Diphtheria Easily spread through coughing or sneezing.
Early symptoms are sore throat, slight fever and chills.
Can interfere with swallowing and cause suffocation. Can cause heart failure or paralysis if allowed to go untreated. More serious in infants under one year of age. Causes pneumonia and infections of the blood, joints, bones, soft tissues, throat and covering of the heart. Hib Vaccine prevents this disease.