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Diphtheria
Diphtheria is a contagious disease caused by a bacterium and can be transmitted through a direct physical contact with infected individuals. The disease is characterized by a low fever and sore throat.
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What is a virulence factor for diphtheria?
The virulence factor for diphtheria is an exotoxin named diphtheria exotoxin.
What are the symptoms of diphtheria?
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The symptoms are fever, red sore throat, headaches, and weakness. How diphtheria is toxin (poison) is destroys the throat tissue causing the throat to swell.
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Sore throat.
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There are many symptoms of diphtheria including sore throat, barking cough, fever, chills, bluish skin color, bloody,watery nose drainage, breathing problems, drooling, hoarseness, painful swallowing and skin lesions.
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The answer is fever, headaches, and weakness.
What can happen if diphtheria is left untreated?
If not treated the person can die and infect others as well.
Can diphtheria be provented like the flu?
A diphtheria vaccine is effective for prevention and available in a number of formulations.
Diphtheria is infection of the upper respiratory tract starting as a sore throat . The infection is caused by corynebacterium diphtheriae and gives rise to sore throat, cough, fever and respiratory difficulty due to formation of a membrane in the throat and pharynx.
Was there a diphtheria epidemic in the Midwest in the 19th century?
Yes, there was. I lost a great-aunt during it but can find no information about it. All of the family that remembered anything have long since past away.
A paragraph of remedy of diphtheria for a school project?
Diptheria is a disease that REQUIRES YOU TO DO yOUR OWN RESEARCH AND PROJECTS xx Matthew
Can you have diphtheria without knowing?
Some people carry the bacteria without having symptoms, but can still spread the disease to others.
It is caused by the anaerobic bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
It may be spread by direct physical contact or through breathing air around infected people.
Who is most susceptible person to diphtheria?
In areas where it is still common, children are most affected.
How does serum affect diphtheria?
The serum neutralizes the toxic poisons that the bacteria released into the body.
Why does diphtheria need isolation?
Diphtheria patients must be isolated for one to seven days or until two successive cultures show that they are no longer contagious. Children placed in isolation are usually assigned a primary nurse for emotional support.
Was there a diphtheria epidemic in Maine?
My grandmother told me that her first child, a baby girl named Florence, died at 7-8 months old during a diphtheria epidemic in 1913 in Brunswick, Maine. I have never been able to find anything that tells me about this epidemic (it may be that I don't really know how to research it), but I've heard about this particular epidemic from my older relatives many times, since it was such a sad event in their lives. P.T.
How was diphtheria treated in the 1800's?
by medications such as penicillin or erythromycin. Erythromycin appears to be more effective than penicillin.
When was diphtheria most dangerous for people?
Diphtheria would have been very dangerous in the 1800s when settlers began moving into areas and establishing towns. Ill people would have spread disease and adequate medical care was not available.
What is the other name of diphtheria?
Diphtheria is the scientific name.There is no medical name as such.Well,uyou can call it an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
