How to differentiate between a Bacterial sickness and a Viral Sickness.

We, humans, tend to get sick at some point of our lives, it is a bummer to have a runny nose, or even worse, an infection. Sometimes, you might have your own first-aid medkit, and that’s entirely okay, however, if you do wish to take some medicine to decrease the infectivity, it is your choice.

 

 But this begs the question: How do you differentiate between a bacterial sickness, or a viral one?

 

Here are some easy ways to know so!

 

• “A viral sickness is progressive, it does not give all of the symptoms at once.” This is because it incubates in us, trying to push beyond the immune system. This is the key difference to know which meds are the most efficient towards them.

• “You will feel a headache if it's a bacterial disease” This is because it’s trying to purge all of the symptoms at once, which causes a little havoc inside.

• “An antibiotic will only slow a virus” Because as its name says: Anti-BACTERIAL, these are most effective against bacteria.

• A recovery takes a while with a virus, this is true because after you recover, you have sequels, although minimum, but sequels nonetheless.

 

What to do if you are infected with any of these sicknesses?

 

It’s a common question to be asked, although most would say: Just take any painkiller, these will only suppress and not really solve. The best advice and unique advice is: Go to your doctor, even if it’s a minimal headache, migraine, etc, these usually resemble a sickness trying to kick in to attack the immune system, and could potentially be worse.

 

DO NOT CONSUME PILLS WITHOUT A MEDIC’S RECIPE. This article is only for self-knowledge of what to tell a doctor about how you might feel, and a hypothesis on what it may be.

 

With that said, I do hope that you, reader, found these quite easy ways to know if it’s a bacterial disease or viral. There are more, either parasites or fungi, but these are most likely to be off the radar because of our immunity, still, if you do feel a headache – GO TO YOUR DOCTOR.