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"Even with treatment, about 10% of people who contract tetanus die.[1] The mortality rate is higher in unvaccinated people and people over 60 years of age.[1]". Is the writer saying that higher mortality in individual patients (not the lower frequency of infection) is caused by an absence of vaccinations? Why do previously vaccinated patients get tetanus anyway? Then, there is the source given: "Atkinson, William (May 2012). Tetanus Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (12 ed.)". There are a lot of problems with vaccines - which is why the ebola manufacturers demanded the passing of the PREP Act, which gives them legal immunity from prosecution in the United States. Merck vaccine researcher prof. dr. Maurice Hilleman stated that vaccines were the origin of various communicable diseases/epidemics, like SIV/HIV, SV40 and Leukemia Virus. So what's in the ebola vaccines, and what's in the tetanus vaccine? 83.84.100.133 ( talk) 16:53, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
The article say "often fatal" whilst the link ( http://goldbamboo.com/topic-t2989.html) at the bottom says "sometimes". IMO that's a big difference, further the number of reported cases in the US is in the same link given as fewer 60 cases/yr, whilst the article says around 150 cases annually...
I don't know which is correct of the two...
--andreala 07 July 2005
From the article: Incubation period length and likelihood of death are inversely proportional. It took me quite a while to parse that sentence and I'm still not sure I have it right. Does it mean that a short incubation period means a large chance of death? Or a short incubation period means a long likelihood of living before death? Can someone who knows what this means please clarify it in the article? Richard W.M. Jones 23:27, 14 January 2006 (UTC) A similar comment appears under 'Tetanus Prognosis' of 'The Merck Manual 7th Edition' (page 1177). I think its saying if the symptoms develop quickly the illness will be more severe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuart Anthony ( talk • contribs) 02:33, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
i think you got it right...But a better prognostic index is the period of onset, which is the time between the first symptoms and the first reflex spasm.if this period has been less than 48hrs, death is very likely. As the period of onset lengthen so does the prognosis improve. Jogana4sure ( talk) 10:24, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
inquiry on tetanus vaccine. i was given tetanus toxoid and immunoglobin vax 4 mos ago. i would like to know the lenght or period of my immunity against tetanus for this vax
Doctors usually say that you should renew you tetanus vaccine every 5 to 10 years.
list of famous people (such as john a roebling) who have died of this condition would be intresting - t ali —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.40.217 ( talk • contribs) 4 January 2006
The statement "The risk from Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (whooping cough) is higher than the risk of vaccine side-affects" really needs a citation and preferably some supporting facts as well. There are a lot of different ways to calculate risks not to mention the fact that different countries would have different vaccine formulations.
Mystic eye 23:30, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Some very scary stuff here brah The.Corrector. 22:40, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the following text from the Prevention section pending referencing of statements ("Some doctors", "acknowledged by experts") and other non sequiturs:
Please discuss changes in this section of the talk page prior to re-addition. -- MarcoTolo 01:48, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
There is a link to an "information" page located on the vaccinetruth.org website. This website is a strong anti-vaccine advocate and states on its home page that "vaccines don't work". They rather propose homeopathy as an alternative (!) Are we certain we want to provide this kind of information to the readers? It would be more careful, if we really wish to provide a link to an anti-vaccine website, to give a warning of a side note. The claim "vaccines don't work" is misleading and outrageous. I have been to countries where people catch polio, tetanus and other diseases. The equation is simple: as soon as there is a polio vaccination drive, a whole generation of toddlers is totally protected against the disease, and they don't get sick. As soon as the vaccination drive stops temporarily, new cases pop up. If vaccines "don't work" as claimed on this counter-scientific site, how do they explain that correlation? Hugo Dufort 19:28, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
it would be good if simpler words were used to make this passage clearer —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.109.164.83 ( talk) 15:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC).
If you need simple english, use the simple english language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoyodo ( talk • contribs) 16:49, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Under treatment for mld tetanus, is says: 'Tetanus is definately (sic) fatal dude'
I haven't heard of that treatment before!
TC, London —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.189.76.250 ( talk) 15:17, 3 May 2007 (UTC).
