Diphtheria, treatment and prevention

What is diphtheria

Difteria causative agent - microbe - wand open by Lefler. Diphtheria
Most often occurs in the autumn-winter months, when most
time children are carried out in a closed room, without sufficient
Fresh air and sun. Diphtheria is sick children aged 1 to
5 years, but sometimes teenagers and even adults. Due to mass
Immunization of young children incidence of diphtheria in our
The country has decreased sharply.

Infection
diphtheria usually occurs drip, with direct contact with
Patients with diphtheria, recovering or healthy bacteria carrier,
less often - through the items used by the patient or
Bacteriamaker, as well as through food (milk). Man,
Peeling diphtheria, acquires pretty resistant immunity, but
There are cases of re-illness.
Incubation period during diphtheria - 2-10 days. Symptoms of the disease
very diverse and largely depend on the place
Education of the inflammatory process. The most often amazed zev,
Lanes or nose, less often - conjunctive Eye, mucous genital organs,
Ear, leather.

Diphtheria
Seva It happens light, medium and heavy. The disease begins greater
Part of the sharp: with increasing temperature, headaches, common
ailment, minor throat pain. In severe cases of mouth
Specific Sweet-Short Smell. Cervical lymph
nodes increase, although they remain painless. In spite of
Minor temperature (usually 37C with tenth), expressed general
Inxication (poisoning) of the body: The child is very pale, badly, drone,
Bad eating.

Nose Diphthery accompanied by a stubborn runny nose,
mainly from one nostril. Distinguished from the nose often bloody,
corrosive, in connection with the skin of the wings of the nose and the upper lip
swelling, blushes, sometimes covered with ulcers and crusts. General
Incication is usually absent, the temperature is mostly
Normal. In this state, the child often visits the kindergarten and
represents a greater danger to other children. Unreasonable
Nose diphtheria diagnosis may result in distribution
Diseases and other organs: Zev, Gortan and T. D.

With diphtheria eye
First one is observed one-sided defeat. Eyelids blush, swell,
covered with a gray tight film, purulent compartments are scarce. At
transition of the inflammatory process from the mucous age on the cornea can
Arrangement of iris and loss of vision.

Difteria Eha sometimes
passes under the guise of ordinary otitis, is distinguished by a protracted flow and
the presence of a poor bloodstand-purulent discharge.

Family difftheria
organs Observed in girls. Sometimes it is independent
disease, but more often accompanies other forms of illness. Sender organs
blush, swell, covered with films of grayish-purulent,
There is a soreness when urination.

The most dangerous
Complication in diphtheria is a complication on the heart - myocarditis
(lesion of the muscular shell of the heart), which often serves as a reason
death of patients with severe diphtheria form. Defeat of the nervous system
manifests itself in central and especially peripheral paralims and
Semi-paras - paresis. There are more often paralysis and paresis soft
NEBA. Symptoms of Disease - Blancacity, Liquid Food Food,
Traveling in food. Parabi eye muscles may occur, with
which are often disturbed accommodation, there is a squint and omit
century. In the late period of the disease, common paralysis may appear
all motor muscles. The patient loses the ability to move,
especially lower limbs, can not sit, keep your head. Nearby
Beware of adrenal glands, kidney inflammation.

How treatment and prophylaxis of diphtheria

Early treatment (from the 1st day of the disease) completely prevents the severe forms of diphtheria and its complications. At
identifying a patient or suspicion of a child's diphtheria or adult
immediately isolated and show a doctor. Patients after the introduction of them
Anti-informy serums are sent to the hospital. In childhood
institution is carried out chemical disinfection.

Children and adults,
who had contact with the patient examines the doctor, examine on
bacteridation; In the absence of lephaner sticks, they are allowed to
work in a children's institution, but within 7 days are under special
medical supervision. If it is impossible to carry out bacteriological
Analysis of all children and adults who have contact with patients are isolated from
Healthy for 7 days. A child who has moved diphtheria is allowed again to
Children's institution only after the disappearance of clinical manifestations
Diseases and twofold negative analysis for bacteria.
If the child has changed changes, gait, educators
obligations to show his doctor.

All healthy children in the second half of the year
The first year of life is carried out active immunization against diphtheria.
Vaccinations repeat on 3, 6 and 11th year of life.