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Tetanus?

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Tetrazona
Tetrazona

Hi there. Recently, 6-7 days ago to be exact, I got a minor cut on my arm without actually noticing at that specific moment. After like 2 days I had a little bit of fever, my neck was stiff and hurting like crazy, especially on back, all my muscles felt tired and I had a bad general state, including headache. The wound got red around, showing clear signs of infection, but now it looks like it completely recovered and all symptoms disappeared. Do you think that there is a chance that maybe I've got infected with tetanus? I did not experience that "lockjaw" type of thing but I get spasms if I stretch my muscles too hard, like when doing exercises. I must say that I feel no pain in the muscles at this point.

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