How soon do you need to get vaccinated after getting a puncture wound for it to be effective against tetanus resulting from that wound? Ron Duvall ( talk) 02:44, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to know this too. Very handy info. 89.241.164.39 ( talk) 22:13, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Probably as soon as possible —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoyodo ( talk • contribs) 16:50, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
In addition to the disease, tetanus can also refer to a prolonged contraction of a muscle resulting from rapidly repeated motor impulses (according to Merriam-Webster) which is a normal, healthy occurence. If you check in the Wikipedia stub titled "Tetanized State" you'll see that when it refers to tetanus it's referring to the normal, non-disease tetanus but it's linked to this article on the disease. I'm just not sure how to correct this article to clarify the alternate definition. Maybe create a completely separate article on the other tetanus? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.156.57 ( talk) 21:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Sign and Symptoms: "Neonatal tetanus is a form of generalized tetanus that occurs in newborn infants. It occurs in infants who have not acquired passive immunity because the mother has never been immunized."
That second sentence might not be true (see http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/10/1365). What is the source for the implication that immunization before pregnancy passes immunity to a later child? Merke Manual 7th Ed. page 1177 states immunizing of a pregnant woman produces immunity in her fetus, but nothing more. Should it read "...because the mother has never been immunized when she was pregnant"? Stuart Anthony ( talk) 16:41, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
The most likely reason for the photograph being censored is to protect patient confidentiality, however it could also be surmised that there is something unusual and disturbing about the eyes of the patient.
This impression is reinforced by the fact that the censorship block does not extend across the width of the face, but is in two separate blocks, one for each eye (this is a highly unusual technique for masking identity, and more commonly used for censoring something which may be considered "offensive", although of course Wikipedia articles are not usually censored for such reasons).
I think it would be a good idea to include a mention in the caption of the photograph stating the reason for the censorship (eg. to protect the identity of the individual), so that there is no confusion.
Nevart ( talk) 14:19, 1 July 2008 (UTC) N
The cause of tetanus should be added to the lead.
I would but I don't know it... —Preceding unsigned comment added by KitsuneDragonRA ( talk • contribs) 23:41, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
I quote from the Causes section "Hence, stepping on a nail (rusty or not) may result in a tetanus infection, as the low-oxygen (anaerobic) environment is caused by the oxidization of the same object that causes a puncture wound, delivering endospores to a suitable environment for growth." Particularly the phrase "the low-oxygen (anaerobic) environment is caused by the oxidization of the same object that causes a puncture wound." Since the nail is what causes the puncture wound, this therefore says that the nail causes a low-oxygen environment. This brings up the question: how does the presence of an occasional nail, in soil, cause a low-oxygen environment? By using up oxygen in the processing of oxidizing the iron (converting the iron to rust)? It would seem unlikely that the oxidation of an occasional nail, in a large area of soil, would effect the soil that surrounds it, or the soil that clings to it, so much, that formerly aerobic soil becomes anaerobic. Can someone explain this further? Nomenclator ( talk) 15:54, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
176.63.176.112 ( talk) 23:53, 29 December 2016 (UTC).
..... Punkymonkey987 ( talk) 23:36, 27 December 2008 aint noby got time fo dat
This page misses the other definiton of tetanus.
[1]tet·a·nus (tět'n-əs) n.
1. An acute, often fatal disease characterized by spasmodic contraction of voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and jaw,
and caused by the toxin of the bacillus Clostridium tetani, which typically infects the body through a deep wound. Also called
lockjaw. 2. Physiology A state of continuous muscular contraction, especially when induced artificially by rapidly repeated stimuli.
source: tetanus. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved February 11, 2009, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tetanus —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.95.209.229 ( talk) 14:03, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
References
Someone should post where tetanus gets its name and anything from the past linked to it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.78.100.47 ( talk) 04:28, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
I think that there should be picture of what actually happens to the muscles when there is a spasm. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Yoyodo (
talk •
contribs)
16:55, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
"An endospore is a non-metabolising survival structure that begins to metabolise and cause infection once in an adequate environment."
