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What organs are affected by tetanus?
What organs are affected by tetanus?
What the difference between tetanus and tig?
Tetanus is a disease that affects the muscles and the respiratory system. The difference between tetanus and TIG or tetanus immunoglobulin is that the latter is a form of preventative vaccine for tetanus.
What are the effects of tetanus?
Tetanus, a nervous system infection, can cause muscles spasms. A common name for tetanus is lockjaw, becausethe jaw is often the first muscle group to cramp or spasm. Spasm can happen throughout the body and may cause muscle tears. If the spasm occur in the muscles around the lungs it can result in breathing problems. Beyond muscles spasms, other symptoms of tetanus include fever, excessive sweating, irritability, and drooling.
What has most likely happened to a person with severe tetanus?
spasm and twitching of muscles, particularly the jaw muscles become stiff
What muscles could be affected by weakness?
The muscles most often affected are those that are near the central part of the body, such as muscles of the chest and the upper arms and legs.
What is lock-jaw?
Lockjaw is another word for the medical condition tetanus. Tetanus is caused by bacteria and causes stiffness in the jaw and neck. The bacteria which causes tetanus is found everywhere and is contracted by touching a contaminated item with a part of your body that is punctured or cut.
What muscles are affected by trichinosis?
The most frequently affected muscles are the muscles outside the eye (extraocular muscles) that control eye movements; the muscles of the jaw, neck, and upper arm (biceps muscle); the muscles of the lower back (lumbar region); and the diaphragm
Do you weigh more when you tighten your muscles?
Weight is not affected by tightening your muscles.
Which muscles in your body are affected by alcohol first a eye muscles b hand muscles c leg muscles?
A. Eye muscles
Which muscles are weakening when walking on toes?
the anti gravity muscles which are cuff muscles that is soleas gastronimis are affected
What muscles are affected in weight loss?
all
What is muscle tetanus?
is produced by Clostridium tetani bacteria. Tetanus involves generalized rigidity and painful convulsive spasms of skeletal muscles, occurring 3 to 21 days after infection. The muscle stiffness usually involves the jaw (lockjaw) and neck muscles, and then becomes generalized.
