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Features Tetanus Include:  Trismus Sardonic Smile Opisthotonos

The three characteristic features of tetanus are trismus (jaw stiffness), sardonic smile (facial spasm), and opisthotonos (backward arching of the body).

Los tres síntomas característicos del tétanos son trismo (rigidez mandibular), sonrisa sardónica (espasmo facial) y opistótonos (arqueamiento hacia atrás del cuerpo).

Text (3) features of Tetanus include: 

trismus


sardonic smile


opisthotonos

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