You say that now, Jess, but once you get lockjaw vigilantes are what you'll want to save you.

Tetanus is complicated, because it's not the bacteria that's the problem but rather the toxin. The toxin binds irreversibly, so neurological damage that results from bound toxin doesn't really subside, but you can give people 'tetanus immune globulin' (ie. antibodies against the toxin) to mop up unbound toxin.

Still, it's a crazy diagnosis, and certainly not what I expected, but I at least found out enough when I examined him that I got him to the neurologist.

I read Alison's post quickly and saw "vigilante," which seemed unnecessary.

Hey Par, what do you do with someone who's contracted tetanus? I thought it was kind-of, well, fast-acting and lethal.

If we were vigilant, we got it at 25, right? ... so 35's the next one?

So true!

Thanks Par, but don't worry, I stopped drinking Scotch and Drambuie together a long time ago.

Dear friends,

Please get your tetanus updated if you haven't in the last 10 years. One of my patients turned out to have contracted it.

Crazy.

Yours,

Paras

By the way,


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