What is "Lock Jaw" ?

Question: I heard that you can get this if you don't get a tetinis shot every five years if you step on a tack, get bitten by a dog, scrape against a barbed wire fence, etc.

Answers:
tetanus is a disease caused by clostridium tetani a gram positive anaerobic bacterium which produces a toxin by name tetanospasmin which causes spasm of muscles.when this spasm involves the jaw muscles lockjaw or trismus is caused wherein there is difficulty in opening the mouth.death occurs in tetanus due to respiratory muscle spasm.every 5 years a shot of tetanus helps to prevent tetanus.

Other Answers:
Tetanus, commonly called lockjaw, is a bacterial disease that affects the nervous system. As a result of widespread immunization, tetanus is now a rare disease.
Source(s):
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/communicable_diseases/en/tetanus.htm

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Tetanus.

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Tetanus>>a anarobic bacteria infection. caused by dirty wounds

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