GirlAfraid23
19-07-13, 21:33
So I made a post about this yesterday, I stepped on something on the school playground field (I work there) whilst wearing sandals yesterday afternoon.
It was like pinprick pain and when I looked it was bleeding and was a little hole.
When I got home I cleaned it, put savlon on it and a plaster and rang nhs direct. They said it should be ok, but I've read that tetanus symptoms don't show up until several days or weeks after the injury!
I keep feeling pains in my neck and jaw and think I'm getting lock jaw :( I want to go to a&e but my parents and partner think I'm obsessing as usual.
I believe I've had my 5 doses of tetanus vaccination from a baby until between 13-18 years of age. I can't be sure exactly when, I wish I had a record :(
If t was 13, I'm 24 now so only a year out.
If you have all 5 are you protected for life? That's what it says here:
http://www.patient.co.uk/health/tetanus-immunisation
It was like pinprick pain and when I looked it was bleeding and was a little hole.
When I got home I cleaned it, put savlon on it and a plaster and rang nhs direct. They said it should be ok, but I've read that tetanus symptoms don't show up until several days or weeks after the injury!
I keep feeling pains in my neck and jaw and think I'm getting lock jaw :( I want to go to a&e but my parents and partner think I'm obsessing as usual.
I believe I've had my 5 doses of tetanus vaccination from a baby until between 13-18 years of age. I can't be sure exactly when, I wish I had a record :(
If t was 13, I'm 24 now so only a year out.
If you have all 5 are you protected for life? That's what it says here:
http://www.patient.co.uk/health/tetanus-immunisation