Tetanus? I read some interesting info about tetanus. Anyone else heard/read this?!


Question: Tetanus.? I read some interesting info about tetanus. Anyone else heard/read this.?
Or can anyone offer any helpful info.? I read somewhere that if we get tetanus that we it would not give us immunity against getting it again. For example if we caught measles, [and other diseases] it gives us a natural lifelong immunity against catching it again but not so with tetanus.

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Unlike other mild diseases that gives us immunity after acquiring it, tetanus is can also give us the same immunity after acquiring it.... that is if one can survive the severity of disease that it brings.

Clostridium tetani is the bacteria that causes tetanus and as the name implies... it gives the patient tetanic or continuous muscular contractions that the patient becomes stiff and dies thereafter.

Infection generally occurs through wound contamination, and often involves a cut or deep puncture wound. As the infection progresses, muscle spasms in the jaw develop, hence the common name, lockjaw. This is followed by difficulty in swallowing and general muscle stiffness and spasms in other parts of the body. Infection can be prevented by proper immunization and by post-exposure prophylaxis.
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if you are injured, say a deep laceration or puncture wound.
treatment is given to the wound, and a tetanus shot is given to ward off blood infections.ie:(tetanus).

A booster shot is recommended every 10 years or they may give it sooner if a like injury would occure again.Health Question & Answer

You get a short term immunity which is why you need to get a booster every 10 years or so. With many vaccines, the immunity is not lifelong but weans down over time. So right after you get the vaccine you have high anitbody levels but they slowely decline over time Health Question & Answer



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