What are the 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 infection may be toxic. Tetanus bacilli can invade the body through human wounds, grow and reproduce in the body, and also produce some toxins. It is precisely because these toxins cause acute specific infection of patients. All open wounds in the body may lead to the occurrence of tetanus, so in order to avoid tetanus, we must pay attention to the active treatment of wounds.

What are the symptoms of tetanus?

When tetanus patients have passed the prodromal symptoms, some very typical symptoms will follow. For example, the muscles of the patients will have a strong feeling, and the muscles will contract violently. The first muscle performance that makes sound is the masseter muscle of the patients, who said it is the facial muscle, neck muscle, back and abdominal muscle.

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's heart will be restless, the mouth masseter muscle will be tense and sore, and there will be symptoms of yawning. These symptoms usually last about 24 hours, which is the precursor of tetanus.

When the body is infected with tetanus bacteria, the symptoms will not occur immediately. There may be an incubation period of 6 to 10 days. After the incubation period, tetanus infection may occur and cause symptoms. Therefore, direct treatment of the wound at the early stage of the wound can avoid tetanus.

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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.