Tetanus shot, can you drink?

Tetanus is a special type of infection, mainly due to rust or soil contaminants metal products stabbed or scratched the skin of the human body, so that tetanus bacteria into the body disease. Due to the lack of specific drugs, and the rapid progress of the disease, so the mortality rate of patients is high. The typical symptoms are a wry smile, an inverted angular arch, convulsions and drooling, and the patient often dies from asphyxia and respiratory failure. Therefore, when tetanus infection is suspected after trauma, tetanus antitoxin or tetanus immunoglobulin should be injected within 24 hours to prevent it.