2006-11-29 03:43:14 · 12 answers · asked by Lainey B 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
It is not spread. If a person gets it, it stays with them.
2006-11-29 03:46:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tetanus is a disease that can be caused by stepping on a rusty nail or a dog bit, etc. It is spread by the blood stream and it affects the nervous system of the body. Also called lockjaw it can kill.
2006-11-29 03:54:33 · answer #2 · answered by golden rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tetanus spores are present in animal dung and soil. Tetanus is caused by infection of a dirty wound contaminated by soil and presence of dead tissue in a wound,. A contaminated wound may be small, like a thorn prick. Piercing the ears with an unsterilized instrument and ear infection with a perforated ear drum can also lead to tetanus. In infants, cutting the umbilical cord with an unsterile blade or knife and infection of the stump can lead to tetanus. Tetanus is more common at extremes of age. It is a vaccine preventible disease.
2006-11-29 03:53:45 · answer #3 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tetanus is caused by Clostridium tetani bacteria, it is not caused by a rusty nail unless it is contaminated by the bacterium. However the bacteria is found in soil as well as in the intestinal flora of animals and humans. It is spread by getting in an open wound or break in the skin.
2006-11-29 04:55:00 · answer #4 · answered by lysrider 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why don't people get proper shots to protect themsleves! Tetanus germ is every where in the soil! It doesn't hurt you unless get a cut and the germ enters your body! Get your shots! You can't give it to some elise if you have an out break
2006-11-29 03:46:36 · answer #5 · answered by Monet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you get it from stepping on a rusty nail, at least that's the story I heard when I was a kid. The wound then gets infected and your jaws lock closed and you starve to death. I am not sure if that is made up because I have never heard of anyone having that happen to me
2006-11-29 04:10:21 · answer #6 · answered by reallyfedup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have always heard that tetanus was spread by stepping on or having something rusty enter into your blood stream,, like stepping on a rusty nail or something like that
2006-11-29 03:45:30 · answer #7 · answered by gypsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is spread through bodily fluids, so if infected saliva gets into a cut or other opening on a person they will get infected. That's why you should get a shot if you are bitten by an animal and it breaks the skin.
2006-11-29 03:45:56 · answer #8 · answered by tjslove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally,bacterial disease causing rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles,not infectious diseases,infected by germs trough minor cuts or injuries.
2006-11-29 03:58:04 · answer #9 · answered by shaikhmohdmusa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Through an infected skin break and on into the blood system.
2006-11-29 03:45:37 · answer #10 · answered by diturtlelady2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