I-Tetan isifo se-bacterial acooanthroponous. Ubonakaliswe ngokusasazwa kwe-agent engumzekelo wendalo, kwaye ngexesha elifanayo lichaphazela inkqubo ye-nervous. Njengomthetho, ubonakalisa nje ngeentshukumo ezixhamlayo ze-squelette musculature.
I-agent causative ye-tetanus
I-agent causative ye-tetanus yinto enyanzelekileyo yentonga yeselula yentsapho yaseBacillaceae. Iindidi ezahlukahlukeneyo zenza i-exotoxin eqinile kunye neqhekeza elincinci le-molecular weight. Usulelo luyakwazi ukumelana nokushisa kwe-90 C ngeeyure ezimbini. Ukufa kubonakala kuphela ngokubilisa ixesha elide. Ngokufanayo, isifo se-tetanus sinokubulala ama-antiseptics ahlukeneyo okanye ama-disinfectants kwiiyure ezingama-3-5 kuphela.
I-Tetanus - imiqondiso yokuqala
Esi sifo sinembonakalo ekhethekileyo, ingakumbi iimpawu zokuqala zingabonakala emva kweentsuku ezili-14 emva kokusuleleka. Ngako oko, ixesha lokutshatyalaliswa kwetetanus lingadlulela ukususela ngosuku olunye ukuya kwiiveki ezimbini, kuxhomekeke kuhlobo losulelo. Ngaphantsi kwexesha lokuxubusha, isifo esibi kakhulu, ngoko kukho izibonakaliso ezininzi zeklinikhi. Usulelo luvela ngexesha lokuthinteka kwilonda elivulekileyo kunye ne-pathogen ngqo. Ixesha lexesha lokuxubusha lichazwe yinyaniso yokuba i-tetanospasmin ayikwazi ukufikelela kwangoko kwinkqubo ye-nervous in blood. Olu hlobo luqhelekileyo kumntu ngamnye ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, ngoko ixesha lokuxubusha lingaqiniseki ngokuchanekileyo. Emva kokuba i-tetanus yenkqubo yokuxubusha yomntu igqityiwe, ilandelwe yimpawu kunye neempawu zesifo. Oku kudla ixesha eliqhaqhaqhaqhayo, elineenkqubela ezizodwa kwinkqubo yesantya .
Unyango lweTetanus
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