Lockjaw Case Studies
One afternoon I was walking home from my friend's house along the railroad tracks barefoot and suddenly I felt a sharp prickly pain shooting up my leg, I look down and realized I had stepped on a broken piece of glass. When I got home my mother told me I should go get a tetanus immunization in case I had contracted tetanus. I did not know what tetanus is, so then I decided to do some research.
Tetanus, also more commonly known as Lockjaw, is caused by Clostridium tetani. Lockjaw can occur as a bacterial infection mainly introduced via a break in the skin or a puncture wound into the bloodstream by soil, saliva and fecal matter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus). In rare circumstances, tetanus can be contracted through surgeries, intramuscular …show more content…
The Tetanospasmin toxin binds to the receptors on the end of the muscles and can do so permanently. It is also possible for tetanus may cause laryngolspasms ( a series of spasmatic muscle movements, in the larynx or otherwise known as vocal chords or voicebox.). www.hse.ie/eng/health/az/l/lockjaw/complications-of-tetanus.html, -Andrew Lehman, Immunologist and Virologist.
Some possible characteristics of Tetanus can be a mild to major fever, profuse sweating, sickness of the stomach, a hard time swallowing, somewhat high blood pressure and a faster than usual heart rate may reult in misdiagnoses of influenza virus. Poorly trained medical staff will sometimes misdiagnose Tetanus as other various conditions similar to that of influenza (common flu) virus. Most fatalities from tetanus are due to a lack of proper treatment, often also because of a wound not being cleaned "well" enough. (Wikipedia- …show more content…
If treated correctly, it can be taken care of instantaneously. It can also be prevented by proper steralization of materials or any metal objects or C.tetani contaminatable items. Also immunizations can be found anywhere within first-world countries, and some third-world countries. This is only a minor research paper of the effects of tetanus upon the human body; Be careful where you step and get vaccinated!
Works Cited:
26. Wells, C. L., Wilkins, T. D. (1996). "Clostridia: Sporeforming Anaerobic Bacilli". In Baron, S.; et al. Baron's Medical Microbiology. Univ of Texas Medical Branch. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1.
8. "Tetanus" (PDF). CDC Pink Book. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
1 . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetnus
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetnis
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tetanus
5. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium
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Tetanus, also more commonly known as Lockjaw, is caused by Clostridium tetani. Lockjaw can occur as a bacterial infection mainly introduced via a break in the skin or a puncture wound into the bloodstream by soil, saliva and fecal matter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus). In rare circumstances, tetanus can be contracted through surgeries, intramuscular …show more content…
The Tetanospasmin toxin binds to the receptors on the end of the muscles and can do so permanently. It is also possible for tetanus may cause laryngolspasms ( a series of spasmatic muscle movements, in the larynx or otherwise known as vocal chords or voicebox.). www.hse.ie/eng/health/az/l/lockjaw/complications-of-tetanus.html, -Andrew Lehman, Immunologist and Virologist.
Some possible characteristics of Tetanus can be a mild to major fever, profuse sweating, sickness of the stomach, a hard time swallowing, somewhat high blood pressure and a faster than usual heart rate may reult in misdiagnoses of influenza virus. Poorly trained medical staff will sometimes misdiagnose Tetanus as other various conditions similar to that of influenza (common flu) virus. Most fatalities from tetanus are due to a lack of proper treatment, often also because of a wound not being cleaned "well" enough. (Wikipedia- …show more content…
If treated correctly, it can be taken care of instantaneously. It can also be prevented by proper steralization of materials or any metal objects or C.tetani contaminatable items. Also immunizations can be found anywhere within first-world countries, and some third-world countries. This is only a minor research paper of the effects of tetanus upon the human body; Be careful where you step and get vaccinated!
Works Cited:
26. Wells, C. L., Wilkins, T. D. (1996). "Clostridia: Sporeforming Anaerobic Bacilli". In Baron, S.; et al. Baron's Medical Microbiology. Univ of Texas Medical Branch. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1.
8. "Tetanus" (PDF). CDC Pink Book. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
1 . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetnus
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetnis
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tetanus
5. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium
6.