Getting tetanus may cause some damage to internal organs.
Tetanus is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani, which invades the body through a wound in the skin or mucous membranes, grows and multiplies in an oxygen-poor environment, and produces a toxin.
The toxin usually attacks the patient’s nervous system, causing symptoms such as clenching of teeth, paroxysmal spasms and tonic spasms. As a result of spasm of the larynx, the patient suffers from breathlessness and accumulation of secretions in the bronchial tubes, which damages the lungs and leads to pneumonia and atelectasis.
Patients should be vaccinated against tetanus to prevent the disease after the appearance of contaminated wounds. If the disease has already occurred, it is recommended to treat it as early as possible under the guidance of a doctor in a timely manner to prevent it from becoming life-threatening.