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| | Botulism - Medical Encyclopedia |
 | | Good supportive care in a hospital is the mainstay of therapy for all forms of botulism. | | | Wound botulism can be prevented by promptly seeking medical care for infected wounds and by not using injectable street drugs. | | | The number of cases of foodborne and infant botulism has changed little in recent years, but wound botulism has increased because of the use of black-tar heroin, especially in California. |
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http://www.nursingstudy.com/encyclopedia/Botulism.html
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| | Botulism |
| | Infant botulism is difficult to prevent, because controlling what goes into an infant's mouth is often beyond control, especially in regard to spores in the air. | | | Aside from antitoxin, no drugs are used to treat botulism. | | | Antibiotics are not effective for preventing or treating botulism. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/botulism.jsp
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| | Botox Botulism |
| | amount there is no danger of botulism from Botox®. | | | Botulism is a bilaterally symmetric descending neuroparalytic illness caused by... | | | this way, it causes paralysis of muscles in botulism. |
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http://www.beauty-now.info/skincareb/botox-botulism.html
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| | Botulin toxin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | This was intended for the relief of uncontrollable muscle spasms, but is increasingly being used for (A toiletry designed to beautify the body) cosmetic purposes, to paralyse facial muscles as a means of concealing wrinkles. | | | The vials of toxin used therapeutically are considered impractical for use by terrorists because each vial has only an extremely small fraction of the lethal dose for humans. | | | Botulin toxin is used (usually under a trademarked name such as "Botox") for producing long-term (months) paralysis of muscles. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/b/bo/botulin_toxin.htm
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| | Botanical Record-Breakers (Part 2 of 2) |
| | The hollow trichome readily penetrates the skin and toxin from the enlarged, bulbous base is injected into the skin tissue. | | | The slender shaft of the trichome is composed of silica, and the rounded apex breaks off with the slightest touch creating a sharp, beveled tip similar to a hypodermic needle. | | | Sometimes the seeds are boiled in order to facilitate the piercing of their hard seed coats, and this heating would undoubtedly denature the toxic proteinaceous lectins inside. |
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http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601c.htm
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