Tetanus
Kyla Cherie
History
Discovered by ancient people who recognized wounds and muscle spasms. in 1884 Aurthur Nicolarier isolated the strychnine-like toxin of tetanus from free-living, anaerobic soil bacteria.
symptoms
Tetanus can cause a number of serious symptoms:
- muscle spasms
- trouble swallowing
- stiffness in your neck and jaw
- stiffness in your abdominal muscles
Treatment
The treatment of tetanus:
- Antitoxin
- Antibiotics
- Vaccine
- Sedatives
- MORE!!!!
Doctors
Ask for a booster every five to 10 years to help prevent from getting tetanus
Vaccine reactions/booster
- Mild Reaction
- Moderate problems
- Severe problems
- shots required every 10 years
Test/complications
based on medical and immunzation history
Some complications for Tetanus are:
- Broken bones
- Death
- Disabilities
Risk of tetanus
- injured tissues
- Foregin body ( nail/splenter)
- Swelling around injuries
causes
- dust and animal feces
- deep flesh wounds
- powerful toxin
Epidemiology
In 2010 it cause about 61,000 deaths down from 272,000 in 1990. The neonatal form- remains a significant pubilc health problem in non-industralized countries with 59,000 newborns worldwide dying since 2008
images
Bacteria. Digital image. Http://pixgood.com/tetanus-bacteria.html. Web.
Infection. Digital image. Http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/how-to-treat-cat-bites-puncture-wounds. Web.
"Tetanus." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic, 24 Apr. 2013. Web. 01 Dec. 2014.
Todar, Kenneth. How u look with tetanus. Digital image. Http://textbookofbacteriology.net/clostridia_3.html. Web.