Patient's question:
The baby is one year old. I took her to the doctor because her neck is crooked. The doctor just took a glance and said it's "childhood six-and-four wind." However, she was completely normal during her postpartum period. What is "childhood six-and-four wind"?Doctor's answer:
Tetanus (neonatal tetanus), also known as "four-six wind," is an acute disease caused by Clostridium tetani, which is widely present in soil and animal and human feces. It can invade the human body through damaged skin and mucous membranes (such as wounds, fractures, burns, or even puncture wounds or rust spots) and grows and multiplies in the hypoxic environment of the wound, producing a large number of Clostridium tetani spores. It acts on the nervous system, causing a systemic specific infection.