Tuesday November 17, 2020
Tetanus – A Rare But Real ThreatTetanus is a potentially fatal disease of the nervous system arising from toxins produced by Clostridium tetani, an anaerobic bacterium found in soil. Once this toxin is taken up by the nervous system, inhibitory synapses are blocked resulting in characteristic muscular rigidity, spasms and autonomic instability, with painful spasms of the masseter muscles; ‘lock-jaw’, well […]
