Tetanus Booster, OUCH!!!!!

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Sunday night I had a little mishap at work while working a sixteen hour double, I got a nasty three-inch laceration. A sliver of metal ripped through my scrub top and into my R arm. Of course did an incident report and bandaged it up left a notice for maintenance (if I had a hammer I would have fixed it). Unfortunatly my tetorifice needed updating. I don't remember my last tetorifice booster hurting this badly. It is worse than my arm laceration. It hurts to move either arm. I was lucky by working that double I got three days off. My arms are hurting and I know that work would kill me. Is this a normal thing with the tetorifice booster? On a ten scale I would say the pain is a high six. There is a raised area around the injection site that feels pretty warm. Several hundred mgs. of ibuprofen have helped for now. Should I start to worry yet?

I think my entire family is becoming ill. Something was going around the unit and now we are all symptomatic. Sore throat, runny nose, aches and pains, occasional nausea, etc. I feel terrible but I have to go to work. My arms are hurting as bad as my throat does. Oh how I wish that I had sick time. For those of you who are religeous please pray for me.

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I think my entire family is becoming ill. Something was going around the unit and now we are all symptomatic. Sore throat, runny nose, aches and pains, occasional nausea, etc. I feel terrible but I have to go to work. My arms are hurting as bad as my throat does. Oh how I wish that I had sick time. For those of you who are religeous please pray for me.

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I had an accident and had to get one last week.

The laceration was NO pain.

The tetnus ached terribly for days. I used the pain medicine for the arm ache.

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I had an accident and had to get one last week.

The laceration was NO pain.

The tetnus ached terribly for days. I used the pain medicine for the arm ache.

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The first tetorifice shot I got several years ago hurt so bad the next day that I had to use my good arm to lift my 'shot' arm because it hurt so much to move the muscle! It was warm,tender and swollen for several days. The second tetorifice shot I got a year or so ago, was certainly dreaded, but it turned out to be not a problem. Very little swelling and tenderness at the site. I was surprised, and very thankful.

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The first tetorifice shot I got several years ago hurt so bad the next day that I had to use my good arm to lift my 'shot' arm because it hurt so much to move the muscle! It was warm,tender and swollen for several days. The second tetorifice shot I got a year or so ago, was certainly dreaded, but it turned out to be not a problem. Very little swelling and tenderness at the site. I was surprised, and very thankful.

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Specializes in ICU.

Having nursed about 6 tetorifice cases - stop grizzling!!:chuckle

I will take the pain - any amount of pain over 6-12 weeks in ICU.

Tetorifice is one of the worst shots - which is why we have a standing policy that anyone who arrives in ED with a trivial complaint does not leave without one! - Just kidding!!

P.S. Should ALWAYS be given in the deltoid muscle.

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Specializes in ICU.

Having nursed about 6 tetorifice cases - stop grizzling!!:chuckle

I will take the pain - any amount of pain over 6-12 weeks in ICU.

Tetorifice is one of the worst shots - which is why we have a standing policy that anyone who arrives in ED with a trivial complaint does not leave without one! - Just kidding!!

P.S. Should ALWAYS be given in the deltoid muscle.

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