What symptom does infantile tetanus have?

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Tetanus and other diseases are not uncommon in our life. It is mainly due to the invasion of a virus called tetanus bacilli into the patient's wound, which leads to the deterioration of the wound and may even cause death. What symptom does infantile tetanus have? Let's talk about it.

What symptom does infantile tetanus have?

The symptoms of forebody include general fatigue, dizziness, headache, weakness of chewing, local muscle tightening, pulling pain, hyperreflexia, etc. Typical symptoms are paroxysmal strong spasm on the basis of muscle tension contraction (myotonia, stiffness). Usually, the first muscle group affected is masticatory muscle, followed by facial expression muscle, neck, back, abdomen, limbs muscle, and finally diaphragm.

The corresponding signs were: difficulty in opening mouth (teeth closed), frowning, mouth angle shrinking, grinning, neck rigidity and head backward; When the back and abdominal muscles contract at the same time, because the back muscles are more powerful, the trunk is twisted into a spasmodic posture, such as bending the knees, elbows, and half clenching of the neck and limbs, resulting in "corner arch reflexes" or "side arch reflexes"; After the diaphragm is affected, the face and lips are blue and purple, the ventilation is difficult, and apnea may occur.

The attack can be induced by slight stimulation, such as light, sound, contact, drinking water, etc. Interval length is different, frequent attacks. Often show serious illness. When the attack, conscious, painful expression, each attack time from seconds to minutes. Strong muscle spasm, can make muscle rupture, even fracture. * sphincter spasm can cause urinary retention. Continuous spasm of the respiratory muscles and diaphragm can cause sudden respiratory arrest. The main causes of death were asphyxia, heart failure or pulmonary complications.

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The course of disease is generally 3-4 weeks. If active treatment and no special complications occur, the degree of attack can be gradually reduced, and the average remission period is about 1 week. But muscular tension and hyperreflexia can continue for a period of time; Recovery period can also appear some mental symptoms, such as hallucinations, speech, behavior disorders, but can recover. A few patients can only show sustained myotonia at the injured site, which can last for several weeks or months, and the prognosis is good. When the neonate suffers from this disease, the symptoms are not typical because of the muscle weakness, such as inability to cry and suck milk, less activity, weak breathing or difficulty.