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23 year old patient having severe face and arm muscle spasms,unable to…

- - - - Balance problems
        
        Droopy eyelids
        
        Double vision
        
        Trouble swallowing
- - - - produces 2 exotoxins
        
        Tetanolysin
        
        not known with certanity
        
        Tetanospasmin
        
        neurotoxin and causes clinical manifestation of tetanus
        
        Enters the nervous system via lower motor neurons
        
        Travels up to the spinal cord and brain stem
        
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      - w/o treatment
        
        life-threating
      - with treament
        
        penicillin to kill bacteria
        
        tetanus immune gloublin to neutralize tonixs
        
        muscles relaxers
        
        controls muscle spams
        
        cleaning of wound to get rid of the source of infection
- - - - Laryngospasm
        
        voice box
        
        spasms can last up to a min
        
        making it hard to breath
      - secretions/contents of stomach are inhaled
        
        lower respiratory tract infection can develop
- - - - death
- - - - Step 4: diffusion of Ach across cleft
        
        Step 5: combination of Ach w post synaptic receptor and ach breakdown via esterase
        
        Step 6: opening of Na+/K+ channels
- - - - Attachment of vesicle membrane with cell membrane
      - Priming
        
        specific modifications that must happen in a certain
        
        Fusing
        
        complete fusion
        
        fully fuses w/ the cell membrane
        
        kiss & run fusion
        
        vesicle temporarily fuses with the cell
- - - - Excretory