SomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 11 months agoTop tier medical advice.feddit.ukimagemessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1870arrow-down116
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minus-squareDucks@ducks.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·11 months agoTetanus is fucking terrifying. I’m happy to have chemicals to protect me from that.
minus-squareTar_alcaran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·11 months agoMy last tetanus shot hurt for 3 weeks straight. But I ended up not breaking my spine with muscle convulsions, so I think it’s a pretty good trade off.
minus-squarethepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoThat’s probably on whoever gave you the shot. If you hit fat or a tendon with an IM shot it hurts for a while.
minus-squareHereforpron2@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoYeah mine was mildly sore for like 24 hours tops and no other symptoms, super not bad
minus-squareLev_Astov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s not chemicals that protect from tetanus; it’s the dead tetanus bacterium the vaccine contains that train the immune system to recognize the threat.
Tetanus is fucking terrifying. I’m happy to have chemicals to protect me from that.
My last tetanus shot hurt for 3 weeks straight. But I ended up not breaking my spine with muscle convulsions, so I think it’s a pretty good trade off.
That’s probably on whoever gave you the shot. If you hit fat or a tendon with an IM shot it hurts for a while.
Yeah mine was mildly sore for like 24 hours tops and no other symptoms, super not bad
It’s not chemicals that protect from tetanus; it’s the dead tetanus bacterium the vaccine contains that train the immune system to recognize the threat.