Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics kill bacteria or stop them growing, but they don't work on viruses such as colds and flu. Each time antibiotics are used, bacteria that happen to survive can multiply, until the medicine stops working. Taking them only when prescribed, exactly as prescribed, keeps them working.
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You can say what antibiotics can and can't treat, explain how resistance builds up as surviving bacteria multiply, and name the habits that slow it.
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