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RE: Childhood Diseases – On a Mission to Educate: Tetanus
A long post which includes all the aspect of Tetanus. It is very uncommon now but people are still afraid of it. So, in case of any type if cut or penetrating wound, they are asking for Tetanus vaccination. But tetanus only might happen in contaminated wound, usually soiled with mud, cow dung or similar way. Clean wound is usually no risk of tetanus.
Yes I agree it is not as common but there have been cases where the booster was not done so patients are getting tetanus under unusually situations. One patient had an infected tooth and ended up getting tetanus with resulting lockjaw and contracted muscles. Thank-you so much for your comments! I wish you a great day ahead!