Abstract

Tetanus is an acute infectious disease characterized by painful muscle spasms, mostly in the face and neck, and then throughout the body. Infection most often occurs when bacteria enter the body through injuries to the skin or mucous membranes. If the causative agent reaches anaerobic conditions, their growth and reproduction follows in the contaminated wound, creating an exotoxin that causes the symptoms of the disease. Tetanus can occur after trivial or even imperceptible wounds if the oxygen content in the injured tissue is low. The aim of this paper is to give a brief description of the events after contracting this disease. In the processing, the desk method of research was used, which enabled the review of a large number of specialized databases.

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