Cleaning Food Immunization Antibiotics Pets Wild Animals Links Companion Materials Getting you and your family immunized is an important way to prevent getting sick. But if you do get sick it is important to use antibiotics appropriately.
Antibiotics are powerful drugs used to treat certain illnesses.
But antibiotics do not cure everything, and unnecessary antibiotics can even be harmful. Basically, there are two main types of germs that cause most infections. These are viruses and bacteria. Each time you take an antibiotic, bacteria are killed. Sometimes bacteria may be resistant or become resistant.