1. Medical treatments Unit 7C

2. 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

3. What are these pathogens?
Bacteria Viruses Fungi

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

5. 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

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

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

8. 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

9. Antibiotics
Data for Pass work linking over prescription with increase in antibiotic resistance

10. Antibiotics and MRSA