Symptoms causes and complications of tetanus or diphtheria
Tetanus or diphtheria (Tetanus), is a serious bacterial disease affecting the nervous system, leading to painful muscle contractions especially in neck and jaw muscles, and tetanus that interferes with the ability to breathe, and life-threatening.
Thanks to vaccination, infected cases are scarce in the United States in the developed world, but increase the possibility of injury in less developed countries, each year, about 1 million people are infected worldwide.
Thanks to vaccination, infected cases are scarce in the United States in the developed world, but increase the possibility of injury in less developed countries, each year, about 1 million people are infected worldwide.
And no medicine to cure yet, treatment focuses on controlling the complications of the disease that wiped out toxic effects, rising illness when infected people who are not vaccinated and adults who had received vaccinations.
* Symptoms
Can show signs of tetanus symptoms at any time from several days to several weeks after the tetanus bacteria enter the body through wounds, extends the average incubation period of bacteria from seven to eight days.
Its common symptoms include the following depending on the order in which they appear:
-Jaw muscles spasm and intransigence.
-Stiff neck muscles.
-Difficulty swallowing.
-Hardening of abdominal muscles.
-Painful cramps in the body continue for several minutes and are often small events such as a draft or a loud noise or touching the body or light
And other signs and symptoms may include the following:
-Fever.
-Sweating.
-High blood pressure.
Can show signs of tetanus symptoms at any time from several days to several weeks after the tetanus bacteria enter the body through wounds, extends the average incubation period of bacteria from seven to eight days.
Its common symptoms include the following depending on the order in which they appear:
-Jaw muscles spasm and intransigence.
-Stiff neck muscles.
-Difficulty swallowing.
-Hardening of abdominal muscles.
-Painful cramps in the body continue for several minutes and are often small events such as a draft or a loud noise or touching the body or light
And other signs and symptoms may include the following:
-Fever.
-Sweating.
-High blood pressure.
-Rapid heart rate
* When should I see a doctor?
Button to your doctor to get a tetanus booster shot if I have a deep wound or contaminated and haven't taken booster injection in the previous five years, or if you are not sure of the date of last booster shot.
Or visit your doctor to get the booster for any wound, especially if contaminated with dust or feces of animals or their droppings, and if you have not received a booster shot in the past 10 years or if you are not sure of the time of the last dose was vaccinated.
Button to your doctor to get a tetanus booster shot if I have a deep wound or contaminated and haven't taken booster injection in the previous five years, or if you are not sure of the date of last booster shot.
Or visit your doctor to get the booster for any wound, especially if contaminated with dust or feces of animals or their droppings, and if you have not received a booster shot in the past 10 years or if you are not sure of the time of the last dose was vaccinated.
* The reasons
Tetanus bacteria are pathogenic or tetanus, Clostridium tetani, Earth, dust, and feces of animals. When bacteria in the deep wound, the bacteria spores might produce an enterotoxin (toxin) strong alttanosbasmin called actively hinders the motor neurons, nerves that control the muscles. And the effect of toxin in motor neurons that cause muscle stiffness and its fits-tags on the incidence of tetanus.
* Risk factors
Moreover, there are some essential factors for tetanus bacteria even spread into the body. This includes the following:
-No vaccination or vaccination inappropriate – such as not receiving injections booster doses occasion-against tetanus.
-Puncture wound leading to produce tetanus spores in the wound.
-Other infectious bacteria.
-Tissue injury.
-The foreign object such as a nail or shrapnel.
-Swelling around the wound.
Other cases of infection:-prick wounds. Cover the chips of wounds or body piercing or tattoos or inject medication
-Scars from the shooting.
-Compound fractures.
-Crush injuries (resulting from pressure on parts of the body).
-Burns.
-Wounds caused by surgical procedures.
-Injecting drug abuse.
-Ear infection.
-Animal bites.
-Foot ulcers.
Moreover, there are some essential factors for tetanus bacteria even spread into the body. This includes the following:
-No vaccination or vaccination inappropriate – such as not receiving injections booster doses occasion-against tetanus.
-Puncture wound leading to produce tetanus spores in the wound.
-Other infectious bacteria.
-Tissue injury.
-The foreign object such as a nail or shrapnel.
-Swelling around the wound.
Other cases of infection:-prick wounds. Cover the chips of wounds or body piercing or tattoos or inject medication
-Scars from the shooting.
-Compound fractures.
-Crush injuries (resulting from pressure on parts of the body).
-Burns.
-Wounds caused by surgical procedures.
-Injecting drug abuse.
-Ear infection.
-Animal bites.
-Foot ulcers.
-Cord Stump infection in newborn babies of mothers with no vaccine immunization.
* Complications
It is impossible to remove the toxin (poison) tetanus once holism with endings. Thus, needs the full recovery of tetanus infection to grow new nerve ends, it may take several months.
And tetanus infection complications could include the following:
-Broken Bones. Individual may cause cramps to break the spine and other bones.
-The deficit. Tetanus treatment often involves using powerful tranquilizers to control muscle spasms, and could not move for a long time as a result of the use of these drugs to the permanently disabled. For children, tetanus infection can cause permanent brain damage ranging from slight mental deficiencies in brain paralysis.
-Death. Muscle spasms can interfere (tetani) associated with severe tetanus case with breathing, leading to inability to breathe at all in some periods. Respiratory failure is the most common cause of death, as well as a lack of oxygen can lead to cardiac arrest and death, pneumonia is one of the causes of death.
It is impossible to remove the toxin (poison) tetanus once holism with endings. Thus, needs the full recovery of tetanus infection to grow new nerve ends, it may take several months.
And tetanus infection complications could include the following:
-Broken Bones. Individual may cause cramps to break the spine and other bones.
-The deficit. Tetanus treatment often involves using powerful tranquilizers to control muscle spasms, and could not move for a long time as a result of the use of these drugs to the permanently disabled. For children, tetanus infection can cause permanent brain damage ranging from slight mental deficiencies in brain paralysis.
-Death. Muscle spasms can interfere (tetani) associated with severe tetanus case with breathing, leading to inability to breathe at all in some periods. Respiratory failure is the most common cause of death, as well as a lack of oxygen can lead to cardiac arrest and death, pneumonia is one of the causes of death.
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