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23 year old man exhibiting severe facial muscle and arm muscle spasms.
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23 year old man exhibiting severe facial muscle and arm muscle spasms.
Patient barely able to speak at all.
BACKGROUND
systems involved in case
Integumentary
system
highly susceptible to infection when epidermis is compromised and germs are allowed to enter the body via skin
covers the body, protecting underlying structures and maintaining a barrier between the environment and the internal body
Nervous
system
main control system of the body:
- recieves input information from anywhere on body
- processes information in brain
- sends out demand signals from brain to body
Muscular
system
3 types of muscle tissue
cardiac muscle tissue
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- striated
- involuntary control
the rhythmic and constant contractions of the walls of the heart allow for the heart to continuously pump blood through the entire body
smooth muscle tissue
found in walls of hallow organs,
vessels and airways
- non-striated
- involuntary control
alternating contraction and relaxation of smooth muscle walls allow the squeezing and propelling of substances through varying organ pathways.
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the longer the toxin is present in the patient, the more muscles and other organs it will affect
usually begins affecting shorter nerves first such as those associated with facial and masticating muscles
- painful
- limits speech
- prevents eating
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