SomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTop tier medical advice.feddit.ukimagemessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1681arrow-down114
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minus-squareDucks@ducks.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoTetanus is fucking terrifying. I’m happy to have chemicals to protect me from that.
minus-squareTar_alcaran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoMy last tetanus shot hurt for 3 weeks straight. But I ended up not breaking my spine with muscle convulsions, so I think it’s a pretty good trade off.
minus-squarethepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThat’s probably on whoever gave you the shot. If you hit fat or a tendon with an IM shot it hurts for a while.
minus-squareHereforpron2@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYeah mine was mildly sore for like 24 hours tops and no other symptoms, super not bad
minus-squarethepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, I have to do testosterone shots, and my left leg doesn’t seem to have any good spots, so it usually has a painful knot for like 10 days.
minus-squareLev_Astov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not chemicals that protect from tetanus; it’s the dead tetanus bacterium the vaccine contains that train the immune system to recognize the threat.
minus-squarejarfil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd what are the dead tetanus bacterium made of? Chemicals 😜
Tetanus is fucking terrifying. I’m happy to have chemicals to protect me from that.
My last tetanus shot hurt for 3 weeks straight. But I ended up not breaking my spine with muscle convulsions, so I think it’s a pretty good trade off.
That’s probably on whoever gave you the shot. If you hit fat or a tendon with an IM shot it hurts for a while.
Yeah mine was mildly sore for like 24 hours tops and no other symptoms, super not bad
Yeah, I have to do testosterone shots, and my left leg doesn’t seem to have any good spots, so it usually has a painful knot for like 10 days.
It’s not chemicals that protect from tetanus; it’s the dead tetanus bacterium the vaccine contains that train the immune system to recognize the threat.
And what are the dead tetanus bacterium made of? Chemicals 😜
It’s chemicals all the way down!