Antibiotics

• What should you be able to describe by the end of the video?

  How diseases can be treated using antibiotics
• What is meant by antibiotic resistance?

  Bacteria evolve to survive antibiotics
• Why is antibiotic resistance a problem?

  Bacterial diseases may become hard to treat
• What are good examples of diseases caused by bacteria?

  Salmonella food poisoning and gonorrhea
• What significant change occurred around the 1940s regarding bacterial diseases?

  The first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered
• How do antibiotics like penicillin work?

  They kill infected bacteria without harming body cells
• What is the term for when bacteria evolve to resist antibiotics?

  Antibiotic resistance
• What caused the development of antibiotic resistance?

  Overuse of antibiotics
• What might happen in the future due to antibiotic resistance?

  Bacterial diseases may become difficult to treat
• Why are doctors careful when prescribing antibiotics?

  They use specific antibiotics for specific bacteria
• Can antibiotics kill viruses?

  No, antibiotics cannot kill viruses
• Why won't doctors prescribe antibiotics for viral conditions?

  Because antibiotics do not affect viruses
• What type of drug do doctors prescribe to relieve pain?

  Painkillers
• How do painkillers treat diseases?

  By relieving pain symptoms
• Why is it difficult to develop drugs that kill viruses?

  They may damage the body's tissues
• Where can you find more questions on antibiotics?

  In the vision workbook
• What should you be able to describe after watching the video?

  How diseases can be treated with antibiotics