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2021-07-04 16:57:10
I was injured 4 months back from a rusty iron plate and had taken tetanus injection then. Today again I got another injury by hitting to an iron shutter, do I need to take tetanus injection again? How long generally the effect of injection lasts?
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it works for five year minimal, so usually when we have injury we go for vaccination. since we usually dont go for tetnus vaccination
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Generally 6 months. But if injury is severe, you have to take. You can share the pic of injury with me on Practo

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