Neonatal tetanus is also called \"46 wind\" and \"navel air\", \"7th air\" and so on, is due to tetanus bacilli from umbilical intrusion caused by an infectious disease. When delivery is the main cause of onset without strict disinfection of scissors to cut the umbilical cord, or delivery hands unclean, or not note umbilical cord after the birth of cleansing and disinfection, resulting in tetanus bacilli from umbilical penetrated.
This disease more occurs in was born Hou 4-6 days, disease early often upset disturbed, and cry makes, yihou can appears absorption milk does not tight, and jaw closed, and convulsions, and eye fissile small, and surface muscle spasm, and the appears frown, and lift amount, and spat to outside traction, and mouth lip wrinkle shrink, and Jue up into grin face; neck and trunk limbs muscle spasm, reproduction double hand boxing, and two arm tough, and head backward Yang, is angle bow anti-Zhang shaped; serious who respiratory muscle spasm, appears mouth lip cyanotic, even asphyxia; and any minor stimulation, as sound, and bright, and vibration are can caused spasm attack; most in children with has fever, but also can no hot or low heat.
The disease is entirely preventable.
1, pregnant women should receive tetanus immunization.
2, new science should be used during delivery.
Strict aseptic operation at the time of delivery, note the cord end cleaning, is the basic measure of prevention of this disease. In case of urgent delivery kits produced too late to use disinfection, scissors can be used after a fire burned the red and 4-5 cm keep the umbilical cord stump, and strict disinfection operations within 24 hours will be cut to a distal cord, disinfection ligation again. Its proximal potassium permanganate solution or 1:4,000 cleaning solution of hydrogen peroxide, iodine and then to 2.5%. At the same time, to neonatal muscle injection of tetanus antitoxin and penicillin, can prevent infection.
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