If I have lockjaw and then get the vaccine will it go away? just wondering?
2007-11-16 10:30:38 · 4 answers · asked by Robbie 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
If you already had lockjaw, you'd need hospitalization, respiratory support, antibiotics, antitoxin, antibodies and immune globulin.
2007-11-16 10:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to the New York State Department of Health, there's an immunoglobulin series you can get if you get lockjaw, or tetnus, and haven't had the vaccine. It's a three series shot. I imagine that what it does is lessen the intensity of the illness, much like the Hep-A immunoglobulin.
2007-11-16 10:41:44 · answer #2 · answered by Rebeckah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no - if you already have it, the vaccine will not help (unless you get the vaccine in the first 24 hours of contracting the illness).
2007-11-16 10:36:15 · answer #3 · answered by Oreo Schmoreo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't know about that, but it seems to me kinda like shutting the barn door after the cown dun got out.
TX Mom
2007-11-16 10:33:05 · answer #4 · answered by TX Mom 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