How do you test for tetanus?
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you can't test it by yourself, but if you go to your doctor, there's a way of testing it. basically they poke your skin with this needle and in a span of i think two days, you see how big the radius of the circle is. if the radius is longer than a certain point, then you have tetanus.
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Take a pregnancy test.
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contact the company that made the test, they should have sample problems
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Exams and Tests\nRapid evaluation and entry into the emergency department begin upon arrival when you are identified as possibly having meningitis. \n\nOften, you are placed in an isolation room to protect staff and others from infection. Additionally, a mask may be placed over your nose and mouth to further prevent the spread of infection.\n\nExamination: The doctor performs an early examination to determine if help is needed with breathing or blood pressure. The doctor then checks your blood pressure, pulse, and temperature. \n\nTesting: Once the doctor examines you and hears the symptoms, further evaluation depends on the doctor's assessment of the likelihood of meningitis. If the doctor suspects bacterial meningitis, he or she may administer the following: \n\nAntibiotics may be given early in the evaluation.\n  \nA CT scan may be performed. This can sometimes determine if the brain is infected or has an abscess. \n\nBlood is drawn to check the white and red blood cell counts. \n\nA chest x-ray film may be obtained to look for signs of pneumonia or fluid in the lungs. \n\nOther tests may be performed to look for other sources of infection. \n\nSpinal tap: A spinal tap, or lumbar puncture, is necessary to diagnose meningitis. The results of the spinal tap are essential to help the doctor determine first the presence of meningitis and then the type of meningitis. Correctly diagnosing meningitis is absolutely essential to guide treatment. If you are too sick for a spinal tap, you will be treated with antibiotics on the assumption that you have meningitis. The spinal tap will be done when your condition improves. \n\nCerebrospinal fluid is obtained through a spinal tap. This fluid surrounds and cushions the brain and the spinal cord. The fluid is checked in the lab for things like white and red blood cells and protein and glucose (sugar) levels. The doctor then interprets the test results to determine if meningitis is present. The test results can also indicate if the meningitis is due to a bacterial infection or a virus. \n\nTo obtain the fluid, you are given an injection of lidocaine—a local anesthetic similar to Novocaine used by dentists. A small needle is placed in the lower back, around the small of the back, to obtain the fluid. \n\nAlthough the spinal tap can sometimes be uncomfortable, it is generally not very painful. The main complications of the procedure are headache, which occasionally occurs, and infection, which is extremely rare. \n\nThe spinal tap is often feared by people coming to the emergency department because of horror stories or fear of damage to the spinal cord. In almost all cases, the spinal tap is a relatively simple procedure and is relatively painless. Furthermore, it is the only test that can be used to readily diagnose meningitis and, therefore, is essential in the evaluation of someone who may have meningitis. \n\nBecause the results of the spinal tap can take up to several hours to return, the treatment often begins before the results are available. The doctor focuses early treatment on a medical opinion of the most likely cause based on your symptoms and physical examination findings.\n\n\n\nPrevention\n\nAntibiotics can be given to help prevent meningitis if a person has had the following: \n\nClose contact with someone who has meningitis \n\nProlonged close contact (those who live, go to school, or are in jail with a person with meningitis) \n\nExposure to mouth, nose, or lung secretions (for example, kissing, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation)\n\n\nEven if preventive antibiotics have been given, anyone who has been exposed to someone with meningitis needs to seek medical attention if sore throat, fever, headache, rash, or neck stiffness develops. \n\nPreventive antibiotics are not necessary for all cases of meningitis and are generally not necessary unless the doctor suspects or confirms that the meningitis is caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. \n\nIncoming college freshmen w
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First, clean and disinfect the wound. Also, if you haven't had a tetanus shot in the recent past (5 years) I strongly recommend getting one. \n\n(DISCLAMER: I am not a doctor. Always seek professional advice where applicable)
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Tetanus, or "lockjaw" isn't as common as it once was, but people do still get it from time to time.  If you cut yourself on a dirty object such as a rusty nail, you need to see a doctor for an anti-tetanus shot.  Symptoms usually appear within two weeks of the injury, and include headache and spasms or cramping of the jaw muscles.  Untreated, tetanus is usually fatal.
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The best way is to get this test repeated\n\n(a) From the same lab, and\n\n(b) Take this test from another reliable lab simultaneously.
