I have had recent onset of stuttering, jaw pain and numbness in right side of my face and arm, all this two days after stepping on somthing in my back yard, after about two weeks the symptoms began to subside. is this possibly a MILD case of lock jaw? my last tetnus shot was 14 years ago. CBC checked out "with in normal" but the Dr wouldn't check specifically for tetanus because he said if I had it I would be dead., and also insisted that there WAS no specific test for tetnus. ANY ideas?
2006-06-21 16:46:54 · 2 answers · asked by cae e 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Get a second opinion, since it concerns you. Maybe you don't have tetanus, but it's a serious disease (untreated, it kills one out of every three people who contract it).
Check out the website below for specifics, but it indicates that there ARE tests for tetanus (although one isn't very accurate), and the incubation period can be as long a 15 weeks (although 7 days is average).
And when this is all said and done, if you don't have tetanus you should still go get a tetanus booster, since it's been more than ten years.
2006-06-21 17:03:22 · answer #1 · answered by swbiblio 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seems to me if u don't have tetanus ur very lucky.
U better go get that tetanus shot soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-06-24 18:16:06 · answer #2 · answered by real_sweetheart_76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