What to do if your child is allergic to tetanus

Tetanus is really a serum antibody that can kill tetanus bacteria. If a child is injured, he can go to the hospital for tetanus in time to avoid greater threats to the child's health. However, when doing tetanus, sensitivity testing is required. If the child has allergic reactions, it will have a greater impact on the child and may cause some systemic reactions. At this time, appropriate treatment should be carried out in time.

What to do if your child is allergic to tetanus

1. If you are allergic to the tetanus shot, you can use the desensitization injection method, that is, multiple injections of the drug, but the injection should be in small doses, preferably once every 20 minutes. Close observation is required after each injection.

2 During the desensitization process, if the patient is found to have systemic reactions, such as shortness of breath, cyanosis, urticaria, or even more serious anaphylactic shock, the injection must be stopped immediately and the situation must be treated quickly to prevent adverse consequences.

3. If the reaction during the injection is relatively mild, it is recommended to wait until the symptoms subside, and then consider increasing the number of injections and reducing the dosage as appropriate, so that the entire dose can be smoothly injected into the body.

4. During this period, you must eat a light diet, and strictly control smoking and drinking. You cannot eat spicy food, and the wound should be kept away from water. Only in this way can you better prevent wound infection.

How to prevent tetanus

1. Take good care of the wound

After an injury, if it is not very serious, you only need a Band-Aid to isolate the wound from the outside world, but remember to change it. Do not use a Band-Aid for a long time. Also, do not let the wound come into contact with water when taking a bath or washing hands. If the situation is serious, you can go to the hospital and let the nurse disinfect and apply medicine to your wound. 2. Taking antibiotics : If the wound is serious, you can take antibiotics to enhance your own immunity, which can also effectively prevent the occurrence of tetanus. But be careful not to take too much antibiotics and choose antibiotics according to your actual situation.