a non-metabolising survival structure that begins to metabolise
Um... what? Could this be reworded? I have no idea what this is trying to convey. 207.210.16.219 ( talk) 06:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
The tetanus toxin initially binds to peripheral nerve terminals. It is transported within the axon and across synaptic junctions until it reaches the central nervous system. There it becomes rapidly fixed to gangliosides at the presynaptic inhibitory motor nerve endings, and is taken up into the axon by endocytosis. The effect of the toxin is to block the release of inhibitory neurotransmitters (glycine and gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) across the synaptic cleft, which is required to check the nervous impulse. If nervous impulses cannot be checked by normal inhibitory mechanisms, it produces the generalized muscular spasms characteristic of tetanus. The toxin appears to act by selective cleavage of a protein component of synaptic vesicles, synaptobrevin II, and this prevents the release of neurotransmitters by the cells.</ref Lectures in Microbiology by Kenneth Todar PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriologyhttp://textbookofbacteriology.net/themicrobialworld/Tetanus.html /ref> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helena Bryan ( talk • contribs) 22:17, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
Lancet doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60236-1 JFW | T@lk 21:15, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
"==Notable cases==
In the introduction, it says that tetanus kills 10% of the infected. But in signs and symptoms, it says it kills between 48-73%. Am I lacking in comprehension, or is this page contradictory? Reubencpiplupyay ( talk) 08:13, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
also contradictory, in section "Prevention": "recovery from naturally acquired tetanus does not usually result in immunity to tetanus. This is due to the extreme potency of the tetanospasmin toxin. Tetanospasmin will likely be lethal before it will provoke an immune response." if it's lethal, then there is no recovery, so that can't be the explanation 62.99.176.46 ( talk) 23:02, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
Section: Causes - "Because C. tetani is an anaerobic bacterium, it and its endospores thrive in environments that lack oxygen. " I think the endospore stage of the bacterium does not "thrive" in any environment. It is produced as aresponse to an environment where the active form of the bacteria would die. And all the spore does is lie dormant, until the environment changes to favorable, when it stops being an endospore, instead becomes a bacterium and then it starts "thriving". 176.63.176.112 ( talk) 00:04, 30 December 2016 (UTC).
In order to support his claim that a certain misconception belongs in his favorite article List of common misconceptions, User:Dennis Bratland has introduced a confusing double negative into this article. By adding this double negative, User:Dennis Bratland has significantly worsened the quality and readability of this article. Brian Everlasting ( talk) 04:47, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
You also need to read WP:Editing policy. Even if this double negative were a problem, you should correct the problem, not do a wholesale revert. As explained in the policy, if every addition that was imperfect were reversed, Wikipedia could never have been written at all. Perfection is not required. And regardless, double negatives are hardly forbidden and are often found in good writing.
As far as whatever you’re trying to say with this snide “favorite article” interjection is just weird. — Dennis Bratland ( talk) 05:33, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Article states at infobox that the mortality rate is 10% but that is an oversimplification. It cites an article of CDC, that is talking about the mortality rate of the adult population at the States.
[1] The vast majority of Tetanus appears in subsaharian Africa or Afghanistan, where the medical infrastructure is quite different. I think the WP article should mention the global burden of Tetanus. Here is a relevant article. Kyu, Hmwe H.; Mumford, John Everett; Stanaway, Jeffrey D.; Barber, Ryan M.; Hancock, Jamie R.; Vos, Theo; Murray, Christopher J. L.; Naghavi, Mohsen (2017-02-08). "Mortality from tetanus between 1990 and 2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015". BMC Public Health. 17 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
doi:
10.1186/s12889-017-4111-4.
