During WWI, soldiers with catastrophic wounds died with tetanus like symptoms, without doctors being able to find any tetanus in their wounds or system, while soldiers with catastrophic wounds that tested positive for tetanus recovered without incident. Also, my understanding (maybe the nurses/scientists in here can help clarify this?) is that the tetanus bacteria is anaerobic - it dies on exposure to oxygen. So the idea that we get tetanus from rusty metal (rust is oxidization…) would then be erroneous. Also, we have oxygen in our blood, so if our wound bleeds, it should also clear out tetanus?
If one DOES truly believe one has been exposed to tetanus, the tetanus shot typically given when they ask you if you’re up to date isn’t fully effective for weeks. If you truly have tetanus, supposedly you’ll be dead within days…so even if they gave you the tDap, or Dtap (whichever they like to give grown ups now) it won’t help you soon enough to save your life.
In true tetanus emergency, you need the TiG - tetanus immunoglobulin shot, to save your life.*
But even with all that said:
We’ve been lied to about so much. I don’t trust that tetanus is what we’ve been told either, on many levels. There is more to this story.
*not a doctor (just a skeptic), not giving medical advice
I watched an illegal die of tetanus once. Horrific.
At *least* keep your tetanus current.
The others? I agree; not safe.
They’re making this 💩 up as they go.
I’d recommend researching tetanus.
During WWI, soldiers with catastrophic wounds died with tetanus like symptoms, without doctors being able to find any tetanus in their wounds or system, while soldiers with catastrophic wounds that tested positive for tetanus recovered without incident. Also, my understanding (maybe the nurses/scientists in here can help clarify this?) is that the tetanus bacteria is anaerobic - it dies on exposure to oxygen. So the idea that we get tetanus from rusty metal (rust is oxidization…) would then be erroneous. Also, we have oxygen in our blood, so if our wound bleeds, it should also clear out tetanus?
If one DOES truly believe one has been exposed to tetanus, the tetanus shot typically given when they ask you if you’re up to date isn’t fully effective for weeks. If you truly have tetanus, supposedly you’ll be dead within days…so even if they gave you the tDap, or Dtap (whichever they like to give grown ups now) it won’t help you soon enough to save your life.
In true tetanus emergency, you need the TiG - tetanus immunoglobulin shot, to save your life.*
But even with all that said:
We’ve been lied to about so much. I don’t trust that tetanus is what we’ve been told either, on many levels. There is more to this story.
*not a doctor (just a skeptic), not giving medical advice