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TOPIC:Diphtheria

1.What is diphtheria?
2.What happens to someone who has diphtheria?
3.What are the symptoms of diphtheria ?

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Step-by-step explanation:

1. Diphtheria is caused by the spread of a bacterium,

Corynebacterium diphtheria. When a person catches diphtheria, the bacteria release a toxin, or poison, into the person's body. The toxin infects the upper airways, and sometimes the skin, causing a membrane to grow across the windpipe.

2: Diphtheria is a serious infection caused byY strains of bacteria called Corynebacterium diphtheriae that make toxin (poison). It can lead to difficulty breathing, heart failure, paralysis, and even death.

3: Symptoms of diphtheria

. a thick grey-white coating that may cover the back of your throat, nose and tongue

. a high temperature (fever)

. sore throat

. swollen glands in your neck

. difficulty breathing and swallowing.

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