What should I do if I have an allergic reaction after getting a tetanus shot? Combining Chinese and Western medicine has a good effect!

Tetanus shots are necessary after a serious injury to a part of the body, but some patients may experience allergic symptoms. If you want to treat patients in time, the combination of Chinese and Western medicine has a good effect. You can try it!

1. Clinical manifestations:

1. The incubation period generally ranges from one day to several months, usually 1-2 weeks.

2. The typical symptoms of tetanus allergy are clenched jaws, rigidity and spasm of muscles all over the body and paroxysmal convulsions. In mild cases, the spasms are mild and the attacks are few in number, while in severe cases, the spasms are severe and the attacks are frequent.

2. Western medicine treatment of tetanus allergy symptoms:

(1) Oral treatment: clean the wound and disinfect, apply wet compress with 3% hydrogen peroxide or 1:4000 potassium permanganate solution.

(2) Antitoxin treatment: 10,000 to 100,000 units of antitoxin, given as a single intravenous drip; for infants, 1,500 to 10,000 units, given as a single intravenous drip; TIG: 3,000 units, given as an intramuscular injection at a time, divided into three equal portions and injected into three locations.

(3) Antibiotic treatment: Penicillin, erythromycin, and tetracycline can be used.

(4) Control of spasms: Diazepam: 2-8 mg/kg body weight for adults, intravenous drip in divided doses; 0.5 mg/kg body weight for children, intravenous drip in divided doses; other drugs such as phenobarbital sodium, chlorpromazine, and chloral hydrate can also be used. Those with inflammation should use hormones, and those with clenched jaws should prevent suffocation.

3. Traditional Chinese medicine for tetanus injection allergy:

(1) The proven recipe for the Cunming Decoction is 9 grams each of Notopterygium wilfordii, Chuanxiong, Rhubarb, Pinellia ternata, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Bombyx batryticatus, Scorpio, Arisaema consanguineum, Angelica dahurica, and Scolopendra subspinipes; 3-6 grams each of Chuanwu and Caowu; 3 grams each of amber powder and cinnabar.

(2) Prescription of cicada shell mixture: D8 cicada shell and 3 whole scorpions.

(3) Conventional treatment: soothing wind and calming spasms, clearing away heat and detoxifying.

Prescription: 3 grams of scorpion powder (taken with water), 2 centipedes, 10 grams of white aconite, 10 grams of arisaema, 15 grams of cicada shell, 10 grams of white silkworm, 10 grams of papaya, 30 grams of kudzu root, and 10 grams of rhubarb.