2006-08-01 20:09:38 · 9 answers · asked by Haley f 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
The good news is that kids get most of the shots they need by age 2, you've already had most of your shots! After that, a child doesn't need many more.
But children will need a tetanus booster shot when they're around 12. This shot protects kids from tetanus, an illness that's also called lockjaw.
OK, it's true. Getting a shot can hurt. But the pain usually comes and goes pretty quickly. If you cry, don't worry about it. Lots of kids do. To make shots easier to take, try bringing your favorite teddy bear or asking your mom or dad to hold your hand while you're getting a shot. Afterward, you deserve a little treat for being brave. Maybe your doctor gives out stickers or your mom and dad will take you out for something special.
2006-08-03 15:52:09 · answer #1 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody likes getting a shot. They can hurt, and it's weird knowing that the nurse is about to jab you with that needle. But shots called vaccinations keep you from getting some serious diseases. These diseases could make you very sick. The pinch of a shot isn't as bad as those illnesses.
Shots protect you by giving you only a tiny piece of a disease-causing germ or by giving you a version of the germ that is dead or very weak. Giving a whole germ that's alive would give you a disease (like measles or chickenpox).
But giving only this tiny, weakened, or dead part of the germ does not give you the disease. Instead, just the opposite happens. Your body responds to the vaccine by making antibodies. These antibodies are part of your immune system, and they can fight the disease if you ever come in contact with that nasty germ.
When your body is protected from a disease in this way, it's called being immune to an illness. It can't get you. In most cases, it means you won't get the illness at all. But sometimes, you can still get a mild case of the illness. This can happen with chickenpox. Even kids who get the shot to prevent chickenpox can still get a case of it. The good news is that they usually don't get a very bad case of it. Milder cases mean fewer spots and less itching.
Shots are given by injection with a needle. A syringe (say: suh-rinj) holds the liquid vaccine, and the needle has a hole in it for the liquid to squirt through. Shots are usually given in your arm or sometimes your thigh.
They do hurt, but the pain comes and goes very quickly.
2006-08-02 03:20:53 · answer #2 · answered by lapiz lazuli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Booster shots do not hurt. The only reason a shot will really hurt is if you are not relaxed. Make sure that your arm is relaxed and the needle will go in nice and easy. If you are nervous and tighten up your muscles the needle will have to pierce through all that tightness to get into the muscle causing the muscle to hurt.
I used to think at your age that if I tighten up my muscle then the shot can't get in there. Well, it's going into your muscle regardless, so just relax and let it slide in.
2006-08-02 12:00:19 · answer #3 · answered by real_sweetheart_76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they're in the arm then no. You get yourself all worked up but it's just a tiny little prick that you hardly even noticed. Some people hate the tetanus booster because it makes the arm ache. Mine didn't really hurt at all, it just felt a little heavy. But no pain. But I suppose it depends on your pain tolerance level. No worse than plucking a hair from your leg.
2006-08-02 03:14:23 · answer #4 · answered by Clueless 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a shot is a shot, booster or first one all the same. only hurts for a moment, well a few kinds make a sore spot for a few days, but really its silly to worry about it, you take what you have to . you will survive, after all im a cancer survivor.
2006-08-02 03:13:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really. it's really fast though, so it's over in a matter of seconds. i had 3 last year and i was laughing throughout all three just to forget the pain :)
you may feel your whole arm ache for the next couple of days though, some shots do that.
have fun XD
2006-08-02 03:14:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a booster does too hurt..its the stuff they inject that hurts..your arm swells some with redness and it is sore like a mutha for a day er two.
2006-08-02 03:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by Jinkies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that much because they are usually in the arm. The shots that hurt most are for infections and they are in the butt or leg ususually. They are when a person is sick.
2006-08-02 03:11:54 · answer #8 · answered by adobeprincess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any shot hurts. Though everyone has a different perception of pain, and different pain threasholds, there will still be pain.
2006-08-02 03:15:26 · answer #9 · answered by nurseTINA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