What disease is diphtheria

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Diphtheria used to be a very serious infectious disease. The most important thing to treat this disease is to eliminate inflammation and use some antibiotics such as penicillin. Diphtheria is also mentioned that people can be infected by contact with each other through saliva. Now let's popularize the science of diphtheria.

What disease is diphtheria

First: diphtheria is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by diphtheria bacilli. It is characterized by fever, suffocation, hoarseness, barking cough, white pseudomembrane in pharynx, tonsil and surrounding tissues. Serious systemic poisoning symptoms are obvious, can be complicated with myocarditis and peripheral nerve paralysis.

Second: diphtheria can be divided into four types, the incidence of diphtheria followed by pharyngeal diphtheria, laryngeal diphtheria, nasal diphtheria and other parts of diphtheria. The majority of adults and older children are pharyngeal diphtheria, and other types of diphtheria are more common in children. Severe systemic poisoning symptoms may include high fever or body temperature, restlessness, shortness of breath, pale complexion, vomiting, tachycardia, blood pressure drop, cardiac enlargement, arrhythmia, bleeding, thrombocytopenia and other critical symptoms.

Third: severe tonsil and pharynx edema, congestion is obvious. The pseudomembrane spread into a large area within 12-24 hours. Besides tonsil, it also affects palatal arch, upper palate, uvula, posterior pharyngeal wall and nasopharynx, even oral mucosa. There is putrid odor in the mouth, swollen neck lymph nodes, and even perilymph node inflammation, such as "cow neck". The pharyngeal pain of pharyngeal diphtheria is not significant.

matters needing attention

The general symptoms of diphtheria are fever, severe tonsillitis, nausea and vomiting. In addition, it is an infectious disease. Therefore, we must pay attention to this, curb the spread of the virus, and it is not easy to cure. It takes a long time to recover.