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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 |
Tetanus Shots - Important !
in the US there is a shortage of tetanus shots and only those with puncture wounds
are likely to be able to get one. need to get the tetanus within 72 hours of the injury. Ingrid Vivek.M wrote: 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
Tetanus Shots - Important !
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 :) wrote in message ... in the US there is a shortage of tetanus shots and only those with puncture wounds are likely to be able to get one. need to get the tetanus within 72 hours of the injury. Ingrid Vivek.M wrote: 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
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. |
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.. |
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. |
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? ;) |
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 |
Tetanus Shots - Important !
Vivek.M wrote: 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: Someone I know got stung by a bee ( about 6 to 8 weeks back). He did not get a tetanus shot. He constantly complains about feeling uneasy and tense. Is it possible that he may be infected with tetanus and is there anything he can do now about it. 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 |
Tetanus Shots - Important !
wrote:
Vivek.M wrote: 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: Someone I know got stung by a bee ( about 6 to 8 weeks back). He did not get a tetanus shot. He constantly complains about feeling uneasy and tense. Is it possible that he may be infected with tetanus and is there anything he can do now about it. 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 Not likeyy a bee is gonna transmit tetanus. Even if he had dirt on his hands and somehow got tetanus in the bee sting wound, extreme muscle crampimg/stiffness is the classic symptom of tetanus. Try reading about both tetanus and bee stings at www.webmd.com Carl -- to reply, change ( .not) to ( .net) |
Tetanus Shots - Important !
Someone I know got stung by a bee ( about 6 to 8 weeks back). He did not get a tetanus shot. He constantly complains about feeling uneasy and tense. Is it possible that he may be infected with tetanus and is there anything he can do now about it. Uneasy and tense, is he? Sounds like he's spending too much time worrying about a little bee sting that happened two months ago. Tell him to chill. |
Tetanus Shots - Important !
wrote in message
Someone I know got stung by a bee ( about 6 to 8 weeks back). He did not get a tetanus shot. He constantly complains about feeling uneasy and tense. Is it possible that he may be infected with tetanus and is there anything he can do now about it. The old name for tetanus was "Lockjaw" and it results in extreme muscle stiffness (hence the locked jaw), muscle spasms and an extreme sensitivty to any noise. It affects the central nervous system and he'd probably have far more severe symptoms if he had it. He should see a doctor if he hasn't had his shots. |
Tetanus Shots - Important !
"Carl 1 Lucky Texan" wrote in message
wrote: Someone I know got stung by a bee ( about 6 to 8 weeks back). He did not get a tetanus shot. He constantly complains about feeling uneasy and tense. Is it possible that he may be infected with tetanus and is there anything he can do now about it. Not likeyy a bee is gonna transmit tetanus. There is absolutely no reason why he couldn't get tetanus from a bee sting. Tetanus spores are ubiquitous and a skin puncture wound is as good as deep cut or any other way for the spores to enter the body. |
Tetanus Shots - Important !
Janet Baraclough wrote in
: The message from FragileWarrior contains these words: Someone I know got stung by a bee ( about 6 to 8 weeks back). He did not get a tetanus shot. He constantly complains about feeling uneasy and tense. Is it possible that he may be infected with tetanus and is there anything he can do now about it. Uneasy and tense, is he? Sounds like he's spending too much time worrying about a little bee sting that happened two months ago. Tell him to chill. Although it won't be related to a bee sting two months ago, there are medical conditions which can present as feeling uneasy and tense (and should not be ignored). So he should consult his doctor, if only to rule out other problems. Janet. According to my research almost every adult in the entire world reports feeling "uneasy and tense" at some time. Those who constantly worry about small events that are easily remedied without asking strangers on Usenet have a higher incidence of these feelings. Really. I have the documentation right here. |
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