Core Biology-Treating Disease

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Core Biology: Treating Disease: What do Painkillers do?
Reduce symptoms linked to pain, don't cure underlying cause
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What do Cold Remedies do?
Reduce symptoms, do not cure the underlying cause
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What do Antiseptics do?
Kill bacteria outside the body
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What do Antibiotics do?
Kill bacteria/fungi inside body (not viruses) Things that kill bacteria are called antibacterials, things that kill fungi - antifungals.
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What is the cause of antibiotic resistance?
Overuse of antibiotics has led to an increased amount of bacteria developing antibiotic resistance
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How can we reduce the amount of antibiotic resistance bacteria?
Only use antibiotics when necessary and always finish the course, that way you get rid of as many bacteria as possible.
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How does bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?
Genetic mutation creates variation in levels of resistance to an antibiotic in bacteria. Taking an antibiotic kills bacteria with low resistance. Most resistant survive, now less competition,reproduce rapid after time bacteria resistant to that anti
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Define MRSA
A bacteria which is resistant to methicillin, one of the most powerful antibiotic.
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What does epidemic mean?
Term we use to describe a local outbreak of an infectious disease
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What does pandemic mean?
Term we use to describe a global outbreak of an infectious disease
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How do we protect our species from a pandemic?
1. Be hygienic 2. Only use antibiotics when necessary 3. Take antivirals for viruses 4. If an outbreak occurs restrict flights to avoid a pandemic
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What can happen if bacteria strains evolve?
We will have no immunity which could cause death
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What do we do if a virus evolves?
We implement new vaccines
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