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Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination
by Kris Gaublomme, MD
The disease
Tetanus as a clinical entity is linked to a bacterium, Clostridium tetani. Obviously, the germ is not as malicious as one may think because it lives quite harmlessly in the animal and human intestinal tract1. It is not the very presence of the bacteria which causes the trouble, but the toxins that are produced by the bacteria under anaerobic conditions, that is, where the bacteria operates in an environment free of oxygen. These toxins can be spread through the blood vessels and finally affect the nervous system causing tetanic muscle contraction and pain. The condition is extremely painful and potentially lethal.
Tetanus morbidity is very low in industrialised countries. In the USA, for example, there are only about 50 cases a year2; in Germany, 173. (Ed. note – there are an average of 10 cases of tetanus reported in Australia each year, almost all in women over the age of 50. There has only been one case of tetanus reported in childhood since 1963.)
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