Topical is not the same thing as swallowing at all. Voltaren Gel puts the medication only right where you need it. Because Voltaren Gel is applied to the skin, dramatically less medication reaches the bloodstream â only a tiny fraction of what you would get from oral usage.
1 There are some useful bacteria but all viruses are harmful. 2  Antibiotics cannot kill viruses, but can kill most bacteria, with the exception of most Gram-negative bacteria.  An example of a disease caused by bacteria is strep throat and an example of an affliction caused by a virus is the flu.
Bacterial and viral infections can cause similar symptoms such as coughing and sneezing, fever, inflammation, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, and cramping -- all of which are ways the immune system tries to rid the body of infectious organisms.oth types of infections are caused by microbes -- bacteria and viruses, respectively -- and spread by things such as: 1  Coughing and sneezing. 2  Contact with infected people, especially through kissing and sex.