Diphtheria

Diphtheria was discovered in 1613 in Spain. In 1735, an epidemic of diphtheria broke out in New England and did not receive the name until 1826.

The treatment for diptheria is Diphtheria antitoxin which is the mainstay of therapy. It neutralizes circulating diphtheria toxin and reduces the progression of the disease. The effectiveness of diphtheria antitoxin is greatest if it is administered early in the course of the disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can assist in obtaining the diphtheria antitoxin. Antitoxin is not recommended for asymptomatic carriers and it is usually of no value in localized cutaneous diphtheria.

No. Because what is given is not a the whole virus. All have weakened or partial viruses and only enough is given to produce an immune response.

No! There has not been a case of Diphtheria in the US since 1999! You are most likely to find the disease in poor areas of Latin America. There vaccinations are not a big priority and so they are infected more.

Mass vaccination to prevent diphtheria had already started in the Western countries since the Twenties, so it had ceased to be a very common disease in the US and Europe. In countries that had no vaccination program it remained a common children's disease. Only in Europe after the outbreak of WW II, there was an outbreak in 1943 with a million cases and about 50,000 deaths.

It is found in India, Kazakhistan, a few countries in Africa, but mostly in the former Soviet Union; thanks to the vaccination.

The antitoxin is made from horse serum and works by neutralizing any circulating exotoxin. The doctor must first test the patient for sensitivity to animal serum.

Diphtheria is an infectioncaused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

Short answer is Yes! I got Diphtheria from a cat with sores when I was 4 years old.

It was 1924, I lived in Philadelphia, and I was four years old. I played with a little cat outdoors and took it home. When my mother saw it she ordered me to get away from it. The cat had sores on its body and was sick. Three days later, I was in the hospital dying of diphtheria. Fortunately, I did recover within ten days and was able to come home from the hospital. There were no other cases of diphtheria in our extended neighborhood (West Philadelphia) at the time; I had not been away visiting where I might have acquired the disease. Did I get diphtheria from the cat? I believe so, as did my mother and my doctor.

Ruth Appleby Furr 2008

Wikipedia indicates there were 3 cases of diphtheria in the US between 2000 and 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphtheria). The National Institues of Health indicates that 10% of people with diphtheria die (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001608.htm). Extrapolating the math, there was a 30% chance that one of those 3 cases resulted in death.

Diphtheria is an infectioncaused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

New CPT codes were established in 2013. The code for the tetanus vaccine is 90703. The codes for tetanus and diphtheria are 90702 and 90714.

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the cause of diphtheria. It can be spread through contact of items or through person-to-person. For example, it can be carried on someone's used item such as a cup or tissue.

Death occurs in between 5% and 10% of those affected.

pathogenic toxins

Today there are approximately 0-5 cases of diphtheria per year in the United States.

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Diagnosis can often be made based on the appearance of the throat with confirmation by microbiological culture.

Bacterial. "It is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, an aerobic Gram-positive bacterium."

Diphtheria is a contagious bacteria that can lead to sore throat, low-grade fever, muscle weakness, loss of appetite, enlarged lymph nodes on your neck, a grayish membrane may form over the bridge of your nose, throat and tonsils may block your airway causing it to be difficult to swallow. It is transmitted by person to person though close contact with the discharge from an infected person's eyes, nose, throat or skin. Diphtheria demands immediate attention- any delay may lead to death. The infected person should be hospitalized, isolated and treated with antibiotics such as penicillin. Diphtheria is also known as Corynebacterium diptheriae.
Diptheria is an upper respiratory tract illness. Symptoms of the disease are low fever, sore throat, swollen neck, and swelling of the tonsils, pharynx, and nasal cavity. The disease is spread through physical contact and breathing the air-borne secretions of the infected. The disease has been largely wiped out through vaccinations.

7-10 years

I am a nurse at a doctor's office and we give lots of tetanus shots!

DTP vaccine conveys immunity to three different infectious diseases: * Diphtheria is a potentially fatal disease that usually involves the nose, throat, and air passages, but may also infect the skin. Its most striking feature is the formation of a grayish membrane covering the tonsilshttp://www.answers.com/topic/tonsils and upper part of the throat. It is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Routine vaccination has almost eradicated diphtheria from the United States, but it is still seen in many parts of the world. * Tetanus, sometimes called lockjaw, is a disease caused by the toxinhttp://www.answers.com/topic/toxin of Clostridium tetani. The disease affects the central nervous system and causes painful muscle contractions. Food is not given by mouth to those with muscle spasmhttp://www.answers.com/topic/muscle-spasm but may be given via nasogastric tubehttp://www.answers.com/topic/nasogastric-tube or intravenouslyhttp://www.answers.com/topic/intravenous. Tetanus is often fatal. * Pertussis, also called whooping coughhttp://www.answers.com/topic/whooping-cough, is a respiratory disease caused by Bordatella pertussis. The name comes from a typical cough which starts with a deep inhalationhttp://www.answers.com/topic/inhalation, followed by a series of quick, short coughshttp://www.answers.com/topic/cough that continues until the air is expelled from the lungs, and ends with a long shrillhttp://www.answers.com/topic/shrill, whooping inhalation. Pertussis is very contagioushttp://www.answers.com/topic/contagious and usually affects young children. DPT vaccine has been associated with allergic reactions and with encephalopathy, both of which are rare but severe conditions. Other risks are common but minor: * redness, irritationhttp://www.answers.com/topic/irritation and itching at injection site * fever * loss of appetite * drowsiness * irritability