Question

Botox: What is botox? What is it used for? (both past & present) Who uses it? Where did it come from? How does it work? Who discovered it?

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Answer 1

Botox is a bacterial toxin. It is produced by a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum. It normally causes food poisoning in caneed tins. It is an anaerobic bacterium which produces the toxin as it grows. But its effect, varies based on the amount of exposure to the toxin. In the past botox was used to treat uncontrolled blinking of eye and lazy eye conditions. Lazy eye is Strabismus or crossed eye, which was treated by giving highly purified form of the botox type A, which was injected in to the body.

Presently botox is very commonly ued to reduce wrinkles in a person . Botox is also used to cure excessive sweatting, bladder disorders besides using it for curing Strabismus. So, it is used to cure many nerve and muscle related disorders as it paralyzes the muscles.

Botox is a neurotoxin.It prevents the release of acetyl choline in the synapse and temporarily paralyzes the muscle. Such paralysis reduces abnormal muscle contraction.

Alan B Scott first got the permission to test botox for Strabismus. In 1980s Jean Carruthers and Alastair carruthers have discovered its effectiveness in curing wrinkles.

Botox chemically is a protein.

The chemical formula is --C6760 H10447 N1743 O2010 S32

Botox prevents acetyl choline which is a neurotranmitter release is inhibited by Botox toxin. Acetyl choline when released, it brings muscle contraction. When the botoxin toxin is released, the neurotransmitter is not produced, due to which the muscle does not contract, resulting in paralysis.