2006-07-04 17:12:40 · 7 answers · asked by sunshine_0327 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Because they do not respond to antibiotics. Viruses are not cells, the way bacteria are, and so are not vulnerable to the same things. They are strands of RNA that enter your cells and use your cells to replicate themselves. The mechanism is very different, so the treatment would have to be very different.
And doctors do not adapt based on scientific evidence.
2006-07-04 17:17:46 · answer #1 · answered by grinningleaf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Viruses can't multiply unless they're inside host cells, so by the time someone's infected, treatment is going to kill the host cells as well as the virus. Vaccines can be employed to prevent viruses, but after they're already there, it's better just to let the body's immune system take care of the virus and treat the symptoms if necessary.
2006-07-05 00:21:04 · answer #2 · answered by starlightfading 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because a virus isn't a living organism that can be "killed". A viral infection at best can be controlled and then let the body's own immune system finish the job.
2006-07-05 00:17:26 · answer #3 · answered by Enchantress 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The antibiotics we have work on bacterial and protozoan infections. Antiviral medications are relatively new and viruses easily mutate and become resistant.
2006-07-05 00:19:01 · answer #4 · answered by ValleyViolet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Viruses mutate rapidly, so if you develop a vaccine to inoculate against, say, a flu strain, it won't be effective against the next one to appear. Antibiotics are effective against bacteria, not viruses.
2006-07-05 00:19:28 · answer #5 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are usually airborne and can change, so difficult to find a common cure most doctors don't prescribe medication
2006-07-05 00:18:09 · answer #6 · answered by wheels 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becuase they multiply and spread rapidly and has ability to immune itself to weaker antivirus.....
2006-07-05 00:19:15 · answer #7 · answered by grayxenon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