Miss Peregrine Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Dd was vacuuming the car and she swept her hand under a seat. She was stabbed by a bobby pin and had to pull it out of her finger. It was in there a full centimeter, judging by the blood on it. Who knows how long it had been in the car. It is pretty dirty-looking. She has not had the dtap booster. I am a selective vaxer and could go either way. ETA she is 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yes, I would. Why take a chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Dd was vacuuming the car and she swept her hand under a seat. She was stabbed by a bobby pin and had to pull it out of her finger. It was in there a full centimeter, judging by the blood on it. Who knows how long it had been in the car. It is pretty dirty-looking. She has not had the dtap booster. I am a selective vaxer and could go either way. ETA she is 14 Yes. It is not a risky vaccine for a teen, and tetanus is deadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yes, I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Sounds like it is needed in this scenario! Sorry :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I would contact her doctor and ask them rather than a message board of people who lack an education in medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Alrighty. We are heading in. Thank you all for confirming my suspicions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 I would contact her doctor and ask them rather than a message board of people who lack an education in medicine. She doesn't have a doctor and urgent care will not give advice over the phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I don't even vax normally and I would say yes about this one. Tetanus is deadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 She doesn't have a doctor and urgent care will not give advice over the phone. :confused1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 My DS has a severe reaction to the DTaP shot so we stopped getting them for him. When he got a deep puncture wound on his knee we talked to his doctor who recommended we give him the Td shot rather than the whole DTaP or Tdap. You may want to look into that as an option if you are uncomfortable with the combo shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yep, those puncture wounds are nothing to mess with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 If it's been less than ten years since the last one, then yes. That is, if ten years is still the recommended gap between them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 My DS has a severe reaction to the DTaP shot so we stopped getting them for him. When he got a deep puncture wound on his knee we talked to his doctor who recommended we give him the Td shot rather than the whole DTaP or Tdap. You may want to look into that as an option if you are uncomfortable with the combo shot. Urgent care will give Td. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticmomma Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 No. It will not help after an injury. After the injury she needs tig, not a tetanus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisabet1 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I wouldn't bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisabet1 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 When they had a shortage of the Tetanus shots, they started telling people they didn't really need them after injuries like this. When the supply went back up, suddenly, they started claiming people needed them. IF people really did need them, they would need them even when supply is low. No one died from tetanus during that period of time. I do not recall the years, but it was before 2006. It was mid that decade sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 When they had a shortage of the Tetanus shots, they started telling people they didn't really need them after injuries like this. When the supply went back up, suddenly, they started claiming people needed them. IF people really did need them, they would need them even when supply is low. No one died from tetanus during that period of time. I do not recall the years, but it was before 2006. It was mid that decade sometime. I know someone that died from tetanus. It's not something to be messed with. It's not like treating it with some antibiotics makes it go away once you find out you are sick. As for the shot, you get TIG not the DTaP immunization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Still waiting here. From what I understand,the urgent care only has the tig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Tetanus boosters do no good if you're already exposed. The treatment is tetanus antibodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Oh, fun, a Gardasil lecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasperstone Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Oh, fun, a Gardasil lecture.Oh, I heard nasty reports on that one! Don't be pressured into it. Do some research first for your daughter. When my son cut the top of his finger off, I declined when I found out it wasn't on its own. It had other vaccines mixed with it etc... They didn't have a single tetnus shot for children. That was here in Australia though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 No. It will not help after an injury. After the injury she needs tig, not a tetanus. I'm sorry, that's what I meant. Urgent care does not give DTAP or TDAP. They only give the post-exposure shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticmomma Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Around here it's always td. When I asked about it previously the doctor didn't even know what I meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Yes. I had the booster after a sewing machine needle went through my finger, and that would have been pretty clean, I imagine. Of course, I'm I'm not sure it's necessary, but I'd put it in the better safe than sorry category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 No. It will not help after an injury. After the injury she needs tig, not a tetanus. Tetanus boosters do no good if you're already exposed. The treatment is tetanus antibodies. THIS! Tetanus shots have their place, BUT they do no good after the injury. You need the other stuff, not the vax! I don't understand why they say otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 It is puzzling to those of us who have children who would be dead if not for intense ongoing medical intervention and who are at a children's hospital or doctors office weekly. Insurance or not, a life is at stake and the money will come from somewhere because the alternative is the death of our child. There are resources, many areas specific to help families with an acute medical expense. This forum is not the place to find that information. Coming here will not help a family. Getting over to Google and seeking information and resources and then doing the footwork and making calls and contacting people to get services for an acute medical issue will help. Google is not an elite service and this is not something so rare and unique as to make finding information difficult. I can see getting support and commiserating with others on a forum, but medical advice should be directed to a medical professional. There are options. Oddly enough Google will help someone find the resources and information. As for off hand criticisms, I cannot tell you have many times people on this board have flat out said that a gluten free diet is The Answer without even knowing what my son has and that unless I have tried it how will I know if it will magically cure my son. How is that for idiocy, pushing a fad off as a cure when they do not even know the disease? And I was not even asking for advice just seeking support. Not everyone has a doctor, or insurance or money to access one. That is not puzzling. It is frustrating and heartbreaking when you do have to rely on strangers for medical advice because the alternative is often this *my entire food budget for my children for the month* or *a trip to urgent care* I know that first hand. Off hand criticisms don't help hurt and sick kids. And it really is hard on a stressed parent. Links to valid medical sites and if you are lucky enough to know one a phone number of a free clinic that does give over the phone advice or treatment would be great. That and you know universal health care... hope your dd is doing alright Miss P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBJones Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Yes, immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I am sorry QGoD if you felt attacked personally by my statement and that you have not always felt supported by the board. I do understand your frustrations first hand. Any harshness in my post should have been directed at the medical system that makes these kids of conversations necessary and I apologize. I do not think we are that far off in views. I should have been more mellow in my reply. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Dtap formulation is very safe and for older teens and also adults many ER's give straight tetnus which outside of slghtly sore muscle has just about zero side effects. Meanwhile, even with moder medical intervention, once one is symptomatic with tetnus it is extraordinarily difficult to pull a patient through. Tetnus is an old, reliable vaccine that has been around for a long time and since it is not a communicable disease doesn't mutate so it remains effective as long as immunity does not wane thus the booster shot. I selectively vax, no gardisil, hepatitis, or flu vaccine but yet for us the tetnus vaccine is a no brainer. Our kids help out at my friend's farm , help their dad work on the car, work with power tools, and assist with home repairs so we try to be very vigilant about keeping tetnus vaccines current. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Oh, and I meant to say that the shot you get post injury is an antibody shot, not the dtap.The regular pre exposure vaccine with pertussis can cause reactions, my dd reacts terribly. As a medic she gets td. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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