Antibiotics

Question 1

When was penicillin discovered

Answer 1

1940’s

Question 2

Antibiotics

Answer 2

Antibiotics kill infective bacteria inside the human body, without harming body cells
Doctors always use specific antibiotics to treat specific bacteria
Antibiotics cannot kill viruses

Question 3

Antibiotic resistance

Answer 3

Several years ago doctors discovered certain antibiotics were ineffective against certain bacteria
This was because antibiotics were overused and the bacteria had evolved so that they no longer was killed by the antibiotic

Question 4

Painkillers

Answer 4

Painkillers relieve the symptoms of a disease by relieving pain
Medicines such as painkillers do not kill pathogens

Question 5

Viruses

Answer 5

Viruses live inside the body’s cells and because of this, it is hard to develop a drug that kills viruses without damaging the body’s tissues