EXPLAINER: What to know about diphtheria — the disease ravaging states | TheCable
Though the NCDC said it is working with state ministries of health and partners to enhance surveillance and response to the outbreak, it also warned that the infection is contagious and most cases have been laboratory confirmed.
When an individual is infected with respiratory diphtheria, a sore throat with low-grade fever will surface and the membrane attached to the tonsils, pharynx, or nose will be affected. Simply put, the disease is capable of infecting the breathing organs of its victim. Diphtheria is transmissible during direct contact with infected people, contaminated clothing, objects or even coughing and sneezing from a disease-ridden person can get an individual infected.A person who has been infected with diphtheria and left untreated can be contagious for up to four weeks.
It added that the antibiotics are effective for killing the bacteria in the respiratory system, the skin and other parts of the body including the eyes and blood. The NCDC has suggested the following preventive measures to suppress the widespread of diphtheria in the country. “Close contacts with a confirmed case of diphtheria should be closely monitored, given antibiotics prophylaxis and started on diphtheria antitoxin treatment when indicated.
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