ISSN
1471-2458.{{
cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (
link) (not
watching, please {{
ping}}
)
Cinadon
36
16:42, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
I have noted Doc James that you have reverted my edit [2]. I think my edit was a positive change to the article. The problems I am trying to tackle are:
Since you mention at edit summary "same format style as the rest", what about turning the whole citation style to {{ sfn}} footnotes. Would that be ok? I am willing to do it, if there is no objection. Cinadon 36 12:09, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 10:55, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
"Even with treatment, about 10% of people who contract tetanus die.[1] The mortality rate is higher in unvaccinated people and people over 60 years of age.[1]". Is the writer saying that higher mortality in individual patients (not the lower frequency of infection) is caused by an absence of vaccinations? Why do previously vaccinated patients get tetanus anyway? Then, there is the source given: "Atkinson, William (May 2012). Tetanus Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (12 ed.)". There are a lot of problems with vaccines - which is why the ebola manufacturers demanded the passing of the PREP Act, which gives them legal immunity from prosecution in the United States. Merck vaccine researcher prof. dr. Maurice Hilleman stated that vaccines were the origin of various communicable diseases/epidemics, like SIV/HIV, SV40 and Leukemia Virus. So what's in the ebola vaccines, and what's in the tetanus vaccine? 83.84.100.133 ( talk) 16:53, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
The article say "often fatal" whilst the link ( http://goldbamboo.com/topic-t2989.html) at the bottom says "sometimes". IMO that's a big difference, further the number of reported cases in the US is in the same link given as fewer 60 cases/yr, whilst the article says around 150 cases annually...
I don't know which is correct of the two...
--andreala 07 July 2005
From the article: Incubation period length and likelihood of death are inversely proportional. It took me quite a while to parse that sentence and I'm still not sure I have it right. Does it mean that a short incubation period means a large chance of death? Or a short incubation period means a long likelihood of living before death? Can someone who knows what this means please clarify it in the article? Richard W.M. Jones 23:27, 14 January 2006 (UTC) A similar comment appears under 'Tetanus Prognosis' of 'The Merck Manual 7th Edition' (page 1177). I think its saying if the symptoms develop quickly the illness will be more severe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuart Anthony ( talk • contribs) 02:33, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
i think you got it right...But a better prognostic index is the period of onset, which is the time between the first symptoms and the first reflex spasm.if this period has been less than 48hrs, death is very likely. As the period of onset lengthen so does the prognosis improve. Jogana4sure ( talk) 10:24, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
inquiry on tetanus vaccine. i was given tetanus toxoid and immunoglobin vax 4 mos ago. i would like to know the lenght or period of my immunity against tetanus for this vax
Doctors usually say that you should renew you tetanus vaccine every 5 to 10 years.
list of famous people (such as john a roebling) who have died of this condition would be intresting - t ali —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.40.217 ( talk • contribs) 4 January 2006
The statement "The risk from Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (whooping cough) is higher than the risk of vaccine side-affects" really needs a citation and preferably some supporting facts as well. There are a lot of different ways to calculate risks not to mention the fact that different countries would have different vaccine formulations.
Mystic eye 23:30, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Some very scary stuff here brah The.Corrector. 22:40, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the following text from the Prevention section pending referencing of statements ("Some doctors", "acknowledged by experts") and other non sequiturs:
Please discuss changes in this section of the talk page prior to re-addition. -- MarcoTolo 01:48, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
There is a link to an "information" page located on the vaccinetruth.org website. This website is a strong anti-vaccine advocate and states on its home page that "vaccines don't work". They rather propose homeopathy as an alternative (!) Are we certain we want to provide this kind of information to the readers? It would be more careful, if we really wish to provide a link to an anti-vaccine website, to give a warning of a side note. The claim "vaccines don't work" is misleading and outrageous. I have been to countries where people catch polio, tetanus and other diseases. The equation is simple: as soon as there is a polio vaccination drive, a whole generation of toddlers is totally protected against the disease, and they don't get sick. As soon as the vaccination drive stops temporarily, new cases pop up. If vaccines "don't work" as claimed on this counter-scientific site, how do they explain that correlation? Hugo Dufort 19:28, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
it would be good if simpler words were used to make this passage clearer —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.109.164.83 ( talk) 15:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC).
If you need simple english, use the simple english language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoyodo ( talk • contribs) 16:49, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Under treatment for mld tetanus, is says: 'Tetanus is definately (sic) fatal dude'
I haven't heard of that treatment before!
TC, London —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.189.76.250 ( talk) 15:17, 3 May 2007 (UTC).
