10 Tetanus Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
Symptom #8: Swallowing Difficulties
Our throats are an essential passage that allows us to get food into our stomachs. Food isn’t just dropped in, though, instead it is pushed down with a wave of muscle contractions. This is something that we do involuntarily from birth, and we commonly know it is swallowing.
With a tetanus infection causing havoc with the body’s muscles, however, the muscle movements responsible for swallowing can be affected. The muscles can become stiff, and spasms may occur, making it difficult for us to swallow at all. Not being able to swallow in this way is clearly very dangerous and should be treated as a medical emergency.
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