Diphtheria by Natalie Rodriguez https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if en-us 2021-01-06 23:50:29 UTC 2025-04-03 20:29:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f469-2695.png Diphtheria: natalie5803 https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061432446 An acute, highly contagious bacterial disease causing inflammation of the mucous membranes, formation of a false membrane in the throat that hinders breathing and swallowing, and potentially fatal heart and nerve damage by a bacterial toxin in the blood]]> 2021-01-06 23:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061432446 natalie5803 https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061432965 Many more benefits than downsides can be seen when getting vaccinated for diphtheria. Most people who get a diphtheria vaccine do not have any serious problems with it. Most side effects, if any,  are mild, meaning they do not affect daily activities. It is now rare in developed countries because of immunization. Pregnant women should get Tdap during the early part of the 3rd trimester of every pregnancy. By doing so, she helps protect her baby from many diseases in the first few months of life. ]]> 2021-01-06 23:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061432965 How can it be transmitted? natalie5803 https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061433349 Diphtheria spreads from person to person, usually through respiratory droplets, like from coughing or sneezing. It can also spread by touching open sores or ulcers of someone with a diphtheria skin infection.]]> 2021-01-06 23:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061433349 Diphtheria signs and symptoms usually begin two to five days after a person becomes infected and may include natalie5803 https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061434006 > a thick grey-white coating at the back of your throat
> a high temperature (fever) of 38C or above
>feeling sick
> sore throat 
>headache
>swollen glands in your neck
> difficulty breathing and swallowing.]]> 2021-01-06 23:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061434006 List of vaccines according to ages. natalie5803 https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061436550
  • DT Generic: Doctors give this vaccine in a 5-shot series to babies and children 6 weeks through 6 years old. 
  • Td Generic: Doctors give this vaccine every 10 years as a booster shot to people 7 years +.
  • Tenivac: Doctors give this vaccine every 10 years as a booster shot to people 7 years +
  • Adacel: Doctors give a single shot to preteens and teens, as well as adults who need it. Doctors give a shot to pregnant women during each pregnancy. Doctors also give it as part of a 3-shot series to people 7 years+ who have not previously gotten any diphtheria vaccines. Doctors may also use this vaccine to complete the childhood vaccine series for diphtheria in people 7 years+.
  • Boostrix: Doctors give a single shot to preteens and teens, as well as adults who need it. Doctors give a shot to pregnant women during each pregnancy. Doctors also give it as part of a 3-shot series to people 7 years+ who have not previously gotten  diphtheria vaccines. 
  • Daptacel: Doctors use this vaccine for all 5 shots in the DTaP vaccine series in babies & children 6 weeks-6 years old.
  • Infanrix: Doctors use this vaccine for all 5 shots in the DTaP vaccine series in babies & children 6 weeks-6 years old.
  • Kinrix: Doctors use this vaccine as the fifth shot in the DTaP vaccine series in children 4-6 years old. 
  • Pediarix: Doctors use this vaccine for the first 3 shots in the DTaP vaccine series in babies and children 6 weeks-4 years old. 
  • Pentacel:: Doctors use this vaccine for the first 4 shots in the DTaP vaccine series in babies and children 6 weeks-4 years old.
  • Quadracel: Doctors use this vaccine as the fifth shot in the DTaP vaccine series in children 4-6 years old. 
  • Vaxelis: Doctors use this vaccine for the first 3 shots in the DTaP vaccine series in babies and children 6 weeks- less than 1 year old. 

    • ]]>     2021-01-06 23:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061436550     natalie5803 https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061436955 2021-01-06 23:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061436955 COMPLICATIONS natalie5803 https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061437553 2021-01-06 23:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061437553 natalie5803 https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061438681 Below, strains of bacteria called Corynebacterium diphtheriae can be seen]]> 2021-01-06 23:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061438681 natalie5803 https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061439770 Diphtheria toxoid was developed in the early 1920s but was not widely used until the early 1930s. The Food and Drug Administration licensed 12 combination vaccines for use in the United States to help protect against diphtheria and tetanus.

    ]]>     2021-01-06 23:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061439770     Works Cited natalie5803 https://padlet.com/natalie5803/yr7d69upwon8j0if/wish/1061439844 https://midsouthcoastrisingsun.co.za/16019/parents-urged-vaccinate-children-diphtheria/ 
    https://www.cdc.gov/diphtheria/about/photos.html 
    https://healthand.com/us/topic/general-report/diphtheria
    https://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/globalsummary/timeseries/tsincidencediphtheria.html 
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diphtheria/symptoms-causes/syc-20351897

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