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As you probably already know... Tetanus is:\n\nTetanus [TET-nus] is a condition that affects the nervous system and causes painful, uncontrolled muscle spasms. \nPeople get tetanus when spores of the tetanus bacteria enter the body through an open wound and produce a powerful nerve poison. Tetanus spores are found throughout the environment, usually in soil, dust, and animal waste. \nTetanus is preventable through immunization. Because of widespread use of tetanus vaccine, the condition is now rare. I know that most doctors almost INSIST that senior citizens keep up to date on their tetanus shots.\n\nNOw...The first signs of tetanus infection are usually a headache and spasms or cramping of the jaw muscles (lockjaw). As the poison spreads, it progressively attacks more groups of muscles, causing spasms in the neck, arms, legs, and stomach, and sometimes violent convulsions (seizures... remember that the key word here is SPASMS
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I stepped on one when I was four....it was a very rusty nail...went right through my right foot, through my slippers first. When  I looked down, the tip of the rusty nail was poking out of my foot. I was rushed to the hospital for a tetanus shot and treatment.
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*  Apply ice to the injury for 15 to 20 minutes each hour for the first 1 to 2 days. Put the ice in a plastic bag and place a towel between the bag of ice and your skin.\n    * After the first 1 to 2 days, you may put heat on the injury to help ease the pain. Use a heating pad (set on low), a whirlpool bath, or warm, moist towels for 15 to 20 minutes every hour for 48 hours.\n    * Do not use the pulled muscle for 2 to 3 days, or while you still have pain.\n    * Your doctor may suggest you wrap the injured area with an elastic (ace) bandage for a few days. Be careful not to wrap it too tightly because it may make the area numb or tingly. Loosen the wrap if you get these symptoms.\n    * If you need an air splint, your doctor can show you how to make it fit right. Wear the splint until the doctor says you may take it off.\n    * You can take off an air splint or ace wrap when showering or bathing.\n    * You may use over-the-counter medicines for pain. Always take medications exactly as directed.\n    * If you are given a tetanus shot, your arm may get swollen, red, and warm to the touch at the site of the shot. This is a normal reaction to the medicine. And yes, some pulled muscles require a shot, depending on how severe.\n\nCall Your Doctor If...\n\n    * The pain or swelling gets worse.
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Do your own test questions
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Do something to test thier reflexes...such as how fast do they react at a type of sound.
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Identification test for Citric Acid:\n\nAdd a few milligrams of your substance to a solution containing 15mL of pyridine and 5mL of acetic anhydride.  If citric acid is present, a bright red color is produced.
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Hmm, AMONG  ALL KINDS OF POSSIBLE INFECTIONS, YOU MUST BE CAREFUL ABOUT TETENUS TOXID BACTERIA, YOU MIGHT NEED TO TAKE A VACCINATION SHOT (IF YOUR LAST VACCINATION SHOT WAS MORE THAN 10 YRS)Tetanus is a serious and often fatal disease caused by the neurotoxin tetanospasmin which is produced by the Gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani. Tetanus also refers to a state of muscle tension.\n\nBacilli of C. tetani can be found in soil (especially agricultural soil), and the intestines and feces of horses, sheep, cattle, rats, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, and chickens. Spores are found in manure-treated soil, skin surfaces (of both animals and humans), under nail-beds, and in contaminated heroin.\nSymptoms\n\nThe incubation period for tetanus is 3 days to as long as 15 weeks (with the average being about 8 days) [2]. For neonates, the incubation period is 4 to 14 days, with 7 days being the average. Most of the time, the further the wound is from the central nervous system, the longer the incubation period. Incubation period length and likelihood of death are inversely proportional; a deep, contaminated wound that allows the bacteria to flourish and causes a quick, aggressive infection is much more life-threatening than a shallower, less-contaminated wound that causes milder symptoms to appear days or weeks later.\n\nThe first sign of tetanus is a mild jaw muscle spasm called lockjaw (trismus), followed by stiffness of the neck and back, risus sardonicus, difficulty swallowing, and muscle rigidity in the abdomen. The stiffness and spasming of muscles expands throughout the body inferiorly, and can be so powerful that they cause muscle tears and even fractures. Typical signs of tetanus include an increase in body temperature by 2 to 4°C, diaphoresis (excessive sweating), an elevated blood pressure, and an episodic rapid heart rate. Spasms and muscle contraction last for 3 to 4 weeks, and complete recovery may take months. About 30% of tetanus victims die, most of whom are elderly patients. In developing countries, the mortality rate may be as high as sixty percent.\n\nComplications of the disease include spasms of the larynx (vocal cords), accessory muscles (chest muscles used to aid in breathing), and the diaphragm (the primary breathing muscle); fractures of long bones secondary to violent muscle spasms; and hyperactivity of the autonomic nervous system.\nhttp://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=342
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You can use a variety of things. Normally we will test it with this protein substance called luminol; they even have preswabbed cotton buds to test for it on scene. However if you do with for a more accurate measure what they normally do is they go to the mobile field lab and test it with RH-Antibodies.
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Have your blood pressure checked.
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Yes.  The doctor said that the shot had been given too close to a previous tetanus shot due to an injury.  He said I was "over sensitized" and told me not to have another tetanus shot for ten years.\n\nIf you are concerned, call the doctor.\n\nI was told to wait a couple of days and the symptoms would go away.  They did.