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"Prophylactic" is a broad-enough word to encompass vaccines, as well, so I'm not sure what you're getting at. It just means something that defends against disea
by fluoridation 3mo ago
"Prophylactic" is a broad-enough word to encompass vaccines, as well, so I'm not sure what you're getting at. It just means something that defends against disease.
- greggsy 3mo agoVaccines can be singled out as a specific type of prophylaxis. The distinction is that a vaccine will train your immune system to actively destroy the foreign body, while a prophylactics might just prevent it from spreading or taking hold to begin with.
- fluoridation 3mo agoI have no idea what you're trying to say. An antiviral drug will destroy the pathogen just as much as the body would; that's how it prevents the disease from manifesting. What do you think would otherwise happen to HIV particles in your bloodstream? They just hang in there until the antiviral effects run out?
- greggsy 2mo agoThe difference is that your body doesn’t make antiviral drugs. It does make antibodies after it has been trained to do so with a vaccine.