Symptoms often come on fairly gradually, beginning with a sore throat and fever. In severe cases, a grey or white patch develops in the throat. This can block the airway and create a barking cough as in croup. The neck may swell in part due to enlarged lymph nodes.
If you do genealogy, you know that the 1900 & 1910 U.S. censuses had columns for "Children Born" & "Children Living." Seeing listings like "10/7" or "5/3" was almost the standard, but "10/4" wasn't that uncommon. I've visited several of my ancestors' burial plots that seemed filled with small children -- especially around the dates of yellow fever epidemics. I know of a couple of cases where their burial records showed three or four family members being interred within a couple of weeks.
It used to be said, among women, in the late 19th century, that "You aren't really a mother until you've lost a child."
Something like this happened to my grandma. She lost like 3 or 4 brothers in a single month. After the latest death, she, her remaining siblings and her parents all went to pray, and she heard her dad say “god, if you’re gonna take them all, take them all right away and not one at a time.”
Apparently one of the scariest moments in her life
Xendarq on January 22nd, 2018 at 11:32 UTC »
For those of us who, thanks to vaccines, aren't even sure what diphtheria is:
emkay99 on January 22nd, 2018 at 13:05 UTC »
If you do genealogy, you know that the 1900 & 1910 U.S. censuses had columns for "Children Born" & "Children Living." Seeing listings like "10/7" or "5/3" was almost the standard, but "10/4" wasn't that uncommon. I've visited several of my ancestors' burial plots that seemed filled with small children -- especially around the dates of yellow fever epidemics. I know of a couple of cases where their burial records showed three or four family members being interred within a couple of weeks.
It used to be said, among women, in the late 19th century, that "You aren't really a mother until you've lost a child."
OnlineSoupMan on January 22nd, 2018 at 13:53 UTC »
Something like this happened to my grandma. She lost like 3 or 4 brothers in a single month. After the latest death, she, her remaining siblings and her parents all went to pray, and she heard her dad say “god, if you’re gonna take them all, take them all right away and not one at a time.”
Apparently one of the scariest moments in her life