A small cut on your hand or foot may seem like a rather innocuous thing, but it can actually prove fatal if it isn’t properly addressed. Tetanus has been around for thousands of years, and each year sees around 70,000 deaths from this entirely preventable disease.
Interestingly, it isn’t any bacteria or virus that is the primary cause of this illness, and it isn’t what ends up killing most people. So, what does? Click on to find out.