TETANUS

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TETANUS
Cameron Donahue
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Symptoms and Contamination
Stiffness of the jaw, neck, and other
muscles Irritability Painful muscle spasms Spasms
of your jaw and neck muscles
A cut, puncture wound, bite, or any other wound
(small or large) can lead to a Tetanus
infection. Unless they have an immunity
to infection.
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Scientific Facts

• Tetanus is caused by the bacteria, Clostridium
  tetani.
• This bacteria is common in in soils and in animal
  feces.
• Some people only experience only pain and
  tingling at the wound site and some spasms in
  nearby muscles.
• Called lockjaw because your jaw is one of the
  first places hit by spasms and eventually the
  rest of your body as well.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?dbP
  ubMed
• http//www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?idDS00227
• http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tetanus.html