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4 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT #TETANUS
1. Enters your body through wounds
2. Makes muscle contract painfully
3. Can kill in days if no treatment
4. No cure, so better to PROTECT YOURSELF!
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1. Enters your body through wounds
2. Makes muscle contract painfully
3. Can kill in days if no treatment
4. No cure, so better to PROTECT YOURSELF!
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Tetanus is caused by a germ called Clostridium tetani.
This germ produces a dangerous #toxin that makes your muscles painfully contract on their own & become rigid.
This man had neck stiffness & lockjaw from tetanus;
This germ produces a dangerous #toxin that makes your muscles painfully contract on their own & become rigid.
This man had neck stiffness & lockjaw from tetanus;
Tetanus germ lives mainly inside the soil & animal feces. It lives there for years.
When it has a chance, it enter your body through:
- Wounds contaminated with soil or feces, or
- Punctures by nonsterile needles (like some injecting illegal drugs, tattooing or body piercing)
When it has a chance, it enter your body through:
- Wounds contaminated with soil or feces, or
- Punctures by nonsterile needles (like some injecting illegal drugs, tattooing or body piercing)
