Vaccination against tetanus - the struggle with a terrible infection

Vaccination against tetanus Tetanus - a constant companion of man   allowed to minimize the incidence of this terrible infection, often leading to death. There is a planned and emergency prevention of tetanus. Routine tetanus prophylaxis was compulsory for all children and adults, and emergency - only that it was an open injury.

Routine vaccination against tetanus

Tetanus - one of the most serious infectious diseases. The pathogen produces tetanus toxin, which is getting into the blood trauma, has a strong effect on the central nervous system, causing convulsions and often death of the patient.

The national immunization schedule in Russia includes a schedule of vaccinations against tetanus. Children are vaccinated against tetanus along with diphtheria and pertussis This pest, pest whooping ...   adsorbed pertussis-diphtheria-tetanus vaccine - DPT. Some children spend vaccination diphtheria-tetanus toxoid (Td), and after 6 years of age against diphtheria Vaccination against diphtheria - the end of the epidemic of infection   and tetanus for children, adolescents and adults is held Td toxoid with reduced antigen content.

If the patient is contraindicated diphtheria toxoid (for example, if a person is ill with diphtheria or has an increased sensitivity to diphtheria toxoid), routine preventive vaccination Vaccinations - protect the public from dangerous infections   diphtheria tetanus toxoid held (AU).

Vaccinations against tetanus for children are held as follows:

• first DPT vaccination is carried out in 3 months;
• the second DTP vaccination - 4, 5 months;
• third DPT vaccination - 6 months;
• The first booster DPT - 1 year 6 months;
• second revaccination (vaccination) against diphtheria and tetanus vaccine (Td) - 6-7 years;
• third booster Td - 14 years.

If a person regularly inoculated according to the developed schemes, it provides him protection against tetanus. How valid vaccination against tetanus? It was found that the active immunity against tetanus is maintained for another 10 years after revaccination.

Vaccination against tetanus trauma

Injuries that the wound from the soil can get a tetanus toxoid. After contact with the injured tissue of a human pathogen of tetanus gets pathogenic properties and begins to produce toxins. In this case not grafted person develops the disease. If a person is vaccinated, in his blood contains antibodies to tetanus toxoid, which prevents the disease or reduce the risk of severe complications and death of the patient.

Emergency tetanus prophylaxis is carried out the following medications:

• adsorbed tetanus toxoid - SS;
• diphtheria-tetanus toxoid with reduced antigen content - Td;
• Tetanus serum horsepower purified concentrated liquid - MSS; This protein fraction of blood serum of horses immunized with tetanus toxoid or toxin containing specific immunoglobulins;
• tetanus human immunoglobulin - PSCHI; PSCHI active principle are immunoglobulin G (IgG), having an activity neutralizing antibody tetanus toxin.

Do I have to spend an extra tetanus prophylaxis in trauma and how the drug is dependent on the presence of a man of routine immunization against tetanus. The introduction of drugs is not performed if there is documentary evidence of the conduct of planned preventive vaccination for children and adolescents as well as adults, with a full course of immunization is not more than 5 years ago.

Only AC toxoid administered if immunization of children and adolescents were minor violations, and if adults was conducted fully immunized more than 5 years ago.

If documentary proof of immunization is not, then it is active-passive tetanus prophylaxis as follows: 1 ml of the AU entered, then another syringe in the other part of the body - PSCHI or after the skin test - PSA.

Side effects of vaccinations against tetanus

Normally, all products used for the prevention of tetanus, well tolerated by patients.

Sometimes symptoms after vaccination against tetanus (the introduction of MSS) are serum sickness. The patient has a fever, and appear itchy skin rash, pain in muscles and joints, and so on. Locally at the injection site redness, swelling and pain after vaccination against tetanus, which are themselves in a few days. Effects of vaccination against tetanus is rarely serious.

Contraindications tetanus

Vaccinations against tetanus are not carried out in case of hypersensitivity to the appropriate drug. Vaccination against tetanus during pregnancy: in the first half of pregnancy is contraindicated introduction of the AU, Td and the MSS in the second half - PSS.

Vaccination against tetanus and alcohol compatible. Intoxicated is not a contraindication for emergency prevention of tetanus.

Galina Romanenko

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