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All medication has the potential to cause allergies but some people can have allergic reactions to specific prescription or over-the-counter medications.

Careful prescribing of antibiotics will minimise the emergence of antimicrobial resistant strains of bacteria.

The Western obsession with cleanliness may be partly responsible for the increase in allergic asthma and conditions such as rhinitis.

Chemicals such as pesticides, antibiotics and hormones are used to boost food production and ensure adequate food supply.

Many bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics, but they are useless against viral infections.

Anyone of any age can be struck by appendicitis, but it seems to be more common during childhood and adolescence.

Surgically removing a diseased or damaged spleen is possible without causing any serious harm to the person.

Hospital patients are more likely to be infected by golden staph because of surgical or other wounds.

Some areas of the body are more susceptible to boils, including the face, throat, armpits, groin and buttocks.

Meningococcal disease is an uncommon but serious illness that usually takes the form of a blood infection (septicaemia) or infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (meningitis).