DIp

Diphtheria

The Pathogen: The Diphtheria bacteria are long bacilli that target the skin and the respiratory systems.

The Symptoms Include: Swollen Lymph Nodes (Bulls Neck), Fever, Chills, Sore Throat, Painful swallowing.

It’s Effects on the Body: It can cause redness and pain of the skin. Along with a general feeling of malaise the body will react by swelling the lymph nodes with fluid.

Tips for Prevention: Today a vaccine as well as a dose of antibiotics is enough to keep Diphtheria at bay. Given at intervals of 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12 to 18 moths and 4 to 6 years, Diphtheria vaccines, as well as tetanus vaccines are administered at your local doctors as routine booster shots.

Possible Methods of Transmission: Contact with an infected through: Sneezing Coughing Or Sharing of personal effects.

The Cure: Either an antitoxin or a round of antibiotics will rid the body of the Diphtheria toxin, leaving the body symptom free.