Re: One Autistic Son bit the other and no tetnus shot

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Just to clarify, I took someone to an emergency room once when they were bit by another person and they were given a tetanus shot for it. Also, they have single dose tetanus shots. Adults are "suppose" to have them every 10 years, they are also required in some lines of work and they are not given a combination dpt vaccine, they are given a tetanus vaccine.Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerrySender: mb12 valtrex Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:55:44 -0800 (PST)To: <mb12 valtrex >ReplyTo: mb12 valtrex Subject: Re: One Autistic Son bit the other and no tetnus shot For a human bite, no tetanus shot is necessary. The tetanus virus/bacteria cannot live inside mouths of mammals. Also, the tetanus shot is not a separate shot: it also has Diphtheria and Pertussis (whooping cough) combined.I hope your son is okay.Subject: One Autistic Son bit the other and no tetnus shotTo: mb12 valtrex Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 3:41 PM Hi, one of my sons bit his brother and neither of them have had their tetnus shot. I didn't want them to have the shot but my pediatrician told me if they got cut or bitten they would need the shot. Is that true, I really don't want him to have the shot but if he needs it I will.Thanks Dianne