白喉
接种疫苗
关于 白喉
何谓白喉？
白喉是由细菌及其毒素引起的呼吸道传染病。它会导致咽喉后侧生成厚壁。白喉症状表现为逐渐产生的喉咙疼痛和低烧现象。
白喉如何传播？
它通过咳嗽和打喷嚏传播。
我为何应该接种白喉疫苗？
白喉会带来包括呼吸困难、瘫痪、心脏衰竭、甚至死亡在内的并发症。因此，我们建议任何未接受此疫苗接种的人士使用该疫苗预防白喉及其并发症。
Points to Note:
Laboratory diagnostic tests are not perfect and are not 100% accurate
- We do not have a test for every disease or virus but most of those pathogens that are of public health importance or have long term implications on your health can be tested
- No one single test can be used with absolute certainty to diagnose a disease. Often, we depend on a combination of tests to make a diagnosis
- Sometimes, we have to resort to trial treatment or empiric treatment if investigative tests are inconclusive. If the patient makes a therapeutic response and feels better, we have achieved our goal
- In PUO, we are looking for treatable causes and to rule out sinister causes eg. malignancies so that we do not miss opportunities for early treatment or intervention