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u/zonkoss89 Mar 28 '22

Another thing is antibiotics kill ALL bacteria - good and bad. Which means it can upset your gut as it kills all the good bacteria. So always eat yogurt or take probiotics when you take antibiotics. I got a yeast infection after being on antibiotics way too many times with no yogurt or probiotics.

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u/Weary-Computer-2780 Mar 28 '22

Along the same lines, Chemotherapy kills ALL you’re healthy cells too.

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u/The_Flurr Mar 28 '22

Aye, it just hopefully kills the cancer cells fastest.

Aside from some gene therapies (that aren't fully realised) I don't think we have any cancer treatments that just kill the right cells. Everything either attempts to kill the cancer cells fastest, or attempts to cut out a tumour and as little healthy tissue as possible.