SomeoneElseModM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 10 months agoTop tier medical advice.imagemessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1748arrow-down114
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minus-squareDucks@ducks.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·10 months agoTetanus is fucking terrifying. I’m happy to have chemicals to protect me from that.
minus-squareTar_alcaran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·10 months 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-up7·10 months 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-up6·10 months agoYeah mine was mildly sore for like 24 hours tops and no other symptoms, super not bad
minus-squarethepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months 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-up1·10 months 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.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months 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!