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Clostridium tetani spores can be found in various locations including manure, soil and dust. Inhabitants of developing countries are at a higher risk of acquiring tetanus because of lack of tetanus vaccination. Various risk factors for tetanus include contaminated wounds, punctured wounds, crushing, burns and working in unhygienic environment.<ref name="urlTetanus | About Tetanus Disease | Lockjaw | CDC">{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/tetanus/about/index.html |title=Tetanus | About Tetanus Disease | Lockjaw | CDC |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
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Overview
Clostridium tetani spores can be found in various locations including manure, soil and dust. Inhabitants of developing countries are at a higher risk of acquiring tetanus because of lack of tetanus vaccination. Various risk factors for tetanus include contaminated wounds, punctured wounds, crushing, burns and working in unhygienic environment.[1]
Risk Factors
Tetanus may not come with precise risk factors, but there are some factors that need to be present for tetanus to be able to proliferate in the body. These include:
- Not having proper immunization. This leaves the body much more susceptible to developing tetanus than someone who has been properly vaccinated.
- Having a puncture wound that would allow tetanus spores to get into an anaerobic environment within the body. The spores can then flourish in this environment.
- Having other infective bacteria present can also put someone at an increased risk for allowing tetanus to proliferate.
- An injury that has swelled
- Having a foreign body, such as a splinter or a nail, present.
- Tissue that is injured
It is also important to note that there are many different injuries that tetanus can develop from. Some of these injuries include:
- Animal bites
- Different types of dental infections
- Crush injuries
- Gunshots
- Puncture wounds, such as (mentioned before) nails, splinters, piercings, etc.
- Foot ulcers in diabetic patients that have become infected.
- Injecting drugs
- Self tattooing