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How long after injury do you get tetanus shot?
Even to day, some one comes and ask for ATS injection. Anti tetanus serum injection is very dangerous to give. The patient may get the anaphylactic reaction. This preparation is no longer used. Any serum preparation is dangerous. You need to be protected by anti tetanus injection. With proper wound care the anti tetanus serum is not required.
Indication of anti-tetanus serum?
prophylaxis and treatment of tetanus
What are anti tetanus serum drugs?
Anti-tetanus serum drugs are the medications which are injected as a vaccine to prevent a person from getting tetanus. The most commonly used drug is called tetanus toxoid.
What is the drug of choice if patient is anti tetanus serum positive?
Tetanus is caused by a toxin released by a bacterial organism. The serum contains antibodies to the toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium tetani. The antibodies inactivate the toxin in the blood stream and prevent an individual from experiencing tetanus.
What is the dosage in giving anti tetanus serum?
I have no idia
Anti-tetanus serum is given in an emergency situation while tetaanus toxoid is given to prevent tetanus infection. May I know which one of these vaccines need a skin test?
anti tetanus serum
How do you prepare anti tetanus toxoid injection?
by vaccination (injection)
Can you give anti tetanus serum and tetanus toxoid in one day?
yes you may..
What is the main action of anti tetanus serum?
It binds to the tetanus toxin in your blood, blocking the toxin's action on the body's systems. If you have completed your tetanus vaccine schedule, anti-tetanus serum is not required as your blood already contains the apparatus to produce this itself.
What is ats?
ATS means Anti Tetanus Serum.
What if Anti-tetanus serum is given after 72 hours?
Yes
Side effects of anti-tetanus serum?
the major contraindications are any previous history of hypersensitivity reacton to the serum globulin or any of its component, a hypersensitivity reaction to a test dose, and any condition that will contraindicate intramuscular injection such as thrombocytopenia .
