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Description and Symptoms of Tetanus
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Tags: Tetanus, tetanospasmin, neurotoxin, Gram-positive, Clostridium tetani, anaerobic bacterium, symptoms
Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a serious but preventable disease that affects the body's muscles and nerves. It typically arises from a skin wound that becomes contaminated by a bacterium called Clostridium tetani, which is often found in soil.
| | Tetanus often begins with muscle spasms in the jaw (called trismus), accompanied by difficulty swallowing and stiffness or pain in the muscles of the neck, shoulders, or back. These spasms can spread to the muscles of the abdomen, upper arms, and thighs. |
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