What is neonatal tetanus

Neonatal tetanus, that is, people usually say \"46 wind\", is called \"tetanus bacilli\" acute bacterial caused by umbilical intrusion of serious infectious diseases. The bacteria are anaerobic bacteria, survive extremely strong, in sunlight can survive in soil for decades, can do 60 minutes boiling, hot-dry 150 degrees 1 hour long. Its existence in lack of oxygen in the environment, can produce Tetanospasmin, this combination once the toxin and nerve tissue, it is difficult to be neutral, and the resulting series of performances.

Neonatal tetanus is how was it? It is the application delivery without the disinfection of scissors to cut the umbilical cord, string rope, cord ligation, or delivery of cotton, gauze, and package the umbilical cord stump is not strictly sterilized, tetanus bacilli by umbilical invasion, breed in the umbilicus, produce toxins, so that the invasion of newborns suffering from illness. Currently, city, district and county-level hospitals are new birth attendants, the incidence of tetanus has but few in the majority of the rural, mountainous areas, in particular the unplanned birth deliveries in the home, the disease continue to occur.

What performance does neonatal tetanus? Neonatal tetanus, symptoms often appear in the 4-6 days after birth, \"46 wind\" resulting. If the earlier the onset, symptoms are more severe, the prognosis is worse. Neonatal tetanus in children with early onset appear as crying, restlessness, sucking breast difficulties, gradually developed to tetanus, facial expression as a wry smile and limbs choky convulsions. Outside any slight stimulation, such as sound, light can cause spasms (ventilation) attack, serious respiratory difficulties, cyanotic lips. Many children with low-heat, but sometimes the temperature does not rise. Advanced often complicated by pneumonia.

In order to prevent neonatal tetanus, must implement the new law in rural birth attendants, trained birth attendant strict disinfection procedures. Scissors should be boiled in a poor place 1 hour in order to use; emergency scissors can be burned on the fire red, used to cut the umbilical cord after cooling. And alcohol with iodine disinfection before the umbilical cord after the birth, and then sterilized scissors cut. Ligation of the umbilical cord stump is needed when scribble iodine and alcohol, then cover with sterilized gauze bandage. Such as cord without strictly sterilized, and intramuscular injection of tetanus antitoxin 3,000 units in a timely manner, and then close Outlook search. But if you have tetanus, must promptly to hospitals for treatment.

Elimination of neonatal tetanus by the medical staff, but more like a mother pregnant women study of health knowledge, must not ignore, otherwise, will lead a great mistake.