Question 1

what is the definition or description of: botulinum antitoxin?

Accepted Answer

Treat botulism: Botulism is a serious disease usually  caused by ingestion of the c.Botulinum bacteria.  It is very rare and  caused by eating canned foods that are not handled well (very rare in commercial canned items that are intact-no dings or bends).  Botulinum antitoxin is used for the treatment of botulism. It contains antibodies to the known botulinum toxins that are responsible for the symptoms.

Question 2

does the body produce antitoxins against clostridium botulinum and tetani toxins?

Accepted Answer

Yes but...: In neither conditions, recovery from the disease does not confer immunity because the toxin is usually not present in amount large enough to induce adequate immune response.

Question 3

who developed the first antitoxin for diphtheria?

Accepted Answer

See below: Edwin klebs (1834-1913), a swiss-german pathologist, identified and described the bacterium that causes diphtheria in 1883. (just to point out the devastation that diphtheria caused, in 1883, the diphtheria death rate was 125 per 100, 000 people in new york city.) a year later, german bacteriologist friedrich loeffler (1852-1915) 
http://www.Historyofvaccines.Org/content/blog/early-uses-diphtheria-antitoxin-united-states.

Question 4

does immunotherapy involve antitoxins?

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Definition: Immunotherapy indicates the use of immunological mechanisms for treatment. Allergy immunotherapy (allergy shots) do not include antitoxins.
 Antitoxins are antibodies against toxins and are used whaen toxins are suspected, for example posionous snake bites. This treatment can be called immunotherapy.

Question 5

does a antitoxin serum  for botchalisum have side effects

Accepted Answer

Of course.: If you are talking about "botox", it does have side effects and benefits. It all depends on the dosage and the indications. Botox has certain medical indications, injected by experienced doctors for specific treatments to improve specific conditions, as the same we can say for any medication. Different patients respond differently to the same medication.

Question 6

what are some of the possible effects of intravenous botulinum toxin?

Accepted Answer

Death: Although the effect is dose and time dependent but still, you don't want it in your blood stream to stop vital muscles from working or making them weak.

Question 7

how do botulinum toxin injections work?

Accepted Answer

Botox: It paralyse the muscle.

Question 8

is botulinum toxin harmful? does dose matter?

Accepted Answer

FDA approved: Botulinum toxin is not harmful when used as recommended. 
Botox, Botox cosmetic, dysport, xeomin, (incobotulinumtoxin a) Myobloc (botulinum toxin b) are examples of botulinum products that are fda approved and have been used worldwide in many millions of people with few significant ill-effects. Dosing does matter. More is not better.

Question 9

which diseases are caused by bacillus botulinum?

Accepted Answer

Botulism: The name you've been assigned to look up has been out of date since before I was in med school. It's Clostridium botulinum. Botulism toxin is as deadly as any poison you'll find, and can be acquired preformed in food, or develop in an infected wound, or rarely be formed in the gut -- especially in a baby fed raw honey.

Question 10

whats a clostridium botulinum culture?

Accepted Answer

Unclear question: Clostridium botulinum organism cause paralytic food poisoning, usally through contamination of home canned goods. It grows in an anerobic environment and releases a toxin that affects muscle function.

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