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: While most bacteria are harmless and some are even beneficial to humans, other bacteria are capable of causing disease. Pathogenic bacteria that cause disease produce toxins that destroy cells. They can cause food poisoning and other serious illnesses including meningitis, pneumonia, and tuberculosis.