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.
Bacteria are living things that have only one cell. Under a microscope, they look like balls, rods, or spirals. They are so small that a line of 1,000 could fit across a pencil eraser. Most bacteria won't hurt you - less than 1 percent of the different types make people sick. Many are helpful. Some bacteria help to digest food, destroy disease-causing cells, and give the body needed vitamins.