Medical treatments Unit 7C

Lesson outcomes Essential: Describe the use of anti-fungal, antiviral and analgesic treatments Stretch: Investigate the use and misuse of antibiotics using secondary data Challenge: Analyse the effectiveness of different kinds of medical treatment in heath care

What are these pathogens? Bacteria Viruses Fungi

When we are ill we can use different types of drugs Anti-fungals Antivirals Analgesics

Anti-fungals Treat fungal infections Either kill the fungi or stop them reproducing Fungi tend to infect nails, hair and skin What examples can you give? Pupils fill in table with ideas discussed

Antivirals Treat infections causes by viruses (e.g. the flu) They stop the virus multiplying

Analgesics Provide pain relief for lots of different problems What examples can you give?

Now research….. Which pathogens would anti-fungals, antivirals and analgesics not be effective against How are they used? (e.g. cream, tablet) Bacteria Viruses Fungi Pupils research the final columns of the table

Antibiotics Data for Pass work linking over prescription with increase in antibiotic resistance http://www.ariatlas.org/prevention_diagnosis_treatment/antibiotics_and_antiviral_therapy

Antibiotics and MRSA http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb35.jsp