Weekday life
Inevitably stumbling will encounter some accidents
Causes physical trauma
Like what
Husband and wife cook rice and cut vegetables to cut off fingers
Mom and Dad were scratched and bruised while doing housework and farm work
The child bounced and fell and bruised
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note
Regardless of the size of the wound, more attention should be paid to prevent infection. In particular, the wound is large, the wound is deep, the animal bite, the contact with rust, mud and other pollutants, these situations should be more vigilant, you need to rush to the hospital for treatment.
Because in addition to wounds are prone to infection
One may also be raised
Extremely severe potentially fatal disease
- Tetanus
01What is tetanus?
Tetanus is an acute, specific, toxic disease characterized by persistent tonic contractions and paroxysmal spasms of skeletal muscles through the invasion of Clostridium tetanus through a hole in the skin or mucous membrane.
Laryngospasm, asphyxia, lung infection, and organ failure can occur in severe patients, and the case fatality rate is close to 100% in the absence of medical intervention, and even after aggressive combination of treatment, the case fatality rate is still 30% to 50% worldwide.
It is a rather terrible disease.
02
Why there are wounds
Should we pay attention to tetanus infections?
This has to talk about the characteristics of tetanus bacillus.
First of all, its viability is particularly strong, mainly in the form of spores in nature, which can survive for decades in the soil; the high temperature of 100 ° C takes 1 hour to eliminate it.
In addition, it is widely distributed, in soil, in human or mammalian feces, in dust; its presence is found even in the air of the operating room.
This is really the "little strong" who can't die, so everyone is generally susceptible.
What is more fatal is the spasmodic toxin secreted by Tetanus bacilli, which is particularly toxic and lethal to humans
This is much more toxic than the perennial king of poison in the TV series, arsenic.
Because the amount of pathogenic antigen is too low, it is not enough to stimulate the body's immune system to produce antibodies to form active immunity after infection, so it will be repeatedly infected.
Because of these characteristics of pathogenic bacteria, after trauma in the human body, there is a risk of infection.
There are even cases of infection without obvious trauma, such as tooth extraction and gastrointestinal surgery.
03
Tetanus is so harmful
How to reduce the risk of infection?
Although tetanus is at high risk of infection and has a high fatality rate, fortunately, we already know its pathogenic mechanism.
So don't worry too much, but be sure to pay attention.
First of all, vaccination against tetanus is the most scientific and effective way to prevent tetanus.
National immunization programmes have long been aware of the risk of tetanus.
The "broken" of the DTP and DTP vaccines that children receive before entering school represents the prevention of tetanus, and the effective protection can be maintained for 5-10 years after the whole process of vaccination.
So parents must take their babies to get vaccinated on time.
If you have not been vaccinated with tetanus as a child, you can also get three shots of tetanus vaccine in advance when you are an adult.
In particular, people at high risk of potential trauma, such as soldiers, policemen, cooks, construction workers, outdoor workers, and so on.
It is recommended to increase one dose of tetanus vaccine every 5-10 years to maintain effective levels of antibody protection.
Secondly, if there are more serious wounds in life, you must seek medical treatment in time, especially the bite scratches of cats and dogs.
For minor wounds, do not listen to the "soil method", use soot or mud to apply to the wound, in fact, it is easier to infect tetanus.
Finally, after the trauma patient arrives at the hospital, the doctor will choose tetanus vaccine and passive immunization preparations according to the wound situation and whether the whole process has been vaccinated before, so as to reduce the risk of tetanus for the patient.
So when you go to the doctor, follow the doctor's advice.
Don't be like a baby, afraid of needles, refuse to get injections.
04
How to get tetanus vaccine
How many injections?
Here is the "Norms for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-neonatal Tetanus (2019 Edition)" issued by the National Health Commission for professional guidance.
You can take a seat at the right number
Learn to understand, welcome to collect
So
If there is a wound, do not be sloppy, tetanus should be careful
Vaccination science prevention!
Source: Guangxi Disease Control
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