I seriously encourage that everyone be up to date with the Tetanus booster shot. I didn't and paid the price. I was offered it a few years back but passed because I was worried it might make my arm sore for a few days and interfer with work. In turn for my neglect I lost nearly a month of my life. It's something we don't think because we only have to do about but we should.
Keeping up on your Tetanus booster......
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Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule from the CDC.
Not as many as thought. It's not contact with my clients I worry about at all, it's children, bless them but they are little incubators. I wish my doctor warned me about the other things the tetanus protects you from besides rusty nails, could have saved me alot of problems. I started this thread because I didn't know and I am a well imformed person so I want to warn others. I cannot stress enough to be smart about updatin the booster every ten years.
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Yes indeed children are germ buckets - but I assume many of your clients have children and thus they (the clients) are a conduit between you and the children.
BTW - the booster every 10 years is a recommendation. An alternative strategy of a booster in young adulthood and a last single booster at 50 years of age may be as effective and safer and may be a better booster strategy. It just so happens to have been my MD's opinion and I did a bit of research after I got mine and he may be right. This assumes you have had the proper series as a child. Since I was in the service in my 20's I got every possible shot you can think of then and in my mid 50's I got the booster.
Also the "rusty nail" is not quite correct - its a puncture wound from an object contaminated with tetanus bacteria that is the problem - rusty (and not rusty) nails can cause puncture wounds and can cause tetanus.
BTW - the booster every 10 years is a recommendation. An alternative strategy of a booster in young adulthood and a last single booster at 50 years of age may be as effective and safer and may be a better booster strategy. It just so happens to have been my MD's opinion and I did a bit of research after I got mine and he may be right. This assumes you have had the proper series as a child. Since I was in the service in my 20's I got every possible shot you can think of then and in my mid 50's I got the booster.
Also the "rusty nail" is not quite correct - its a puncture wound from an object contaminated with tetanus bacteria that is the problem - rusty (and not rusty) nails can cause puncture wounds and can cause tetanus.
At least that vaccination is self explanatory. I am going to call the CDC and complain that they should change the name of the tetanus vaccination to contagious bacterial infections vaccination. I think more people will opt not to pass on it had a more direct and scary name. I think of lock jaw (had that once, interesting experience) or rusty nail infection (like that happens everyday) when I think of it not the other things it prevents.