Tetanus / Lockjaw
Disease Overview
It is a serious disease. Cuts, injuries, pins, nails or any other object, hands, feet, fingers are cut, any kind of scratches are caused. Stiff neck, stiff jaw, difficulty in yawning, jaw clenching, jerking of arms and legs violently, dyspnea, patient bends backwards like a bow. This disease is more due to cutting the umbilical cord of children. The disease can also be caused by injury or exposure to cold or being kept in a wet, damp or hot place. The child does not drink mother's milk, cries in red and blue colors, twitches hands and feet, foams at the mouth, clenches the jaw.
Diet & Regimen Guidelines
- Applying ice on the spine relieves the disease. Provide sago, barley, milk, liquid food.
- Vidra is a serious disease of Dhanushtanka. The disease has a high mortality rate, and patients often do not survive. Send the patient to the hospital as soon as possible.