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Vaccination Suspended Risk: Tetanus
Tetanus is a severe disease that often causes death. The bacterium that causes tetanus is easily found in soil and dust from the street and also in the feces of some animals, it is also very resistant to heat and antibacterial cleaners. Between 1922 and 1926, each year there were about 1314 cases of tetanus in the United States. The tetanus vaccine was introduced in the late 40′s and tetanus became a disease that health authorities in the United States remained officially under statistical control and monitoring. In 1998, only 45 reported cases of tetanus in the United States.
Affected individuals suffer from tetanus rigidity and spasms in the muscles. Patients with this disease are severely narrowing the larynx (throat), which causes them difficulty breathing and eating well, muscle spasms can cause fractures (breaks) of the spine and long bones of the body. Some patients may fall into a coma and die. Approximately 30% of the reported cases the patient dies. Read the rest of this entry »
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Treatment of puncture wound
The key to proper treatment is: a puncture wound must be cleaned appropriately and observed throughout the healing process to avoid complications.
In minor injuries
* Wash your hands
* Use running water for at least five minutes to rinse the puncture site and wash with soap
* Look for objects inside the wound, if found, do not remove it, go to the nearest emergency department. Also, if you can not see anything inside the wound, but missing a piece of the object that caused it, seek medical attention
* Apply an antibacterial ointment and a clean bandage
For more serious wound
* If there is bleeding, compress the affected area until it disappears
* Cover the hole with a clean dressing
* Move the affected as little as possible
* Should not be possible and threaten the health of the person, move to the nearest hospital
In all cases, the above characteristics should be applied tetanus
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