Antibiotics
- Created by: Stirling Stedman
- Created on: 02-06-20 08:03
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- Antibiotics
- What are the issues with over-use of antibiotics?
- Some antibiotics are used in food producing animals to keep them healthy.
- However this means that the bacteria have started to become more resistant to antibiotics.
- This has a knock on effect on humans as the antibiotics well become less effective in our bodies meaning the the bacteria can continue to expand and cause damge.
- This means that some bacterial disease now need to have vaccines to cure them.
- TB is an example of this.
- This means that some bacterial disease now need to have vaccines to cure them.
- This has a knock on effect on humans as the antibiotics well become less effective in our bodies meaning the the bacteria can continue to expand and cause damge.
- However this means that the bacteria have started to become more resistant to antibiotics.
- Some antibiotics are used in food producing animals to keep them healthy.
- What pathogens do they kill?
- They kill bacterial infections.
- Antibiotics can't treat viruses.
- Viruses can only be treated with vaccines.
- There are a number of was that antibiotics kill the bacteria.
- Some of the antibiotics kill the bacteria outright
- Penicillin
- Cephalosporin
- Some bacteria prevent the bacteria from growing.
- Tetracycline
- Erythromycin
- How do antibiotics work?
- Antibodies fight bacteria in the body.
- They attack the disease process by destroying the structure of the bacteria or their ability to divide or reproduce.
- Some antibiotics can fight numerous germs and others are made for more specific diseases.
- Some of the antibiotics kill the bacteria outright
- How do antibiotics work?
- Antibodies fight bacteria in the body.
- They attack the disease process by destroying the structure of the bacteria or their ability to divide or reproduce.
- Some antibiotics can fight numerous germs and others are made for more specific diseases.
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- Antibiotics may produce some side effects.
- Stomach Discomfort
- Skin Rash
- Breathing Difficulties
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- Antibiotics may produce some side effects.
- What are the issues with over-use of antibiotics?
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