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Tetanus Shots - Important !
"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in
: 2 years ago - broken shoulder, tetanus shot. 12 years ago broken collarbone, tetanus shot. 8 years from now - who knows? Probably break an arm or leg this time, and get another tetanus shot Just out of curiousity, why would a broken bone require a tet shot? Were they compound fractures? Tet shots aren't routinely given for things that do not break the skin, AFAIK. |
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Tetanus Shots - Important !
Possibly because of microscopic cuts. People have died because of a
thorn pricking their skin - That's fairly invisible to the naked eye. I guess it largely depends on the nature of the injury. Better safe than sorry though.. |
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Tetanus Shots - Important !
"FragileWarrior" wrote in message ... "Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in : 2 years ago - broken shoulder, tetanus shot. 12 years ago broken collarbone, tetanus shot. 8 years from now - who knows? Probably break an arm or leg this time, and get another tetanus shot Just out of curiousity, why would a broken bone require a tet shot? Were they compound fractures? Tet shots aren't routinely given for things that do not break the skin, AFAIK. Road rash. In both cases there was a bit of missing skin. I fell off my bicycle (both times in my own parking lot, go figure) while moving slowly, but hit hard enough to break the bone and take off a small patch of skin. http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2005%...s/DSCF1060.jpg http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2005%...s/DSCF1078.jpg. |
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Tetanus Shots - Important !
"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in
: "FragileWarrior" wrote in message ... "Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in : 2 years ago - broken shoulder, tetanus shot. 12 years ago broken collarbone, tetanus shot. 8 years from now - who knows? Probably break an arm or leg this time, and get another tetanus shot Just out of curiousity, why would a broken bone require a tet shot? Were they compound fractures? Tet shots aren't routinely given for things that do not break the skin, AFAIK. Road rash. In both cases there was a bit of missing skin. I fell off my bicycle (both times in my own parking lot, go figure) while moving slowly, but hit hard enough to break the bone and take off a small patch of skin. http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2005%...ulder/images/D SCF1060.jpg http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2005%...ulder/images/D SCF1078.jpg. So the tet shot was for the skin injury, not the break. We don't want anyone going around thinking they got inadequate care because they didn't get a tet shot for a broken bone, right? |
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Tetanus Shots - Important !
This has been interesting. Because the date of my last tetanus shot was
longer than 10 years ago, I got one yesterday at my physical. My MD mentioned that there have been local cases in the past year and that the word has gone out quietly to make sure everyone stays current. Cheryl |
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