Question

Explain the two principles of treatment

Answer 1

There are two ways to treat an infectious disease:

To reduce the effects of the disease.

To kill the cause of the disease.

For first we can take medicine that bring down fever, reduce pain or loose motions. We can take bed rest.

In the second way ew take medicines which will block the pathways of some biochemical life process which is peculiar to the pathogen.

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