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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 bacteria produce toxin that can cause tetanus?
The bacterium which produces the toxin that causes tetanus is Clostridium tetani.
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 does the virus TETANUS look like?
Tetanus is caused by bacteria, not a virus. The bacteria that cause tetanus, Clostridium tetani, are rod-shaped and produce spores that can survive in the environment. These spores can enter the body through wounds and produce a toxin that affects the nervous system. Symptoms of tetanus include muscle stiffness and spasms.
Can horses get tetanus from interaction with saliva?
Tetanus requires an anerobic environment to produce the toxins that result in disease which doesn't include ingestion.
What is the main action of anti tetanus serum?
It binds to the tetanus toxin in your blood, blocking the toxin's action on the body's systems. If you have completed your tetanus vaccine schedule, anti-tetanus serum is not required as your blood already contains the apparatus to produce this itself.
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.
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Which disease is commonly called lockjaw?
Tetanus is commonly referred to as lockjaw due to the characteristic symptom of severe muscle stiffness in the jaw muscles that causes difficulty opening the mouth. Tetanus is caused by a bacterial toxin and can be prevented with vaccination.
What muscles are affected by tetanus?
Tetanus primarily affects skeletal muscles, leading to sustained contractions and spasms, particularly in the jaw (trismus or lockjaw) and neck. It can also impact other muscle groups, including those in the abdomen and back, causing rigidity and painful spasms. In severe cases, respiratory muscles may be affected, which can lead to respiratory failure. The toxin produced by the tetanus bacteria disrupts normal muscle function by interfering with neurotransmitter release at the neuromuscular junction.
What do muscles produce?
Muscles provide movement, especially the skeletal muscles. The smooth muscles in our organs produce movement called peristalsis or tonic contraction which holds sphincters closed.
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.
