The effects of tetanus shots - a detailed analysis

Tetanus is a very serious and dangerous infectious pathology which penetrate through wounds, scratches and abrasions causes infection and late severe complications. To recover from this severe disease is possible only in the ripening period of the disease, which usually runs entirely asymptomatic.

What are tetanus shots?

As prophylaxis of a disease needs time to carry out the vaccine against tetanus. The tetanus vaccine for adults is two types:

• ADS-M – vaccination against diphtheria and tetanus,
• The AC vaccine, which is done in case of intolerance (allergies) to substances of diphtheria.

Vaccine is protective properties on the human body for about 10 years.

Routine vaccination should be carried out in a strict order. And one of the prerequisites that you need to know all people – the consequences that arise after vaccination against tetanus. A mandatory vaccine against tetanus is done at a time when a person had contact with an animal (wound, a bite, a cut through which can penetrate pathogenic microorganisms).

Sometimes, however, vaccination against tetanus though has consequences, but it can save a life.

What side effects occur?

It must be remembered that the response to tetanus vaccination in adults and children, can be very serious. As a rule, the signs of side effects in children the following:

• Dry cough, often with little sputum.
• Dysfunction and discomfort in the gastrointestinal tract.
• The appearance of nasal congestion, runny nose.
• Poor appetite and sudden weight loss.
• Nausea, vomiting.
• There is a large amount of saliva.
• Arrhythmia, increased heart rate (tachycardia).

After the injection against tetanus person needs to wait about an hour in a medical facility and strict attention to symptoms started. After a tetanus shot you need at least a day to stay at home in peace. If there are any signs of complications (stomach discomfort, nausea, dizziness) you need to apply for first aid to the doctor.

At the onset of symptoms after a tetanus shot may not be on the street and wet area, where the procedure was done.

Signs that may occur in the first few hours after an injection, can be as follows:

• Constantly sleepy, weakness, or Vice versa excessive activity.
• The plot, which was to make the injection becomes red and inflamed.
• Fever can also be caused by vaccination.

Each human body the injection works differently. But if the above symptoms, then all is well and your body copes, and you just need to wait a bit until it was over.

Under what circumstances should not do tetanus vaccine?

Complications after vaccination against tetanus can occur in different variants, it is necessary to know to whom the vaccine is contraindicated:

• The period of carrying a child (if there is a need for vaccination, they are changing the immunoglobulins).
• Allergic reaction to tetanus vaccine for adults (this information is already known after the previous vaccination). Especially it is necessary to look allergies in children.
• If a person is sick of various infectious, viral and respiratory diseases.
• Some diseases in children, chronic in nature (e.g., glomerulonephritis, heart disease).
• Violation of or a decrease in immune system in children.

Other contraindications man can only show his own clinical picture, which can be revealed only by a doctor.

What could be the possible consequences?

An injection against tetanus rarely provides severe complications in adults. Only 5% can cause death from tetanus. For that reason, before taking the vaccination, it must be diagnosed that the body was probably healthy.

When the end of the ripening period of the disease, you can cause the following complications:

• inflammation of the joints (arthritis),
• dermatological diseases,
• convulsive syndrome,
• the plot, which made the shot,becomes thick and pasty,
• diseases of the respiratory system: pneumonia, bronchitis, gimaret,
• the person feels dizzy and may be unconscious,
• mental disorders, disorders of the nervous system. For example, inflammation of the meninges (meningitis),
• problems with the heart, arrhythmia, tachycardia.

In the result we can say that if the vaccine against tetanus is made on time, it can save human life. Most importantly, be taken seriously to the diagnosis of the organism and to detect contraindications to avoid consequences in the future.