When is tetanus best?

Tetanus is a specific infection often associated with trauma. It is Clostridium tetanus, obligate anaerobic, gram staining positive, usually present in the intestinal tract of humans and animals, excreted with feces, distributed in nature in the form of spores, and more common in soil. When there is a large wound in the body, tetanus will reproduce locally. If there is no oxygen locally, tetanus will continue to reproduce, causing tetanus attacks. If the human body got tetanus, need to actively give preventive measures, is passive immunity, as soon as possible subcutaneous injection tetanus antitoxin 1500 to 3000 units, tetanus onset has incubation period, if the wound is larger can be injected again within a week, so that should be within 24 hours of tetanus antitoxin, a week later add a tetanus antitoxin. If the patient is allergic to tetanus, he needs to be given tetanus immunoglobulin treatment, which is slightly more expensive, about 300 yuan, usually injected within 24 hours, and the effect can last for 3 to 4 weeks.