Question

Following a road accident four injured persons were brought to a nearby clinic. The doctor immediately injected them with tetanus antitoxin.

1. What is tetanus antitoxin?
2. Why were the injured immediately injected with this antitoxin?
3. Name the kind of immunity this injection provided.

Answer 1

1. A preparation with pre-formed or ready-made antibodies to the toxin is known as a tetanus antitoxin.
2. A bacterium called Clostridium tetani obstructs nerve signals and enters the body through cuts and wounds. The body’s reaction to the tetanus toxin reacts by this antitoxin. In this case, pre-formed antibodies were given to the patients because the injured parties needed to be immunized right away.
3. Passive immunity is provided by this injection.