How Medicines Work? Essential Medical Facts Explained
Medicine helps millions of people every day, but most of us swallow a pill or syrup without understanding what it actually does inside our body. Let’s break it down in a simple, accurate, and interesting way.
🧪 What Is Medicine?
Medicine is a substance that:
✔ Treats diseases
✔ Relieves symptoms
✔ Prevents illness
✔ Helps your body function better
Medicines can come in many forms like tablets, capsules, syrups, injections, and creams.
🧬 How Medicines Work Inside the Body
Different medicines work in different ways:
1. Fighting harmful bacteria
Antibiotics like antibiotics attack and kill bacteria or stop them from multiplying. They do not work on viruses.
2. Stopping pain signals
Painkillers like pain relievers block or reduce pain signals going to the brain, helping you feel better.
3. Reducing swelling or inflammation
Anti-inflammatory drugs calm down the body’s immune overreaction that causes redness, swelling, or pain.
4. Balancing hormones
Some medicines replace or regulate hormones, like insulin for diabetes or thyroid hormones for thyroid imbalance.
5. Helping your immune system
Vaccines train your body to recognize threats so it can fight diseases faster in the future (recommended by large health bodies such as World Health Organization).
6. Changing chemical reactions
Some medicines speed up, slow down, or block chemical reactions so your organs work properly.
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