Tetanus shot precautions

There are two ways to inject tetanus after an injury. One is the common refined tetanus antitoxin. This method may cause shock, so we must conduct an allergy test first when injecting. Another type of tetanus immunoglobulin will not cause allergies, so no allergy test is required during the injection. However, we need to pay attention to some things when getting tetanus. Let us take a closer look at it below.

Small wounds will not be infected with tetanus. Tetanus bacteria are anaerobic bacteria and conditionally pathogenic bacteria. They can only grow and reproduce under anaerobic conditions or when the wound is deep and accompanied by aerobic infection. Tetanus bacteria mostly grow in soil and rust, so if the wound is deep and contaminated with soil or is pierced by rusty iron objects, tetanus antitoxin should be injected.

If the wound is only superficial and not deep, there is no need to inject tetanus antitoxin as long as proper cleaning is done. Or you can just use some disinfectant such as mercurochrome to wipe it on the surface. If the wound is dry and there is no exudate, there is no need to wipe it again.

Because tetanus antitoxin is an immune horse serum, it is a foreign protein to the human body and has antigenicity (allergic reaction), so an allergy test should be performed before using the medicine. If the test result is negative, tetanus antitoxin can be injected directly. If the test result is positive, desensitization injection should be performed, that is, tetanus antitoxin is injected in small doses divided into 4-5 times. If tetanus antitoxin has been used for more than one week, skin testing must be repeated if it is used again.

Tetanus is an acute specific infection caused by tetani bacteria invading human wounds, multiplying in the wounds and producing exotoxins. Clinically, the main symptoms are persistent spasms and paroxysmal convulsions of the whole body or local muscles of the patient, which is also called "tetanus" in traditional Chinese medicine.

Tetanus is a clostridial infection with a long history. It is an acute specific infection caused by tetani bacteria invading human wounds, growing and multiplying, and producing toxins. Tetanus bacteria and their toxins cannot invade normal skin and mucous membranes, so tetanus always occurs after an injury. All open injuries have the potential to cause tetanus.

This is the end of the explanation about the precautions for tetanus shots. I hope it will be helpful to you. Tetanus is very critical to our health. If we do not get a tetanus shot after being injured, it will lead to some terrible phenomena and even threaten our health. So we must pay attention to it to ensure our health.