small bumps and accidental injuries are always inevitable in life. No one can spend his life unscathed. Some injuries need to break the cold, but for many people, it is unclear which conditions need to break the cold and which conditions do not need to break the cold. This article introduces tetanus and the criteria for judging whether it is necessary to break it. Let's have a look.
Tetanus is a specific infection often associated with trauma. Wounds of various types and sizes may be contaminated, especially open fractures, rusty wounds, small and deep stabbing wounds, blind tube injuries and firearm injuries, which are more vulnerable to Clostridium tetanus contamination. Stabbing injuries of hands and feet are common in children. If the wound is applied with earth, incense ash, wood ash and other local methods, it is more likely to cause disease.
1. What is tetanus?
Tetanus is an anaerobic bacterium and a conditional pathogen. It is easy to grow and reproduce only under 'anaerobic' conditions or when the wound is' deep 'and accompanied by aerobic bacterial infection. Tetanus bacilli mostly grow in soil and rust, so tetanus antitoxin should be injected when the wound is deeply contaminated with soil or stabbed by rusty iron. Tetanus antitoxin is a kind of immune horse serum, which is a kind of heterosexual protein to human body and has antigenicity (allergic reaction). Therefore, allergy test shall be conducted before medication.
In other words, if the test result is negative, tetanus antitoxin can be injected directly. If the test result is positive, desensitization injection should be carried out, that is, tetanus antitoxin should be injected in small doses four to five times, and the surrounding red blocks should be observed every half an hour. If the tetanus antitoxin has been used for more than a week, the skin test must be repeated if it is used again. Another method is to inject tetanus antitoxin immunoglobulin, which only needs one shot, but the price is expensive, so you can choose according to your personal situation. Therefore, in case of any situation, go to the hospital in time to see the doctor to confirm whether to inject vaccine and deal with the wound.
2. Did you break the cold vaccine when you were injured?
If the injury is caused by rusty iron and the wound is small and deep, be sure to inject tetanus. Tetanus antitoxin should be injected when the wound is deep, stained with soil or stabbed by rusty iron.
3. Simple criteria for determining whether to break the cold needle
The depth of the wound and what caused the wound.
When the wound is very deep and needs stitches, or when it is subjected to some serious trauma, such as stabbing and pricking of nails, wood, thorns and other sharp substances, resulting in bleeding, such deep and thin wounds are the hotbed of tetanus.