How does medicine heal your sicknesses ?

Question: How does medicine heal your sicknesses ?
- Keywords:
  bacteria,
  illness,
  immune system,
  medicine,
  viruses
Asked by anon-357551 to Rosa, Phil on 15 Mar 2023.
- Phil Howell answered on 15 Mar 2023:
  
  I’m not a medical scientist, but I’ll try my best. Some medicines actually attack the bacteria causing the infection, and stop it multiplying. Others help the body to defend itself. I’m sure there are other ways too, but those are the first ones I can think of

Question: How does medicine heal your sicknesses ?