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SheilaT

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14. It is still not a forever shot.

Wed Apr 30, 2014, 04:16 PM

Apr 2014

My understanding is that it is still a once a decade shot.

Just about everyone has had at least one DPT shot as a child. The T is the tetanus. Tetanus, should you have the horrible misfortune to get it, is called lockjaw, and it's my understanding that the main source would be a cut from a rusty nail or the equivalent.

A dog bite you need to be more worried about rabies. But even if you have to get rabies shots, they are not the horror they originally were. Not particularly painful (we all have different pain thresholds) and not in the stomach and not once a day for thirty days.

I had a DPT about five years ago. The nurse giving it warned me of possible arm soreness which never happened in my case.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] quinnox Apr 2014 OP

A tetanus shot is no big deal. MineralMan Apr 2014 #1

It's uncomfortable, but a lot better than tetanus! Coventina Apr 2014 #2

I'm sure it varies from person to person. TDale313 Apr 2014 #3

The shot is no big deal. Plus it is good for 8-10 years now. n/t FSogol Apr 2014 #4

I have not found them painful to get. murielm99 Apr 2014 #5

Hm. Aristus Apr 2014 #8

I know you are the expert, but this has always happened to me murielm99 Apr 2014 #12

No. Myalgia is a potential side effect of tetanus. I've just never had a patient Aristus Apr 2014 #16

Always happens to me too. nt Mnemosyne Apr 2014 #28

Me too. laundry_queen Apr 2014 #46

I've had a few - didn't bother me in the least. NRaleighLiberal Apr 2014 #6

Everyone should have the tetanus 'shot,' elleng Apr 2014 #7

I had one. For me it was painful, JaneyVee Apr 2014 #9

Nope dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #10

I got one of those, but my dr. gave me a pain-killer ahead of time. Coventina Apr 2014 #11

Mine didn't warn me. dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #15

Oh man! I don't know what kind of relationship you have with your doc Coventina Apr 2014 #19

This was a specialist consultant at the hospital. dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #29

bah, that's nothing.. try a cortisone shot in your spinal column! dionysus Apr 2014 #18

No thanks! Auntie Bush Apr 2014 #45

Hardly felt it. And no secondary effects. immoderate Apr 2014 #13

It is still not a forever shot. SheilaT Apr 2014 #14

That's what I was thinking - I'd be more worried about rabies. laundry_queen Apr 2014 #49

nah it's nothing. maybe it'll be a little sore for a while but not bad at all. dionysus Apr 2014 #17

A little. You need one every 10 years. Laffy Kat Apr 2014 #20

You should always have a tetanus shot in effect anyway, at least every 10 years. pnwmom Apr 2014 #21

Not at all, quinnox. Not at all. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2014 #22

No. Man up. B2G Apr 2014 #23

Well, when I was about 11 years old angstlessk Apr 2014 #24

Keep up-to-date on those KT2000 Apr 2014 #25

no big deal and good for 10 years magical thyme Apr 2014 #26

So when the raccoon...... msanthrope Apr 2014 #27

LOL! pinboy3niner Apr 2014 #34

And she should!!! nt msanthrope Apr 2014 #36

they hurt. and they have to do it slowly. then it is over. nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #30

It is not that bad nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #31

Nothin' to it. i got one this year. WinkyDink Apr 2014 #32

It's not as bad as tetanus. Crunchy Frog Apr 2014 #33

New T shots are some tiny dinky thing compared to the old ones DotGone Apr 2014 #35

I just had one recently. LisaL Apr 2014 #37

a tentanus shot, like getting old, beats the alternative. unblock Apr 2014 #38

Like a punch in the arm. Ms. Toad Apr 2014 #39

I had a bad reaction, but frogmarch Apr 2014 #40

Nope! Spaldeen Apr 2014 #41

I've had several, including some with that big honking needle they used to use. 11 Bravo Apr 2014 #42

Hey - go all the way and get your Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis combo! hedgehog Apr 2014 #43

No, its not painful at all. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #44

Nope, not painful. ;) StarryNite Apr 2014 #47

Always get a dog bite cleaned. AngryAmish Apr 2014 #48

If they give you the one with the Whooping Cough vaccine included ... peace13 Apr 2014 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2014 #51

I had a softball game the next night after I got my last one. I decided I'd better brewens Apr 2014 #52

No. - LiberalElite Apr 2014 #53

It's not Dorian Gray Apr 2014 #54

Not in my experience. YMMV. Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #55

The situation has been resolved, for the moment quinnox Apr 2014 #56