Tetanus WHO | World Health Organization
· Symptoms usually begin eight days after the infection, and include headache and muscular stiffness in the jaw, followed by stiffness of the neck, difficulty in swallowing, rigidity of abdominal muscles, spasms, sweating and fever. As the toxin produced by the bacteria circulates more widely, it interferes with the normal activity of nerves throughout the body, leading to generalized muscle ...