Tetanus and Tetanus Shots
See your pediatrician as soon as possible if your child needs a tetanus shot after getting a dirty wound.
See your pediatrician as soon as possible if your child needs a tetanus shot after getting a dirty wound.
Unvaccinated kids with tetanus typically end up in the ICU for weeks or months and are lucky to survive this vaccine-preventable disease.
DTP vaccines protect our kids against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis and include DTaP, Tdap, and TD.
An unvaccinated girl in Italy has tetanus.