I-tetanus isifo se-bacteria esicacile se-zooanthroponous. Kubonakala ngokudluliselwa kwe-agent causative yemvelo, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo kuthinta uhlelo lwezinzwa. Njengomthetho, kubonakala sengathi ukunyakaza okuxubile kwemisipha yomzimba.
I-agent causative ye-tetanus
I-agent causative ye-tetanus iyinduku yeselula ephoqelekile ye-anaerobic ye-Bacillaceae yomndeni. Izinhlobonhlobo zezinduku ezinjalo zakha i-exotoxin enamandla kanye nengxenyana ephansi yesisindo samangqamuzana. Ukutheleleka kuyakwazi ukumelana namazinga okushisa angafika ku-90 C amahora amabili. Ukufa kungenzeka kuphela ngokupheka isikhathi eside. Ngokufanayo, isifo se-tetanus singabulala ama-antiseptics ahlukahlukene noma ama-disinfectants emahoreni angu-3-5 kuphela.
I-Tetanus - izimpawu zokuqala
Lesi sifo sinokubonakaliswa okukhethekile, ikakhulukazi izimpawu zokuqala zingavela ezinsukwini ezingu-14 kuphela emva kokutheleleka. Ngakho-ke, isikhathi sokutshala isikhathi se-tetanus singadlulela usuku olulodwa kuya emavikini amabili, kuye ngokuthi uhlobo lokutheleleka. Ngaphansi kokunciphisa isikhathi, isifo esibi kakhulu, ngakho-ke kukhona izibonakaliso eziningi zemitholampilo. Ukwelashwa kwenzeka ngesikhathi sokuthinta isilonda evulekile nge-pathogen ngqo. Isikhathi sesikhathi sokugxilwa sichazwa yiqiniso lokuthi i-tetanospasmin ayikwazi ukufika ngokushesha ohlelweni lwezinzwa ezivela egazini. Lesi sici sijwayelekile kumuntu ngamunye ngezindlela ezehlukene, ngakho isikhathi sesikhathi sokukhushulwa asikwazi ukunqunywa ngokuqondile. Ngemuva kwesikhathi sokuqothulwa kwe-tetanus kumuntu kwaqedwa, kulandelwa izibonakaliso nezimpawu zesifo. Lokhu kuvame ukuba yisikhathi esixubileyo, esibhekene nezinguquko ezikhethekile ohlelweni lwezinzwa zomphakathi .
Ukwelashwa kwe-tetanus
Ukwelashwa kwalesi sifo kufanele kube yinkimbinkimbi. Akunakwenzeka ukuhlukanisa izidakamizwa kuphela