Increasing terror of Diphtheria
As per latest report by WHO, already prevailing disease known as Diphtheria is exhibiting increased pathogenicity with severe symptoms. Are you aware that our respiratory (breathing) system makes mucus in order to prevent its delicate lining and also for trapping dust particles so that destroying them becomes easy. But certain bacteria have a certain mechanism of affecting these mucus producing membranes which in turn reduces our capacity to fight even normal infections. One such contagious bacterial infection that we are going to know about is Diphtheria We know this name via a vaccine i.e DPT, to which we dedicatedly take our infants to get vaccinated. Let's understand this disease DIPHTHERIA It is a serious contagious disease of nose and throat affecting the ...