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What should you be able to describe by the end of the video?
How
diseases
can be treated using
antibiotics
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What is meant by antibiotic resistance?
Bacteria evolving to resist
antibiotics
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Why is antibiotic resistance a problem?
Bacterial
diseases may become difficult to treat
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What significant change occurred around the 1940s regarding bacterial diseases?
The first
antibiotic
,
penicillin
, was discovered
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How do antibiotics like penicillin work in the human body?
They kill infected
bacteria
without harming
body cells
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What led to the development of antibiotic resistance?
Overuse of antibiotics by
doctors
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What do scientists call the phenomenon of bacteria not being killed by antibiotics?
Antibiotic resistance
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What precautions do doctors take when prescribing antibiotics?
They use
specific
antibiotics for specific
bacteria
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Can antibiotics kill viruses?
No
, antibiotics
cannot
kill viruses
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Why won't doctors prescribe antibiotics for viral conditions?
Because antibiotics
do not kill viruses
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What is one type of drug that doctors prescribe to treat symptoms?
Painkillers
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How do painkillers work in relation to diseases?
They
relieve
pain but do not kill
pathogens
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Why is it difficult to develop drugs that kill viruses?
Viruses live inside
human cells
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What will you find in the vision workbook related to antibiotics?
Plenty
of
questions
on
antibiotics
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What are the key points about antibiotics that need to be learned?
Antibiotics treat
bacterial infections
Specific antibiotics are used for
specific
bacteria
Antibiotics cannot kill
viruses
Painkillers relieve symptoms but do not kill pathogens
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