Tetanus

[Lowdown3]

Gutting a house recently both me and a helper got gigged with nails in the foot. The one that got me was actually a staple and luckily I somehow just got one side of it. He jumped off a ladder and landed on two!!

How long has it been since the last tetanus shot? How long can you really go?

Guessing the crap we were working in/around might be an awful lot like the kind of wreckage you might see in the PAW

[Rmplstlskn]

It is the RUST and soil microbes getting in the wound that get you... Not the puncture, per se.

Just like dental work (just had a wisdom tooth pulled, cavities filled, and some old mercury fillings removed), getting a Tetanus Booster while things are good is a no-brainer...

PAW and white-trash sandals do not make for good feet... Boots will be a precious possession...

[EX121]

The booster is good for 10 years, if your like me I usually end up getting a booster about every 5 years due to puncturing myself. From what I've read it wouldn't be a good way to die.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

couple of years ago it was updated for just such emergencies and I was actually gonna bring that up because of the recent tornandos. I saw and got multiple injures from nails in the foot to tears from jags and broken junk.

[Benn Gleck]

Weird that you should mention tetanus shots, was at the doctors for a checkup last week and he asked about tetanus and I couldn't rememer the last one so he gave me a TDAP vaccination. Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis. Tetanus is good for ten years, diphtheria and whooping cough are lifetime I think.

I know a lot of people don't believe in vaccinations but sometimes better safe than sorry.

[Rmplstlskn]

I know a lot of people don't believe in vaccinations but sometimes better safe than sorry.

Yeah, some are 100% against... Me, I am OK with the single ones like tetanus and polio, but the multiple all-in-ones are dangerous, IMO, nor do I get ones with unclean animal DNA/RNA in it, for I do not want that stuff in my bloodstream.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

My daughter had an allergic reaction to pertusis as a baby which has led to a lifetime of issues so one does need to be careful