SandyR
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# Posted: 13 Jan 2014 08:31am
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You get "lockjaw" from the bacteria tetanus called Clostridium Tetani. These spores live in the bacteria of C. Tetanti in soil. It is highly unlikely to get tetanus from a small cut exposed to manure. I am not saying it wouldn't happen to someone with an autoimmune deficiency, but the wound would need to have been deep enough to allow the bacteria to fester AFTER the wound has been closed. The bacteria spores live in soil and manure, away from air and light. So when you close up a deep wound, the bacteria may grow.
Which is why after my son at age six needed stitches from getting stuck on a rusty chain link fence he got the tetanus shot, but not before.
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