Wednesday Words: What's your vaccine REALLY for?

  So, it's Wednesday Words today - and it's a particularly interesting topic...

Diphtheria. What is it? How do we prevent it? And what does it do?

Some of us will know that diphtheria, the upper respiratory tract illness is one of five vaccines administered to infantile children.

Some symptoms of diphtheria:

• Sore throat
• Low fever
• Adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity
• Sometimes, skin can be affected
• Cough
• Headache
• Difficulty swallowing
• Rapid breathing

Often, the disease is manageable. However, when lymph nodes are affected it becomes more problematic. Some may require a tracheotomy or incubation.

If you would wish to learn more about diphtheria, the NHS, kidshealth, and the CDC offer some particularly interesting information.

For those of you waiting for a factual video, here's a short video I found:




For those of you whom can't view the video, here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poK8YMA2RtQ

- Geeker