Re: Dr. McCandless-Question, please, for mydaughter

[Guest guest]

Actually, if you can believe it, yes. Tetanus is still a fatal disease if not

treated by 20 days of very painful shots and this must be done before it gets

too far along.

Re: Dr. McCandless-Question, please, for mydaughter

> until they're starting to run around and could step on a nail, when they

need

> the tetanus shot.

It was my understanding that all tetanus shots have thimerosal. Do you think

the risk of tetanus outweighs the toxicity of thimerosal?

Lynne

[Guest guest]

I had read somewhere that it was a better idea to get your kids the new(er)

DTap vaccine that DOESN'T contain thimerosal than to use the stand-alone

tetanus shot. The same piece said that you should get the DTap only in case of

exposure to rusty metals and such where you would think of getting a tetanus

shot.

Any comments?

Sue

[Guest guest]

> Actually, if you can believe it, yes. Tetanus is still a fatal disease if not

> treated by 20 days of very painful shots and this must be done before it gets

> too far along.

My kids have never had a tetanus shot. Are you saying they should have one

as a precautionary measure or wait until something happens?

Lynne

[Guest guest]

I also heard from a woman at OT last week, who is a nurse, say something to

that effect. That the stand-alone shot had thimerosal, but the combo did

not.

Liz

>

> I had read somewhere that it was a better idea to get your kids the new(er)

> DTap vaccine that DOESN'T contain thimerosal than to use the stand-alone

> tetanus shot. The same piece said that you should get the DTap only in case

> of exposure to rusty metals and such where you would think of getting a

> tetanus shot.

>

>

> Any comments? Sue

[Guest guest]

If you wait until something happens, you have 72 hrs to get a TIG

injection which is Thimerosal free (at least that was my

understanding)

> > Actually, if you can believe it, yes. Tetanus is still a fatal

disease if not

> > treated by 20 days of very painful shots and this must be done

before it gets

> > too far along.

>

> My kids have never had a tetanus shot. Are you saying they should

have one

> as a precautionary measure or wait until something happens?

>

> Lynne