Dave Barry

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

American Journalist

Tetanus refers to a potentially fatal infection, emphasizing the seriousness of the health issue.

Critical Condition

Tetanus is often associated with injuries; mention of the word can evoke imagery of wounds and punctures.

Wound Association

The term is commonly connected with prevention, specifically through vaccination.

Vaccination Link

Tetanus can imply extreme muscle stiffness or spasms, which is distinctly different from muscle soreness or regular cramps.

Muscle Rigidity

Emphasizes that the condition is typically caused by a bacterial toxin, and not just by any infection or wound.

Toxin Origin

Tetanus affects the whole body, which can be misleading if one thinks it only affects the area around a wound.

Systemic Affliction

 ashle tatty is not and the it'll affect her hearing I think it is a situation where she'll be okay for as long as she's got the main kind of part of the ear she'll still be fine but the I mean the tetanus is not gonna affect her hearing in any way whatsoever obviously bigger ears help to trap sound but it

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 got tetanus, went to the hospital, no tetanus shots, he died. He was 11 years old. I remember that. An accident in front of our highway, turns out to have been two white truck drivers and a migrant family that happened to be black. We all ran out to help.

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 balloons into a pea sized ball of pain a swollen lesion develops that makes movement difficult but if the lesion gets infected then a painful nuisance becomes a serious medical problem severe cases can lead to tetanus gangrene and

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 So in a modern society, we know that prevention is better than cure. We vaccinate against polio, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, measles. We have awareness campaigns for melanoma, stroke, diabetes -- all important campaigns.

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 an incoming boat crushed his foot against the dock. Within a month, tetanus had claimed his life. Fortunately, John Roebling's son, Washington, was also a trained engineer and took over his father’s role.

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