How bacteria affect your health?
Under a microscope, bacteria are living things that have only one cell. They look like spirals or balls. They are so small. Some bacteria help to digest food, destroy disease-causing cells and give the body needed vitamins. But there are infectious bacteria that can make you ill. Many give off chemicals called toxins, which can damage tissue.
Although, viral infection can cause infections, it is different from bacterial infections. Unlike bacteria, viruses are not living” organisms. They require living hosts like people, animalsâ€' even plants in order to multiply. When a virus enters your body, it invades some of your cells and takes over the cell machinery. Viruses spread directly from person to person such as the common cold and influenza.
Bacteria are single-celled microorganisms that reproduce by dividing and can grow on nonliving surfaces. Once an infectious bacteria enters your body, they can make you sick because of the toxins that can damage specific cells they've invaded such bacterial infections can be contagious, such as tuberculosis.
Bacterial infections are treated with antibacterial antibiotics such as AMOXICILLIN is a penicillin- type antibiotic.
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