Tuesday, July 15, 2008
In this post, I am going to talk about prevention of epiglottitis.
The bacterial infection that usually causes epiglottitis is easily passed between close contacts, so if one family member has this condition, the others should be immediately screened by their GP or hospital doctor. Household members may be given an antibacterial drug, such as rifampin, to prevent further infection, especially if there are other young children in the family. Prevention of epiglottitis can be achieved with proper vaccination schedules against H influenza type b (Hib) and pneumococcal infections. Therefore it is important that your doctor make the appropriate recommendations for vaccination against Hib.
Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (Hib vaccine or PRP vaccine) is a conjugate vaccine developed for the prevention of invasive disease. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or Prevnar is a vaccine used to protect infants and young children against disease.
In the next post, I will start on Ecology.
Sources: http://symptomchecker.about.com/od/Diagnoses/epiglottitis.htm#prevent / http://www.emedicinehealth.com/epiglottitis/page8_em.htm / http://wikipedia.org / http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Epiglottitis/Pages/Prevention.aspx?url=Pages/Lifestyle.aspx
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