What is differie?
Difteria is a very serious and contagious disease that significantly affects breathing. In some countries, as well as the US, cases are very rare due to vaccination. Vaccination against birth/tetanus/tetanus/tetanus (DTP) is served early after birth, with several strengthening shots serving in early childhood. Children usually receive the last shot of DTP boosters at the age of 12 or 13 years. Adults may receive a booster if necessary, as the strengthening vaccination is recommended for those traveling to areas where it is still common. Transmission is generally inhaled by inhalation of fluids of infected person. The presence of a person around a person with a diphtheria that sneezes or cough is usually enough to close the disease. Symptoms
are first fever and sore throat. One of the most dangerous aspects of the disease is the formation of ammbrane through the neck, nose and bronchial tubes that can significantly affect breathing. Swollen glands under the neck worsen the respiratory problems. Those with diphtheria haveOften a crypt cough that cannot be solved by exposure to the night air.
As the membrane densify over the neck, doctors may need to perform intubation or tracheotomy to maintain the airways. People with diphtheria usually require hospitalization and administration of intravenous antibiotics to recover. In order to complicate matters, the heart can also dip and cause serious heart damage. Efteria must also be treated with a drug called anti-toxin differi to prevent such damage.
Given the infectiousness of the disease, any case of diphtheria in the US must be reported to disease centers. The only exception is a relatively small skid state, which can also be caused by the bacteria of diphtheria. This can usually be solved by oral antibiotics and does not proceed to respiratory problems.
Difteria claimed the lives of thousands of children in the US and Europe. He is still responsible for many deaths in countries where aboutCleaning is not affordable. Most people who die of diphtheria die because of insufficient airways. The progress of this disease is painful to watch parents who cannot afford treatment or vaccination.
Sulfa development, followed by antibiotics, was the first steps to find a drug for a disease that often led to 20% of mortality in children. Successful vaccination was not created after World War II.
Poorer countries often do not have a vaccine against diphtheria, causing periodic outbreaks that kill hundreds of children. Due to the efficiency of vaccination and its relatively three -end costs, the loss of children to the previous disease, it is possible to avoid. The effort to vaccinate those in countries where the vaccine remains too expensive does not reach needs. Such efforts, many claim, are of great value, because vaccination could help eradicate and end unnecessary loss of life.