Can I get tetanus while pregnant?

During pregnancy, the body is not mobile due to a big belly, so there will naturally be some problems such as bumps and bruises, so everyone needs guidance. Self-injury or abrasions like this may cause tetanus, especially when bacteria invade the body, which will have an impact on the human body and the development of the baby. However, because bacterial infection during pregnancy cannot be treated casually, whether tetanus can be obtained is also a problem.

Can pregnant women get tetanus?

Pregnant women may also suffer some abrasions or puncture wounds during pregnancy. Such punctures or abrasions may cause tetanus bacteria to be implanted in the incision. If not treated, it is easy to cause an infectious disease. The most important treatment should be cleaning the wound and getting a tetanus vaccine. The wound can definitely be cleaned during pregnancy. Many pregnant women feel that the use of tetanus vaccine is very dangerous. Is this idea correct? It is very clear that tetanus vaccine can be given during pregnancy, because tetanus vaccine is a protein and not an inactivated or semi-inactivated vaccine. It has a preventive effect after vaccination and will not cause tetanus infection.

1.What is tetanus? 】

Tetanus is an infection with Clostridium tetani, an acute specific infection caused by Clostridium tetani invading the human body (such as wounds, fractures, or even wounds from splinters, rusty needles, or nails), growing and multiplying, and producing toxins. Tetanus is a toxemia. In addition, there is a special type of tetanus caused by the cutting of the umbilical cord of a newborn. It usually develops within 4 to 7 days, so it is also called "four-six wind", "umbilical wind", "seven-day wind", etc.

【２. What is the current incidence of tetanus?】 Which type of people are prone to tetanus? Does the incidence of this disease have any regional characteristics? 】

According to the World Health Organization, about 1 million people die from tetanus every year worldwide, with farmers suffering from a particularly high incidence rate. According to the Ministry of Health, the national tetanus incidence rate has increased, especially neonatal tetanus has replaced epidemic meningitis B and entered the top five. Therefore, newborns born illegally and farmers are vulnerable groups. Strictly speaking, the incidence of tetanus is not regional; any open injury may lead to tetanus. Relatively speaking, it is mainly concentrated in rural areas with low health care awareness and level and in cities with a large number of immigrants.

[3.What causes tetanus? 】

Tetanus spores are widely distributed in nature (especially in soil and human and animal feces) and generally do not cause disease. When Tetanus bacteria invade skin or mucous membranes with wounds, especially when there is a simultaneous infection of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, or when there is a lot of necrotic tissue, or when the wound is contaminated with soil or foreign matter, resulting in local ischemia and hypoxia and a local anaerobic environment, Tetanus bacteria will grow and multiply locally in the wound, producing two types of exotoxins: one is spasmodic toxin, which has a special affinity for nerves, acts on the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord or the neuromuscular end plates, and causes characteristic systemic skeletal muscle sustained contraction or paroxysmal spasms; the other is a hemolytic toxin that can cause local tissue necrosis and myocardial damage.