How soon do you need to get vaccinated after getting a puncture wound for it to be effective against tetanus resulting from that wound? Ron Duvall ( talk) 02:44, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to know this too. Very handy info. 89.241.164.39 ( talk) 22:13, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Probably as soon as possible —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoyodo ( talk • contribs) 16:50, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
In addition to the disease, tetanus can also refer to a prolonged contraction of a muscle resulting from rapidly repeated motor impulses (according to Merriam-Webster) which is a normal, healthy occurence. If you check in the Wikipedia stub titled "Tetanized State" you'll see that when it refers to tetanus it's referring to the normal, non-disease tetanus but it's linked to this article on the disease. I'm just not sure how to correct this article to clarify the alternate definition. Maybe create a completely separate article on the other tetanus? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.156.57 ( talk) 21:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Sign and Symptoms: "Neonatal tetanus is a form of generalized tetanus that occurs in newborn infants. It occurs in infants who have not acquired passive immunity because the mother has never been immunized."
That second sentence might not be true (see http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/10/1365). What is the source for the implication that immunization before pregnancy passes immunity to a later child? Merke Manual 7th Ed. page 1177 states immunizing of a pregnant woman produces immunity in her fetus, but nothing more. Should it read "...because the mother has never been immunized when she was pregnant"? Stuart Anthony ( talk) 16:41, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
The most likely reason for the photograph being censored is to protect patient confidentiality, however it could also be surmised that there is something unusual and disturbing about the eyes of the patient.
This impression is reinforced by the fact that the censorship block does not extend across the width of the face, but is in two separate blocks, one for each eye (this is a highly unusual technique for masking identity, and more commonly used for censoring something which may be considered "offensive", although of course Wikipedia articles are not usually censored for such reasons).
I think it would be a good idea to include a mention in the caption of the photograph stating the reason for the censorship (eg. to protect the identity of the individual), so that there is no confusion.
Nevart ( talk) 14:19, 1 July 2008 (UTC) N
The cause of tetanus should be added to the lead.
I would but I don't know it... —Preceding unsigned comment added by KitsuneDragonRA ( talk • contribs) 23:41, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
I quote from the Causes section "Hence, stepping on a nail (rusty or not) may result in a tetanus infection, as the low-oxygen (anaerobic) environment is caused by the oxidization of the same object that causes a puncture wound, delivering endospores to a suitable environment for growth." Particularly the phrase "the low-oxygen (anaerobic) environment is caused by the oxidization of the same object that causes a puncture wound." Since the nail is what causes the puncture wound, this therefore says that the nail causes a low-oxygen environment. This brings up the question: how does the presence of an occasional nail, in soil, cause a low-oxygen environment? By using up oxygen in the processing of oxidizing the iron (converting the iron to rust)? It would seem unlikely that the oxidation of an occasional nail, in a large area of soil, would effect the soil that surrounds it, or the soil that clings to it, so much, that formerly aerobic soil becomes anaerobic. Can someone explain this further? Nomenclator ( talk) 15:54, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
176.63.176.112 ( talk) 23:53, 29 December 2016 (UTC).
..... Punkymonkey987 ( talk) 23:36, 27 December 2008 aint noby got time fo dat
This page misses the other definiton of tetanus.
[1]tet·a·nus (tět'n-əs) n.
1. An acute, often fatal disease characterized by spasmodic contraction of voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and jaw,
and caused by the toxin of the bacillus Clostridium tetani, which typically infects the body through a deep wound. Also called
lockjaw. 2. Physiology A state of continuous muscular contraction, especially when induced artificially by rapidly repeated stimuli.
source: tetanus. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved February 11, 2009, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tetanus —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.95.209.229 ( talk) 14:03, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
References
Someone should post where tetanus gets its name and anything from the past linked to it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.78.100.47 ( talk) 04:28, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
I think that there should be picture of what actually happens to the muscles when there is a spasm. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Yoyodo (
talk •
contribs)
16:55, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
"An endospore is a non-metabolising survival structure that begins to metabolise and cause infection once in an adequate environment."
