Tetanus needle tube for several years

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In life, there are a lot of common sense knowledge that people need to understand, such as in the injured body with a wound, need to inject a tetanus needle, in order to prevent virus infection and life-threatening, so, this article will tell you, is to give a tetanus needle can be tube for several years.

Tetanus needle tube for several years

First of all: there are several different types of tetanus needle. The DPT vaccine given to children is mainly to prevent tetanus. It is toxoid and belongs to active immunization. It lasts for a long time and can last for at least five years. Therefore, if a child is under 5 years old and has been vaccinated with DPT vaccine for three times in a regular medical institution, if he is cut and injured, he does not need to break the cold needle.

Secondly: there are two kinds of tetanus needle, one is tetanus antitoxin, namely tat, which needs skin test and injection as soon as possible after injury. The effective concentration in blood is generally maintained at about one week.

Finally: the other is tetanus immunoglobulin (blood products), which shows a long time in curative effect. Moreover, skin test is not necessary before injection, which can last for about 3 weeks. However, immunoglobulin is relatively tight, and the hospital may not have the goods.

matters needing attention

As for the problem that cold needle can be used for several years, we must seriously understand and treat it. After the body is injured, we should also pay attention to the timely treatment of the wound in the hospital as soon as possible.