Essays on Diphtheria

Immunizations in Children

According to World Health Organization (WHO), “Immunization is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine” (World Health Organization). This definition of WHO can be further elaborated by saying that the concept of immunization works by stimulation of the immune system. The immune system performs the function of protecting the body against disease causing agents. In its healthy condition, the body’s immune system has the ability to recognize any invading microbe. The leucocytes identify the microbes and produce antibodies against them. These antibodies are capable ...

Childhood Immunizations

Spring - 2016 Vaccination is a medical manipulation during which certain antigen of the infectious agent is being administered into the organism to induce the primary immune response. The first contact with the antigen is being accompanied by activation of the immune system and the emergence of a subpopulation of lymphocytes, which are able to specifically recognize the antigen. As a result, during the contact with the infectious agent, the immune system is able to react faster. While the purpose of vaccination is the prevention of disease, it can still occur, but in less severe form and with minimal ...

Diphtheria is a microbial disease common especially with children below the age of ten years. It is normally caused by a bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and its signs and symptoms start showing two to eight days after infection. Some of its signs and symptoms include fever (38 degrees), fatigue, severe skin rashes, blood-stained nasal discharge and breathing difficulties. The Gram positive bacterium as well as the facultative anaerobic are other common causes of Diphtheria (Marguiles 20). Diphtheria is a disease that is commonly transmitted from a patient to another person through direct contact with the sick person, and also by breathing the sick person’ ...