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Is person get tetanus if person eat cow poop or any thing like that if poop enter in your mouth or something like that plz tell thanx ?

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Dr. David Lipkin answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

No: The Clostridium tetani bacterium will not enter the body thru the gastrointestinal tract. Nor will it grow in healthy tissue. It most often is the result of a deep penetrating injury such as stepping on a nail that's been outdoors and exposed to C. tetani spores that that are ubiquitous in soil. Approximately 300,000 to 500,000 people die from tetanus yearly, mainly in undeveloped countries.

Answered 11/27/2015

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