Abstract:
Tetanus is an acute, spastic paralytic illness caused by a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium tetani. Tetanus is a wide-spread disease in the world, with extremely high mortality rates (from 60 up to 80 %). In XXI century, tetanus appears as an important medical and social problem
due to high rate of temporary and permanent disabilities, lethality among children and adults. This article presents the features of tetanus’ manifestation and its management in children. The current trend of manifestation of tetanus symptoms, such as convulsive syndrome and autonomic nervous dysfunction syndrome according to severity degree of the disease in children had been analyzed. On the example of our own, clinical observation was analyzed the features of manifestation of tetanus’ symptoms, its management, consequences of transferred disease.
