Tt Injection Health Feed

You should now get him vaccinated by triple or quadruple vaccine. Both these contain tetanus vaccine.

There is no risk of tetanus infection even if the Nurse gave you iv injection without cleaning alcohol swab.

Injection gives one year protection. If you take 1 per month for a 3 month period you get immunity for 3 years.

The immunity of TT injection lasts for one year and if you take booster for 3 years the immunity will last for 5 years

If it was Td then after 10 yrs but in between after 28 weeks should take TDAP.
If it was only tet toxoid then next after 6 weeks then after 28 weeks TDAP

Tetanus is a serious bacterial infection that affects the nervous system and causes muscles throughout the body to tighten. It’s also called lockjaw because the infection often causes muscle contractions in the jaw and neck. However, it can eventually spread to other parts of the body. Tetanus is a medical emergency that requires immediate treatment in a hospital. Fortunately, tetanus is preventable through the use of a vaccine. However, this vaccine does not last forever. Tetanus booster shots ...more

Ear piercing stud with a gun is done by a doctor and TT is not needed as the bay is will get DPT and other vaccines by 45 days of age. Better to do after the first DPDT injection.

Hi. If you have recently taken tt in past 6 months .it won't be needed. Or else it's better to take.

Was the wound deep? If it's just superficial and scissor was not very unclean then chance of tetanus is very less even otherwise since you have been immunised already with tt 3 months back there is no role for it now.

Hello lybrate-user, if immunization history is not known then should get tetanus toxoid vaccine also.