Initial symptoms of tetanus

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Tetanus is a kind of modern disease. It is only in modern times that this disease is called tetanus. This disease refers to an acute infection caused by Clostridium tetanus that infects human wounds. The initial symptoms of tetanus, next, I'll give you a brief introduction.

Initial symptoms of tetanus

First: when the body has a wound and is infected with tetanus bacteria, symptoms generally do not occur immediately, there may be 6 to 10 days of incubation period, after the incubation period, tetanus infection may occur and lead to symptoms, so in the early stage of the wound, direct treatment of the wound can avoid tetanus.

Second: when the body is infected with tetanus bacteria, the first symptom is physical fatigue. The patient will feel very dizzy and may have a headache. At this time, the patient will feel restless, the mouth masseter muscle will be tense and sore, and there will be yawning symptoms. These symptoms usually last about 24 hours, which is the precursor of tetanus.

Third: when patients with tetanus have passed the prodromal symptoms, there will be some very typical symptoms. For example, the patient's muscles will have a strong feeling, and the muscles will contract violently. The first muscle expression is the patient's masseter muscle, who said it is the facial muscle, neck muscle, back and abdominal muscle.

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After the development of tetanus, patients will find it very inconvenient to chew food, and it is very difficult to open their mouth to speak. Then the patients' teeth will be closed, and paroxysmal spasm of facial muscles will occur, which makes the patients have a unique expression of bitter smile.