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(#1) Certain Physical Damage Can Introduce Clostridium Tetani Into Your System
Spores from the Clostridium tetani bacterium cause tetanus, and they generally exist in soil, animal excrement and intestines, and even adulterated heroin. The spores typically enter the human body through open gashes.
Sufferers might scrape a foot then step in polluted dirt, allowing the resilient spores to enter the body. Smaller maladies are occasionally ignored and improperly cleaned, allowing the bacteria to become more threatening.
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(#2) You May Experience Lockjaw While The Disease Incubates
In 75% of generalized tetanus cases, lockjaw occurs before other symptoms like neck stiffness, abdominal muscles, and difficulty swallowing.
Lockjaw, also known as trismus, causes spasms in the jaw muscles, forcing the sufferer's mouth to clamp shut. People with this affliction appear to be smiling or grimacing.
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(#3) The Disease May Make You Irritable
You run the risk of experiencing increased irritability and restlessness when infected with tetanus, tied to the bulbar and paraspinal muscles being affected. Additionally, those with tetanus may struggle to swallow; sufferers can also sweat incessantly and drool.
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(#4) Painful Body Spasms May Plague You For Weeks
Tetanus-caused body spasms may start in your back or occur in your vocal cords, respiratory system, or in any skeletal muscles. The painful contractions can occur frequently and stem from a myriad of stimuli.
Touch, light, loud noises, a light breeze, or other minute occurrences may trigger exceptionally long episodes.
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(#5) You May Suffer Bone Damage
If your spasms aren't under control, they can cause bone damage. Spasms that last long enough can fracture the spine. Joints may also dislocate due to the painful muscle twitches.
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(#6) You May Have Difficulty Breathing
If the tetanus infection causes the vocal cords to spasm, sufferers may develop blocked airways and apnea. Some people also have trouble eating. In situations like these, medical professionals provide an artificial respirator.
Moreover, infected patients sometimes require life-support to overcome nervous system attack. Certain tetanus patients even endure respiratory failure and cardiac arrest.
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(#7) Other Maladies May Affect You
Complications may arise during tetanus-related hospital stays. Patients may develop pneumonia, and their compromised respiratory systems can cause loss of life. Secondary infections caused by residence in a hospital with other sick patients can sometimes cause sepsis and ulcers.
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(#8) You Will Probably Have To Grow New Nerve Endings
Clostridium tetani bacterium spores create exotoxins and neurotoxins. Patients can receive tetanus immune globulin to get rid of the toxin if it's free-floating. The toxin tetanospasmin negatively attaches to a tetanus patient's nerve endings, however, and cannot be removed.
In these cases, doctors try to keep sufferers alive and healthy until they're able to grow new, unaffected nerve endings.
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(#9) There Are Ways To Avoid Tetanus
The Centers for Disease Control recommends people follow a schedule for receiving the tetanus vaccination. Children younger than seven should have four doses of it. After that, people should receive a booster shot to maintain immunity before starting elementary school, during adolescence, and then every 10 years.
It's extremely rare for people to contract the disease when they follow these guidelines.
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(#10) Only A Small Amount Of Americans Contract Tetanus
According to the Centers for Disease Control, an average of 29 people contract tetanus every year. People who do become infected may have stopped their vaccinations, skipped their booster shots, or injected heroin tainted with quinine.
Of the yearly cases, only 10% to 20% cause loss of life, but there is an increased risk to those over age 60 and to intravenous drug users.
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(#11) Babies Born In Non-Sterile Environments May Contract Tetanus
Tetanus neonatorum affects newborns. When doctors use tools polluted by bacterial spores to cut a pregnant woman's umbilical cord, the baby may contract tetanus.
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Tetanus is a neurological disease, a serious infection caused by spores of Clostridium tetani causing muscle stiffness and cramps. Spores are ubiquitous in the environment, especially in the soil, dust, the intestines of animals and humans, as well as the epidermis and rusty tools such as nails, needles, and wire fences. Anyone can be infected with tetanus, but tetanus cannot be spread from person to person and timely vaccination can prevent tetanus.
The incubation period of tetanus is usually 7 to 8 days, which can be as short as 24 hours or as long as several months or years. Injuries of all types and sizes can be contaminated, and we should pay special attention to safety during outdoor activities. The random tool lists 11 things that will happen if you get tetanus.
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