Botulism
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Botulism is a rare disease that can manifest through four naturally occurring patterns: food-borne botulism, wound botulism, infant botulism, and adult intestinal toxemia. There is also two forms of botulism that do not occur naturally, inhalation botulism and iatrogenic botulism. Botulism gets it's name from the organism that produces the associated symptoms, Clostridium botulinum. Clostridium botulinum produces seven distinct toxins which will all display a similar clinical pattern including symmetrical cranial nerve palsies which are followed by symmetric flaccidity of voluntary muscles. If allowed to progress long enough, the respiratory system could be affected leading to death.
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