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tetanus

After my fall down the escalator last week, I followed the hospital instructions to visit my local GP to get my wounds dressed and check on whether my tetanus was up to date.

Surprisingly, it expired seven years ago, so the nurse gave me one whilst I was in the surgery, and she told me something which I hadn’t realised before.

Apparently, the tetanus vaccination is only really beneficial if it’s already in your system BEFORE you have an accident.

Did you know that?

I always thought it took effect immediately.

Anyway, tetanus is caused by a germ that gets into your body through a wound, such as a cut whilst gardening, or through an animal bite.

You’re more at risk of developing tetanus if the wound is deep,  or if it gets dirty with soil or manure, but even small wounds such as a prick from a thorn can allow enough bacteria to get into your body to cause tetanus.

Obviously, my wounds were quite deep and the metal escalator steps must have been really dirty considering the amount of people who use them on a daily basis, so I was grateful to have the tetanus jab, albeit too late.

However, I think my age was in my favour because there’s a vaccination programme for tetanus in UK which consists of five doses of the vaccine and each dose lasts 10 years.

Tetanus can cause all sorts of problems including spasms so make sure you’re covered.

I’m also on antibiotics which obviously help to kill any nasty bacteria,  but I’m religiously taking a dose of In-Liven probiotic every day to build up my good bacteria as well.

You ought to try it – it’s delicious (okay – maybe not delicious but this is my blog  and I’m allowed a bit of “poetic licence”).

                                    More information on Probiotics

Take care,

Jean Shaw

http://www.jeansmenopausalmoment.com/blog

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