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Lockjaw is an acute symptom in which the patient cannot open his jaw due to extreme stiffness of the neck muscles. The disease is caused by

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Pasteurella pestis
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Clostridum tetani
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Treponema pallidum
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Corynebacterium diptheriae
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The correct option is B Clostridum tetani
Common first signs of tetanus are a headache and muscular stiffness in the jaw (lockjaw) followed by stiffness of the neck, difficulty swallowing, hardening of abdominal muscles, spasms, sweating, and fever. Symptoms usually begin around eight days after infection, but may range in onset from three days to three weeks.

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