How to treat diphtheria

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My mother's diphtheria has been treated for several years, but it's not completely cured. It's always repeated. Every time she gets sick, her throat and tongue blister thick, and she can't eat and sleep. Now let's learn how to treat diphtheria.

How to treat diphtheria

Treatment 1: antitoxin therapy. Antitoxins can neutralize free toxins, but not bound toxins. Usually in the first three days of the disease effect is better, after the treatment effect will be reduced, so timely treatment is very important.

Treatment 2: treatment of diphtheria carriers. In this case, the toxicity test of diphtheria should be done first, and the positive patients should be isolated and treated with penicillin or erythromycin instead of antitoxin. After three consecutive negative cultures, the isolation was removed, and tonsillectomy could be performed on the patients with intractable bacteria.

Treatment 3: for patients with minor laryngeal obstruction, it is necessary to closely observe the development of the disease and prepare for tracheotomy at any time. When dyspnea is serious, tracheotomy should be performed immediately, and the pseudomembrane should be removed at the incision, or trypsin or chymotrypsin should be dropped to dissolve the pseudomembrane.

matters needing attention

Although diphtheria is only a minor problem, it can also cause human life if it is serious. Therefore, when it is found that the body may or diagnosed with diphtheria, we should go to the regular hospital for examination and treatment in time, and we must not delay the illness.