The emergency call of tetanus is dealt with

The emergency call of tetanus is dealt with
Tetanus is a kind of acute disease caused by bacillus of tetanus, this kind of bacterium exists in earth and people and animals excrement and urine extensively, it invades the human body through damaged skin and mucous membrane, and grow and breed in the deep department oxygen deficiency environment of wound, produce a large amount of tetanus bacillus virus, act on the nervous system, cause the specific infection of whole body. In addition, have one special tetanus, the intersection of neonate and disconnected umbilicus due to, commonly called as umbilical tetanus, because their has illness coming on behind the disconnected umbilicus in about 7 days often, so also called " seven days wind " .


Tetanus is generally 1 after the bacterium invades- Begin, appear symptom (a few people have short to 24 hour or as long as, appear symptom month by several) 2 week .


First, clinical manifestation of tetanus

Have illness coming on 6- 10 day after wounded generally, have illness coming on after the 24 hours or several weeks after being too injured.

The shorter the time of onset is, the more serious symptom is, the greater the patient's danger is. Originally have weak, dizzy, forerunner's symptom of having a headache, having the fidgets, yawning etc. first. Then can shrink strong muscles. It is facial muscles that begin at first, it is difficult and lockjawing to open one's mouth; Myospasm of expression, the patient " forces a smile " Face; Convulsion of dorsal muscle, so-called " opisthotonos " appears in the head layback ; Such as breathing the skin or gushing out convulsion, can lead to the fact and breathe to stop, the death that the patient suffocates.

This kind of whole body muscle convulsion is for several minutes, the interval breaks out repeatedly in some time. Stimulus why any is slight if light, sound, speak, dry and can bring out.


Second, treatment of tetanus

When the skin has wound, damage, must clear up the wound (propose going to the hospital to clear up) completely ,Deeper wound will certainly inject tetanus and antitoxin. Once suffer from tetanus, should send to hospital and rescue, and isolate patients, the environment that keep quiet, reduce the sound and only wait for stimulating, do tracheostomy if necessary, guarantee the respiratory tract is unobstructed. Employ heavy dose of tetanus and antitoxin, in order to neutralize the endotoxin of body.


Tetanus The emergency call is dealt with
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