Tetanus

I stepped upon a rusty nail once. My doctor indicated that a tetanus booster is recommended if your most recent tetanus vaccination was more than 10 years ago.

tetanus shot is usually given once every 10 years

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Yes, Tetanus Toxoid does contain Thimerosal (mercury), in most vaccines. BUT, there are several tetanus vaccines that are free of mercury. Infanrix, Daptacel, ADACEL and Boostrix have no mercury in them. Tripedia is manufactured with thimerosal that is gradually diluted out of the final product. Some older ones still contain up to 25mcg/0.5ml of mercury.

You can get a lip piercing so long as you are getting it done at a licensed and inspected piercing facility that is operated in a clean and professional manner with all licenses and inspection notices posted as well as the autoclave spore test results available for inspection by the public.

If it's buddies basement piercing room than you need more than a tetanus shot. All properly licensed facilities hold next to no risk of infection because they don't need the hassle.

Be smart report all unlicensed and uninspected facilities to your local health protection office and city business licensing branch. These shops injure hundreds of people every year and damage the professional aspect of body piercing. Help save a life, drop a dime.

deltoid muscle.(arm)

There is no argument. The recommendations are clear.

Once the person has had the adolescent tetanus booster, usually given at 11-14 years of age, tetanus is recommended to be boosted routinely every 10 years. If you have a deep cut or puncture wound it should be updated unless it is well documented to have been given within the last 5 years.

There is a new tetanus shot that includes a booster to pertussis (whooping cough - Tdap, Adacel, Boostrix) that was created because adults have been found to be getting pertussis. Usually they just cough for several weeks without making a "whoop", which is a bummer for them but also allows it to be passed on to kids. It is recommended that people under 65 get this shot if it has been more than 2 years since their last booster with the old tetanus shot (dT).

One other factor, is that Medicare, in keeping with its tradition of paying for illness but not prevention, does not pay for tetanus shots unless it is to treat a deep cut or wound (but it is still recommended).

Be no the safe side and have a tetanus shot.

You simply get a new tetanus booster shot. You should get the booster every ten years. But do it immediately - not two weeks later.

Both are types of tetanus shots.

Lockjaw

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shots but if you stop getting them you will have tetanus again also having clean cuts no wound don't have dirt or soil on you

No. The bacterium Clostridium tetani forms an endospore and can survive for long periods of time. When the endospore is introduced into a favorable environment it begins to metabolize.

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You give the antitetanus serum because it contains passive antibodies that can immediately start attacking any antigens if present. While that is going on, the body reacts to the toxoids injected into it by producing its own antibodies, this process is slow thus we need the antitetanus serum for immediate protection.

lockjow, contracture of muscle, hypertonia

It doesn't hurt much at the time but it can leave the muscle very sore for a few days after, so it is better to take it in the buttock because it is easier to cope with a sore bottom than a sore arm.

There is much dispute over this many people say it is and it isn't..... the transmission can be through fecal matter or bites so it has a zoonotic element to it.

Trying to find out

I was looking to find this out for myself, but cant find anything on it!! I got a shot today, and just took a xanax without thinking about it first. Too late....so we shall see. I did tell the dr. i was taking Xanax before the shot, so i would have thought she would have said something.

Tetanus is an acute disease that is why it is wise to be inoculated every 2 years.