I'm also one of the unfortunate (or should that be clumsy) gardeners who get cuts, scratches, grazes etc quite common. My GP told me several years ago they don't give routine every 10 years tetanus jabs any more. I've always been a bit concerned about that so religiously wash, disinfectant and cover any wounds as soon as I can.
I’m trying to remember if I had a tetanus jab a couple of years ago, when I got bitten by a squirrel I was rescuing, it had caught its foot in the bird feeder pole. I was definitely given a course of antibiotics at the Minor Injuries Unit, and I think I might have been told to book a booster at my GP practice. In the past, I was given a booster following a major laceration across my palm ( tried to bath the cat who had got covered in something disgusting. No sympathy from the doctor! ) Also had a booster following a scald to my arm. Making coffee after a dinner party, wine had been flowing freely, I didn’t wait for the coffee to settle before trying to press down the plunger in the cafetière. Got a huge blister covering the inside of my wrist. Prescribed antibiotics, but was very surprised to be given a tetanus jab, - not like I’d ended up face down in the dirt after all the booze, but was told that burns and scalds are taken very seriously indeed, and had been implicated as a point of entry for tetanus spores. Only a few weeks later, I got into conversation with a lady in a shop. She was trying to buy a scarf to go with her outfit for a wedding. She had also had a difference of agreement with a cafetière, and had ended up with a similar blister down the side of her neck. Dangerous task, making coffee.
If you regularly get deep soil contaminated wounds, or if you travel to remote areas, where you could get such wounds, you should have booster jabs. I travelled to Botswana and then SA in consecutive years and the travel health Dr. suggested a jab each time. I don,t think it is an area most GP,s are very well versed in.
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edhelka, I’d second what fairygirl has said re getting some help and support. If you are uncomfortable with the phone, perhaps you could use an e consult instead?
You can write out your concerns at your own pace, e mail it to the GP, and add that you would prefer an email reply rather than a phone consultation.
OH and I have both used this during lockdown, and have had very quick responses. In fact, I sent off my email one evening, and first thing next morning, I had a reply with an appointment for a blood test booked for that afternoon. I was actually very impressed. It also meant that my case was being considered and prioritised by the doctor, who decided that it seemed urgent, rather than me or the receptionist.
A tetanus jab is a very good idea and it is no bother to do it every ten years. Just remember to wait two weeks between your covid jab and the tetanus one.
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In the past, I was given a booster following a major laceration across my palm ( tried to bath the cat who had got covered in something disgusting. No sympathy from the doctor! )
Also had a booster following a scald to my arm. Making coffee after a dinner party, wine had been flowing freely, I didn’t wait for the coffee to settle before trying to press down the plunger in the cafetière. Got a huge blister covering the inside of my wrist. Prescribed antibiotics, but was very surprised to be given a tetanus jab, - not like I’d ended up face down in the dirt after all the booze, but was told that burns and scalds are taken very seriously indeed, and had been implicated as a point of entry for tetanus spores.
Only a few weeks later, I got into conversation with a lady in a shop. She was trying to buy a scarf to go with her outfit for a wedding. She had also had a difference of agreement with a cafetière, and had ended up with a similar blister down the side of her neck.
Dangerous task, making coffee.
I travelled to Botswana and then SA in consecutive years and the travel health Dr. suggested a jab each time.
I don,t think it is an area most GP,s are very well versed in.
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If you are uncomfortable with the phone, perhaps you could use an e consult instead?
You can write out your concerns at your own pace, e mail it to the GP, and add that you would prefer an email reply rather than a phone consultation.
OH and I have both used this during lockdown, and have had very quick responses. In fact, I sent off my email one evening, and first thing next morning, I had a reply with an appointment for a blood test booked for that afternoon. I was actually very impressed.
It also meant that my case was being considered and prioritised by the doctor, who decided that it seemed urgent, rather than me or the receptionist.
Hope you are doing ok!
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When you don't even know who's in the team
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