Tetanus
Signs and Symptoms
Potential Complications
The Vaccination
There are at least eleven different vaccinations that contain the Tetanus vaccine. Only one is a single vaccine injection, the rest include at least one other and up to a total of five vaccines in one jab (Pediatrix).
- ADACEL
- Sanifo Pasteur
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis
- BayTet
- Bayer
- Tetanus Innune Globulin
- Boostrix
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis
- DAPTACEL
- Sanofi Pasteur
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis
- DECAVAC
- Sanifo Pasteur
- Tetanus, Diphtheria
- DT
- Sanifo Pasteur
- Diphtheria, Tetanus (adult formula)
- Infanrix
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis
- Pediarix
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Diphteria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B, and Polio
- Td
- Sanifo Pasteur
- Tetanus, Diphtheria(adult formula, generic)
- TriHiBit (Also known as ActHib)
- Sanofi Pasteur
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Hib
- Tripedia
- Sanofi Pastuer
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis
Clicking on the drug name will open the Drug Insert Sheet that all drug manufacturers must create and distrubte with each bottle of vaccine. In these sheets you will find their description of ingredients, how the vaccine was tested, the side effects and a list of contraindications (people who should not recieve the vaccine). PLEASE investigate each one before deciding whether that particular vaccine is right for your child. Weigh the risks of the disease against the risks of the vaccine. You can treat the disease, you can't take back a vaccine once its been given.
More Resources
- VRAN information about Tetanus
- DPT: Five Vaccines in One
- Mayo Clinic information on Tetanus
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Melissa
Melissa is a 35 year old Army wife to her deployed husband, and the mother of three girls. Two are toddlers and the third is a teen, lending to her bouts of insanty. Melissa and her husband Tom are still deciding whether or not they will have "one more" while Melissa tries to figure out how to convince Tom that homebirth is a good thing.
