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    Tetanus is a bacterial disease caused by Clostridium tetani found in soil and animal feces. It enters the body through wounds like cuts, punctures, and burns. Symptoms include painful muscle spasms and stiffness of the jaw and abdomen. There is no cure, but vaccination and proper wound care can prevent tetanus. While 314,000 people died from tetanus globally in 1990, improved vaccination reduced the number of annual deaths to around 38,000 by 2017. However, tetanus remains an issue in developing nations where vaccination rates are lower.

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    Tetanus is a bacterial disease caused by Clostridium tetani found in soil and animal feces. It enters the body through wounds like cuts, punctures, and burns. Symptoms include painful muscle spasms and stiffness of the jaw and abdomen. There is no cure, but vaccination and proper wound care can prevent tetanus. While 314,000 people died from tetanus globally in 1990, improved vaccination reduced the number of annual deaths to around 38,000 by 2017. However, tetanus remains an issue in developing nations where vaccination rates are lower.

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    Tetanus is a bacterial disease caused by Clostridium tetani found in soil and animal feces. It enters the body through wounds like cuts, punctures, and burns. Symptoms include painful muscle spasms and stiffness of the jaw and abdomen. There is no cure, but vaccination and proper wound care can prevent tetanus. While 314,000 people died from tetanus globally in 1990, improved vaccination reduced the number of annual deaths to around 38,000 by 2017. However, tetanus remains an issue in developing nations where vaccination rates are lower.

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    Tetanus is a bacterial disease caused by Clostridium tetani found in soil and animal feces. It enters the body through wounds like cuts, punctures, and burns. Symptoms include painful muscle spasms and stiffness of the jaw and abdomen. There is no cure, but vaccination and proper wound care can prevent tetanus. While 314,000 people died from tetanus globally in 1990, improved vaccination reduced the number of annual deaths to around 38,000 by 2017. However, tetanus remains an issue in developing nations where vaccination rates are lower.

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    Tetanus

    I. Definition
    A. A bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles.

    II. Causes
    A. Tetanus is caused by the tetanus bacterium Clostridium tetani
    1. Found in soil, dust and animal feces

    III. Transmission
    A. Entry through Abrasions, Punctures, Cuts, and wounds
    1. Puncture wounds including from body piercings, splinters, injection drugs, nails, tattoos
    2. Gunshot wounds
    3. Compound fractures
    4. Burns
    5. Surgical wounds
    6. Injection drug use
    7. Animal or insect bites
    8. Infected foot ulcers
    9. Dental infections
    10. Infected umbilical stumps in newborns born of inadequately vaccinated mothers

    VI. Description
    A. Signs & Symptoms
    1. Spasms and/or stiffness in your jaw
    2. Difficulty swallowing
    3. Stiffness of your abdominal muscles
    4. Painful body spasms
    5. Fever
    6. Sweating
    7. Rapid heart rate
    8. Elevated blood pressure

    IV. Management
    A. Prevention
    1. Vaccination
    2. Good Wound treatment
    B. Treatment
    1. Proper Wound care,
    2. medications to ease symptoms
    C. Cure
    1. No Cure

    V. Current Status
    A. Statistics
    1. In 1990, 314,000 people died due to tetanus while in 2017 there were just slightly over 38,000 deaths —
    that an 88% reduction. (Statistic)
    B. Current Trends
    1. An Unvaccinated 6-year-old nearly died from tetanus after his family refused to vaccinate him. His
    medical costs were nearly 1 million (Unvaccinated)
    2. Tetanus is still a major problem in third world countries.
    Works Cited:

    (Unvaccinated) Carroll, Linda. “Unvaccinated Boy Nearly Died from Tetanus. The Cost of His Care Was Almost $1
    Million.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 9 Mar. 2019, www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-
    health/unvaccinated-boy-almost-died-tetanus-hospital-bill-was-more-800-n981256.

    (Tetanus) “Tetanus.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 22 Feb. 2019,
    www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tetanus/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20351631.

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