeutic agents are poisons used to fight cancer. Cancer cells are "young" because they are rapidly dividing. "Young" cells are more vulnerable to poisons, and also radiation in radiation therapy. Antibiotics are fairly safe, although their misuse or overuse can be disastrous. They also kill "friendly" bacteria that inhabit every inch of your body. These friendly colonies help keep malicious bacteria from getting a foothold. Chemotherapy can be a very difficult experience. Although the target is cancer cells, the whole body is poisoned. This and radiation is why cancer patients so often lose hair, are nauseated, etc. A newcomer on this field is interferon. It is an effective antiviral. This type of drug gives therapy for diseases like HIV and hepatitis which are caused by viruses and are not treatable with antibiotics. Side effects can be bad flu like symptoms for 3-5 days after the weekly shots. Antibiotics are agents that are derived from certain microorganisms, and are used to kill or inhibit certain microorganisms, which is not synthesized in the laboratory. On the other hand, Chemotherapeutic are agents that are synthesized in the laboratory.
How does continuous use of antibiotics affect the microbial flora?
Antibiotics kill all bacteria, even the "good" ones that help you digest your food. Once your microbial flora are killed off, you get the side effects of the antibiotics, such as fungal infections and diarrhea. Also, remember that continuous use of antibiotics will breed bacteria that are resistant, so you shouldn't just keep taking antibiotics forever.
What is uncontrolled dividing of a cell called?
idk... help me!!Don't answer like this! *The answer is Mitosis*
Can antibiotics be used in the treatment of cancer?
No, antibiotics do not control cancer.
Why were the antibiotics not effective in controlling cancer condition?
Antibiotics are chemicals that destroy BACTERIA and ony bacteria. Cancer is not caused by bacteria. Therefore antibiotics can not be used to cure cancer.
Where can people with bone cancer go for help?
To a bone cancer specialist.
Can dogs survivie pancreatic cancer?
Yes they can becase they help people with cancer.
How can you help people with cancer?
people can do charites and just care for them
What is the sickness that is not killed by antibiotics?
Viruses are not killed by antibiotics; there are also other types of sickness, such as cancer, which cannot be killed by antibiotics. Antibiotics are only useful for treating bacterial infections.
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.
How does Hershey's chocolate help people?
it helps people with heart cancer!
What is the uses of pandakaki to the people?
help heal cancer
Describe the similarities and differences of antibiotics and disinfectants?
One similarity is that both antibiotics and disinfectants help keep people healthy. The difference is antibiotics inhibit or kill microorganisms while disinfectants only kill them.
What are two reasons for studying cancer?
== Many people go into oncology to help people for common good or they have known someone with cancer and they want to help the cause. == Two reasons for studying cancer? Two words. Cure. Prevention.
Are antibiotics always the answer for curing illnesses?
Antibiotics isn't the answer to all sicknesses. Sicknesses like cancer can't be healed with antibiotics. It might be the answer if you have the flu though.By Lily Carose Joseph
