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Tetanus injection
Vaccines of my daughter completed as per schedule. last DPT injection has done in Nov 2018 to my daughter. She is 14 Years old. Now yesterday in 2022 she fallen from bicycle and has injury in arms and stomach and doctor given tetanus injection to her today.? is it ok? Kindly give advice
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Dr. Santosh Bangar
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16 yrs exp
Ahmednagar
No problem...that is good for immunity
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Dr. Vinit M Mehta
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Vadodara
If it is a bad wound then TT inj is required. If minor abrasion then can be avoided.
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Dr. Yogita Rathi
Pediatrician
10 yrs exp
Mahasamund
Immunization against tetanus is recommended for all infants 6 to 8 weeks of age and older, all children, and all adults. Immunization against tetanus consists first of a series of either 3 or 4 injections, depending on which type of tetanus toxoid you receive. In addition, it is very important that you get a booster injection every 10 years for the rest of your life. Also, if you get a wound that is unclean or hard to clean, you may need an emergency booster injection if it has been more than 5 years since your last booster. In recent years, two-thirds of all tetanus cases have been in persons 50 years of age and older. A tetanus infection in the past does not make you immune to tetanus in the future.
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