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Tetanus Shots - Important !
Greetings fellow URGLERs and RGers,
Have you been vaccinated against Tetanus? I know, I know: You were - as babies and kids, but have you been vaccinated recently? As in, the last ten years? I cut my foot yesterday and having forgotten about it, scooted out into the garden for some digging and mucking; It started to rain and i continued till i noticed that my foot felt a wee bit sore - Alas! I wear broken down shoes which leak water and mud. Well, when i examined it, i found the cut and treated it with anti-septic. I also checked up on when i had last taken my Tetanus shots. Alack! my license had un-fortunately expired! Today morning i woke up with a mildly sore neck from over-sleeping and sore muscles ( probably from the sudden shock of actually working *grin* ), however i decided to do the cautious thing and update my tetanus vaccine. I also googled up on tetanus and though i'd share my findings: 1. 5 Shots: 3 (as a wee lad)) + 1 + 1 (by 6 yrs) 2.A booster shot every 10 years. I would also suggest wearing watertight and mud proof shoes, not that you can't contract tetanus via a nick on your hand.. There is no need to err..panic..if you do expose yourself.. since the tetanus bacteria has a incubation period of 3 days to 15 weeks (long after the wound or pain from the wound has passed!), however you must get the following done: 1. Wash wound in antiseptic. 2. Go to a doc and get a tetanus shot. 3. Get a tetanus immunoglobin injection (which is a anti-dote for the tetanus toxin. It does not provide immunity in itself). Some ppl may be allergic to this, so remind the doc about allergic reactions. 4. Wait patiently for a month and see if you survive *grin*. You can garden in this period, but don't expose your wound to more bacteria. Here's a link to motivate lazy bum's: http://www.abc.net.au/health/minutes...es/s597774.htm http://www.tetanus.org/ Info links: http://www.acep.org/webportal/Patien...etanusShot.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tetanus.html http://www.vaccinehaffkine.com/faqinfo7.htm http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles...ectionId=12476 |
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