a non-metabolising survival structure that begins to metabolise
Um... what? Could this be reworded? I have no idea what this is trying to convey. 207.210.16.219 ( talk) 06:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
The tetanus toxin initially binds to peripheral nerve terminals. It is transported within the axon and across synaptic junctions until it reaches the central nervous system. There it becomes rapidly fixed to gangliosides at the presynaptic inhibitory motor nerve endings, and is taken up into the axon by endocytosis. The effect of the toxin is to block the release of inhibitory neurotransmitters (glycine and gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) across the synaptic cleft, which is required to check the nervous impulse. If nervous impulses cannot be checked by normal inhibitory mechanisms, it produces the generalized muscular spasms characteristic of tetanus. The toxin appears to act by selective cleavage of a protein component of synaptic vesicles, synaptobrevin II, and this prevents the release of neurotransmitters by the cells.</ref Lectures in Microbiology by Kenneth Todar PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriologyhttp://textbookofbacteriology.net/themicrobialworld/Tetanus.html /ref> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helena Bryan ( talk • contribs) 22:17, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
Lancet doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60236-1 JFW | T@lk 21:15, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
"==Notable cases==
In the introduction, it says that tetanus kills 10% of the infected. But in signs and symptoms, it says it kills between 48-73%. Am I lacking in comprehension, or is this page contradictory? Reubencpiplupyay ( talk) 08:13, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
also contradictory, in section "Prevention": "recovery from naturally acquired tetanus does not usually result in immunity to tetanus. This is due to the extreme potency of the tetanospasmin toxin. Tetanospasmin will likely be lethal before it will provoke an immune response." if it's lethal, then there is no recovery, so that can't be the explanation 62.99.176.46 ( talk) 23:02, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
Section: Causes - "Because C. tetani is an anaerobic bacterium, it and its endospores thrive in environments that lack oxygen. " I think the endospore stage of the bacterium does not "thrive" in any environment. It is produced as aresponse to an environment where the active form of the bacteria would die. And all the spore does is lie dormant, until the environment changes to favorable, when it stops being an endospore, instead becomes a bacterium and then it starts "thriving". 176.63.176.112 ( talk) 00:04, 30 December 2016 (UTC).
In order to support his claim that a certain misconception belongs in his favorite article List of common misconceptions, User:Dennis Bratland has introduced a confusing double negative into this article. By adding this double negative, User:Dennis Bratland has significantly worsened the quality and readability of this article. Brian Everlasting ( talk) 04:47, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
You also need to read WP:Editing policy. Even if this double negative were a problem, you should correct the problem, not do a wholesale revert. As explained in the policy, if every addition that was imperfect were reversed, Wikipedia could never have been written at all. Perfection is not required. And regardless, double negatives are hardly forbidden and are often found in good writing.
As far as whatever you’re trying to say with this snide “favorite article” interjection is just weird. — Dennis Bratland ( talk) 05:33, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Article states at infobox that the mortality rate is 10% but that is an oversimplification. It cites an article of CDC, that is talking about the mortality rate of the adult population at the States.
[1] The vast majority of Tetanus appears in subsaharian Africa or Afghanistan, where the medical infrastructure is quite different. I think the WP article should mention the global burden of Tetanus. Here is a relevant article. Kyu, Hmwe H.; Mumford, John Everett; Stanaway, Jeffrey D.; Barber, Ryan M.; Hancock, Jamie R.; Vos, Theo; Murray, Christopher J. L.; Naghavi, Mohsen (2017-02-08). "Mortality from tetanus between 1990 and 2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015". BMC Public Health. 17 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
doi:
10.1186/s12889-017-4111-4.
ISSN
1471-2458.{{
cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (
link) (not
watching, please {{
ping}}
)
Cinadon
36
16:42, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
I have noted Doc James that you have reverted my edit [2]. I think my edit was a positive change to the article. The problems I am trying to tackle are:
Since you mention at edit summary "same format style as the rest", what about turning the whole citation style to {{ sfn}} footnotes. Would that be ok? I am willing to do it, if there is no objection. Cinadon 36 12:09, 18 May 2020 (UTC)