Courtesy of Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
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• child
has diphtheria
• thick
gray coating over back of throat
• coating
can eventually expand down through airway
• if
not treated, the child could die from suffocation
Diphtheria
• can
cause serious illness
• kills
1 of 10 people infected with it
Diphtheria germ
• lives
in mouth, nose, and throat of an infected person
• spreads
through direct contact with an infected person
Once infected
• takes
2-5 days to get sick
Symptoms
• some
people might not feel or look sick
• others
might have
• sore
throat
•
fever
•
chills
•
difficulty swallowing
•
thick gray coating over
the back of the throat
Complications
• within
6-10 days serious problems can occur
• suffocation
• paralysis
• heart
failure
• coma
• death
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