Diphtheria is an acute infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The disease can lead to serious complications such as pneumonia, myocarditis, arrhythmia, and even death.

Diphtheria is a dangerous disease caused by the Corynebacterium bacteria. The disease is spread mainly through contact with respiratory secretions or skin lesions. If not treated promptly, the disease will cause many dangerous complications, even death.

Many people in the epidemic area do not understand what diphtheria is until the disease breaks out strongly and endangers human life. Everyone needs to proactively learn about diphtheria and this disease to help prevent diphtheria effectively and safely.

Diphtheria bacteria have the ability to produce exotoxin. The nature of diphtheria exotoxin is a protein with specific antigenic properties, high toxicity, and is not resistant to heat and formalin. When treated with heat and formalin, the exotoxin loses its toxicity and is called an anatoxine, which is used as a vaccine.

Diphtheria is transmitted through the respiratory tract (from the end of the incubation period), by contact with respiratory secretions or small secretions sprayed into the air, through utensils, clothes, toys, and food contaminated with secretions. This is an extremely dangerous disease, easily spread into an epidemic, if not treated promptly can cause death.

The initial symptoms of diphtheria can be confused with other diseases, which wastes the “golden time” for treatment and increases the danger level for the patient. Therefore, knowing the signs of diphtheria is extremely important.

Currently, diphtheria treatment drugs are mainly made from horse serum, diphtheria antitoxin made from human serum is very rare. Early detection and treatment of diphtheria is key, this is a disease that requires hospitalization for treatment and isolation as soon as possible.