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Tagged with immune-system bacteria
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Does Strep lay dormant in the body/throat after a successful course of antibiotics?
I (an adult) have had strep a few times this year. On two of those times, my dr prescribed Augmentin, which didn't work. So he gave me Clindamycin which did work (throat culture negative).
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Are many viruses actually good for us?... maybe even essential to our survival?
We know that a very large proportion of bacteria are essential to our good health. Every other day we see press release about the microbiome, and its multitude of health implications. Is there ...
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Why does a dental abscess / infection usually go away after a root canal?
After an abscess is diagnosed and a root canal treatment is done on a tooth, why does the infection go away?
It seems all the root canal treatment does is remove the total volume of space for the ...
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Can a runny nose "Shoot Blanks"?
Every time i have a runny nose I'm comforting myself by thinking "It's ok, the body is getting rid of pathogens now"
But is that really the case ? does every 'drop' of nasal mucus contain pathogens ?
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Is it possible to immunize against bacteria?
In anticipation of going to a region with known prevalence of flesh eating bacteria, can an individual take antibiotics prior to going to prevent it from being contracted?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/...
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Does stopping fever hinder the process of killing bacteria via fever?
Since the body produces fever in order to kill bacteria, wouldn't decreasing the fever by taking anti fever medication decrease the body's ability to fight the bacteria?
Assuming you have non life ...
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Does fasting improve your immune system even when you are already having some infection?
I am one of the self-motivated activists who run some groups to answer various misconceptions about science and try to fight against ignorance, pseudo-sciences and blind faiths. I was recently asked ...
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Does antibiotics weaken immune system or causes Fever [closed]
If your popping antibiotics everyday, prescribed by your doctor though he asked you to revisit after two months and warned you to ignore any fever symptoms during these two months.
I'm just wondering ...
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