Tetanus and homeopathy remedies used for its treatment

 

Tetanus and homeopathy treatment

TETANUS IS A SERIOUS ILLNESS CAUSED BY CLOSTRIDIUM BACTERIA. THE BACTERIA LIVE IN SOIL, SALIVA, DUST, AND MANURE. THE BACTERIA CAN ENTER THE BODY THROUGH A DEEP CUT, LIKE THOSE YOU MIGHT GET FROM STEPPING ON A NAIL, OR THROUGH A BURN. IT CAN LEAD TO "LOCKING" OF THE JAW. THIS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH OR SWALLOW.

TETANUS:

Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is an infection characterized by muscle spasms. In the most common type, the spasms begin in the jaw and then progress to the rest of the body. 

 These spasms usually last a few minutes each time and occur frequently for three to four weeks. 

 Spasms may be so severe that bone fractures may occur 

 Tetanus is caused by an infection with the bacterium Clostridium tetani, which is commonly found in soil, dust and manure. 

 The bacteria generally enter through a break in the skin such as a cut or puncture wound by a contaminated object. 

 They produce toxins that interfere with muscle contractions, resulting in the typical symptoms

Causes 

 Tetanus is caused by the tetanus bacterium Clostridium tetani.

  Tetanus is often associated with rust, especially rusty nails. Objects that accumulate rust are often found outdoors, or in places that harbour anaerobic bacteria, but the rust itself does not cause tetanus nor does it contain more C. tetani bacteria. 

 The rough surface of rusty metal merely provides a prime habitat for C. tetani endospores to reside in (due to its high surface area), and the nail affords a means to puncture skin and deliver endospores deep within the body at the site of the wound.

Symptoms

  Tetanus often begins with mild spasms in the jaw muscles—also known as lockjaw or trismus. The spasms can also affect the facial muscles resulting in an appearance called risus sardonicus. 

 Chest, neck, back, abdominal muscles, and buttocks may be affected. Back muscle spasms often cause arching, called opisthotonos. 

 Sometimes the spasms affect muscles that help with breathing, which can lead to breathing problems.

  Prolonged muscular action causes sudden, powerful, and painful contractions of muscle groups, which is called "tetany". These episodes can cause fractures and muscle tears

Other symptoms include drooling, excessive sweating, fever, hand or foot spasms, irritability, difficulty swallowing, suffocation, heart attack, breathing problems, irregular heartbeat, and uncontrolled urination or defecation.

Prevention 

 Recovery from naturally acquired tetanus does not usually result in immunity to tetanus. This is due to the extreme potency of the tetanospasmin toxin. Even a lethal dose of tetanospasmin is insufficient to provoke an immune response.

  Tetanus can be prevented by vaccination with tetanus toxoid. It is recommended that adults receive a booster vaccine every ten years, and standard care practice in many places is to give the booster to any patient with a puncture wound who is uncertain of when he or she was last vaccinated, or if he or she has had fewer than three lifetime doses of the vaccine. 

 The booster may not prevent a potentially fatal case of tetanus from the current wound, however, as it can take up to two weeks for tetanus antibodies to form

Prevention 

 In children under the age of seven, the tetanus vaccine is often administered as a combined vaccine, DPT/DTaP vaccine, which also includes vaccines against diphtheria and pertussis. For adults and children over seven, the Td vaccine (tetanus and diphtheria) or Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis) is commonly used. 

 The World Health Organisation certifies countries as having eliminated maternal or neonatal tetanus. Certification requires at least two years of rates of less than 1 case per 1000 live births.

  In 1998 in Uganda, 3,433 tetanus cases were recorded in new born babies; of these, 2,403 died. After a major public health effort, Uganda in 2011 was certified as having eliminated tetanus.

Homeopathy Treatment 

 Homeopathy treatment is holistic & patient friendly, and are customized to suit each patient according to his condition. Homeopathy also helps in reducing the complications of Tetanus. Here we have given few Homeopathic remedies for treating Tetanus. 

Cicuta virosa, 

Hydrocyanicum acid, 

Hypericum,  

Ledum pal, 

Nux Vomica, 

Passiflora, 

Physostigma are few medicines which are used for Tetanus. 

 These are for reference only and you are advised not to take any medicines without consulting your homeopath.