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GCSE Combined Science · key term
A change in the body caused by a disease, such as pain or fever.
Used by AQA
Specification 4.3.1.8 · Paper 1
Revise: Antibiotics and painkillersThe illness can produce symptoms, including pain or fever. Medicines can help in different ways: some act against the cause of an infection, while others make its symptoms easier to cope with.
Distinguish treating the cause from relieving symptoms. Reduced pain does not necessarily mean that the pathogen has been destroyed.
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