How can antibiotics mask symptoms? If you’re feeling better, doesn’t that mean they’re working?
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In a bacterial infection, symptoms are caused by things like toxins and the immune system working to fight the bacteria. Antibiotics assist the immune system by targeting the bacteria and kill them. Therefore there are fewer toxins being secreted by the bacteria, and your body’s immune system doesn’t need to work as heavily. So the symptoms aren’t masked, but the thing causing the symptoms is gotten rid of.
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