Posted by Quintal on February 17, 2007, at 15:52:11
In reply to tetanus, posted by NikkiT2 on February 17, 2007, at 5:16:30
>Actually, in the UK they have stopped giving regular tetanus shots, or giving it for minor wounds as over use of the shot has caused the usual problems with resistance to the shot..
They do still give tetanus for minor injuries - I had one last year when I dislodged my thumbnail with a hammer at work. The district nurse at my GP's surgery asked me if I wanted one since it had been more than 10 years since my last. I think they would give you a tetanus for an animal bite, but they do seem to have stopped calling otherwise healthy people to the surgery every ten years for a booster.
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