Essay On Tetanus

Tetanus is a bacteria that causes very rare fatal disease that people sometimes called lockjaw, they call it lockjaw because it is a tightness in the jaw. Not many people know what Tetanus is because it is so rare. The bacteria that Tetanus comes from is very good at duplicating itself; also, Tetanus has many layers to protect themselves which makes it hard to cure when you get it. You can cure it by washing out the cut right when you get it or getting it vaccinated.

The Tetanus cell looks like a spoon shape. It has many different layers such as a capsule, cell wall and Plasma Membrane. This gives the cell lots of protection and makes it live longer. It has little sticks that come out of the sides called Pilli. It has an almost tail like feature called the Bacterial Flagellum, this helps the cell move and protects it from bacteria that could harm

It enters your bloodstream and muscle tissues, those parts of the human body run everywhere through the body. From the blood stream the blood carries it from the heart, and the heart pumps the blood through the body, making the body go into lots of pain and spasms. According to the article “The poison, or toxin, produced by the tetanus bacteria enters the central nervous system, affecting the body’s nerve cells and causing muscle spasms.” (The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 2014) It can also make you not be able to walk. If it goes to your chest and lungs, it will give you breathing troubles.

To sum it up, Tetanus is a fatal disease that is also commonly known as lockjaw. It is very rare as well usually gotten by little kids or elderly people. It has many layers to protect itself from things that would try to harm it. It tries to infect the nerve cells all around the body to cause pain everywhere. It can come as easy as getting dirt inside a small cut, even inside of some animal’s bites it’s inside of them. Tetanus is