Tetanus (commonly called lockjaw) is a disease manifested by uncontrolled muscle spasms. Tetanus is caused by the toxin (poison) produced by the bacteria, Clostridium tetani.
This disease is frequently fatal, especially to the very old or very young. Tetanus is preventable by immunization or through administration of tetanus immune globulin.
Doctors play an important role in preventing tetanus by making sure kids’ immunizations are up to date and providing post-exposure prophylaxis if a child has a wound that’s at risk for tetanus.
How to Cure Tetanus
A child who does develop tetanus will be treated in a hospital, usually in the intensive care unit (ICU). There, a child typically receives antibiotics to kill bacteria and TIG to neutralize the toxin that the bacteria have already released. The child will also receive medicines to control muscle spasms and may be given treatment to support vital body functions.
There is no “cure” for tetanus once a person develops symptoms, just supportive treatment and management of complications. The best “treatment” is prevention through immunization
How to Cure Tetanus - Tetanus vaccination is essential as a preventive measure before minor/major operations. At the same time, a precise regimen of sterilization must be practiced so as to avoid the incidence of tetanus in operated cases, as is noticed occasionally.
Since an attack of tetanus does not give immunity to the patient against tetanus, therefore, those cases of tetanus that recover from the disease need to be administered tetanus vaccine for future prevention.
How to Cure Tetanus - Treatment may include:
• Medicine to reverse the poison (tetanus immune globulin)
• Antibiotics including penicillin, clindamycin, erythromycin, or metronidazole
• Surgery to clean the wound and remove the source of the poison (debridement)
• Muscle relaxers such as diazepam
How to Cure Tetanus with chinese medicine - Traditional Chinese medicine herbal remedies are the most common alternative treatment for tetanus. Herbs that have sedative effects should be given to reduce the frequency of convulsions, along with herbs to fight the bacteria.
How to Cure Tetanus with drugs - Tetanus and convulsions can be treated with a concoction made from the dried body of a long-noded pit viper, called this drug Qi She in Mandarin. Chan Tui, or cicada slough (the skin the cicada sheds) is also helpful. Also helpful are the dried root of the Saposhnikovia divaricata, called divaricate saposhnikovia root, and jack-in-the-pulpit tuber, if it is treated so it is not poisonous. This is how to cure tetanus with help of drugs.
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