Tetanus Research Paper

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Tetanus can be the worst and most unsatisfactory thing that can happen to the body. The only way to get Tetanus is through puncture wounds. Tetanus will cause the body to have severe spasms, lockjaw which can lead to starvation or dehydration. If you don't want Tetanus don't step on nails, knives, staples, and even writing utensils. Spasms are caused by minor things like light or a draft.
Tetanus is a bacteria that affects the Muscular, skeletal and the nervous system. The muscular system is an organ system containing smooth, cardiac muscles, and skeletal muscles. The muscular system is the number one thing the body needs for movement internally and externally. It maintains posture and it also circulates blood throughout the body. The muscular
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It causes stiffness in your neck, abdominal muscles, and it also causes painful muscle spasms that are triggered by minor occurrences, such as a draft, loud noise, a physical touch or even light. The severity of spasms may cause the spine or other bones to break. Severe muscle spasms can interfere with or stop your breathing. Once tetanus toxins have bonded to your nerve endings, it is impossible to remove. A complete recovery from a tetanus infection requires new nerve endings to grow, which can take up to several months (Mayo Clinic). The most common cause of Tetanus contractions is splinters, body piercing, tattoos, injection drugs use, animal or insect bites, infected umbilical cord stumps in newborns of inadequately immunized mothers (Mayo Clinic).
Tetanus is a very lethal and brutal Bacteria that causes spasms and can be contracted from puncture wounds caused by a lot of things. The spasms from tetanus break bones, including your spine or even your neck. It can also bond to your nerve endings, which is impossible to remove and a complete recovery from a tetanus infection requires new nerve endings to grow, which takes several months. Tetanus is a very dangerous and deadly bacteria that affects the nervous, skeletal and muscular system. Most of all, the final thing Tetanus does causes spasms and in most cases even