Diphtheria Alert!

Diphtheria Alert - Diphtheria may not be too concerned, because the symptoms are almost the same as when we are exposed to influenza. In fact, a disease that often strikes children, can cause death if not treated properly.

What and how diphtheria attack?

Diphtheria is a bacterial infection that originates from Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which usually affects the mucous membranes and throat. Diphtheria typically causes a sore throat, fever, swollen glands, and fatigue. In advanced stages, diphtheria can cause damage to the heart, kidneys and nervous system. Such conditions in turn can have fatal consequences and lead to death.

Signs and symptoms of diphtheria include, sore throat and hoarseness, painful swallowing, swollen glands in the neck (lymph nodes), and the formation of a thick gray membrane covering the throat and tonsils, difficulty breathing or rapid breathing, fever, and shivering.

Signs and symptoms usually begin to appear 2-5 days after a person becomes infected. People who are infected with C. Diphtheriae often do not feel anything or no symptoms at all. People who are infected but do not realize is known as a carrier of diphtheria. Source of transmission of diphtheria is a man, both as individuals and as a carrier.

The second type of diphtheria can affect the skin, causing pain redness, and swelling that are typically associated with other skin bacterial infections. Meanwhile, in rare cases, diphtheria infection also affects the eyes.