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I had a very minor injury from a broken door handle today. It was barely a little more than a scratch. I did not think much of it but my wife suggested that I g
by susam 5y ago
I had a very minor injury from a broken door handle today. It was barely a little more than a scratch. I did not think much of it but my wife suggested that I get it checked by a doctor to see if I needed a tetanus shot. My last tetanus shot was more than 10 years ago. So I cancelled my meetings for the day and visited a doctor. The doctor indeed prescribed a tetanus shot despite the injury being very small, so I got the shot about an hour ago. Then came back home and sat down to read more about it on the web. That's when I came across this article and thought I might as well share it with the HN community.
- the-dude 5y agoWas this Dr. Baader or Dr. Meinhof? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
- detaro 5y agoHow is "thing happened to me, so I searched for more info, here's an article I found" a frequency illusion?
- dqv 5y agoNo it's just the grandgrandparent is very close to something you see on HN a lot where someone says "this just happened and now I'm seeing a post about it!" The grandparent probably just misread is all.
- CoolGuySteve 5y agoIt wouldn't be Hacker News without the condescending but factually incorrect replies. That's what we're all here for right?
- dang 5y ago"Don't be snarky." "Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dqv 5y agoWell they are the ones who posted this thread to begin with so I don't think they're experiencing that :)
- the-dude 5y agoAh, ok, yes I missed that.
- dang 5y ago"Don't be snarky." "Please don't post shallow dismissals. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mc32 5y agoWait… does that imply people who work in their garage or on their vehicles (car, motorbike, pedal bike, etc., who routinely get nicks and cuts are putting themselves in elevated danger if they don’t get booster shots? I can say I’ve gotten hundreds of nicks and cuts induced by metal objects since being a kid.
- thatcat 5y agoif your tools and stuff you work on is rusty then there would be an increased risk
- rubyn00bie 5y agoWhen I was a kid, my Dad was working making prosthetic legs for people. I won’t forget someone who lost their leg because they got fairly small cut going down a metal slide but didn’t get it treated. It resulted in their leg having to be amputated. I’d consider yourself lucky and probably go get a tetanus shot. It’s a really stupid way in modern society to lose a limb. Speaking of which I should probably go get my booster too!
- mc32 5y agoDid the victim not have their tetanus shots at all? That would make sense. But if they did and they still got tetanus despite that, that would be concerning.
- bbarnett 5y agoIt's a bacteria, which is typically found in moist soil. This is often where rusty nails live, hence why people connect the two. You can get tetanus from ground wasps too, for the same reason. Who knows with a garage / cars in terms of risk level, realistically you can catch it from literally any cut. I'd say a higher risk is gardening. Who notices every little cut, when weeding?
- mc32 5y agoGardening, especially if you have thorny bushes like roses. No way avoiding cuts even with gloves -but you also have fencing, trellises, frames, etc.
- eplanit 5y agoDid the doctor state what probability of risk/harm actually existed for you? I think many doctors will prescribe "to be on the safe side" (that's how they earn a living, don't forget). It probably (hopefully) doesn't harm you, but it's hard to say if it was really necessary.
- dekhn 5y agoyou should have just washed your hands with soap and warm water.
- aqsalose 5y agoI think it kinda needs to be noted that the article linked (https://academic.oup.com/cid/article-abstract/72/2/285/5741633 https://academic.oup.com/cid/article-abstract/72/2/285/57416...) does not consider cases like yours (a quickly administered booster shot after getting a cut), only the presence of a regular 10-20 year booster schedule. (They only use data of schedule exists/does not exist, and WHO data of tetanus & diphtheria cases, not whether booster was administered.) In other words, if getting the irregular tetanus booster shot is a thing that saves people today, it wouldn't show in the data.
- BrandoElFollito 5y agoIt is interesting how vague the timing for the booster shots is. I had my last shot in 2010,and was told to get one in 10 years. When asking my MD, she told me that the rules changed and it is now a shot at 20, 40 and 65 yo. (and I think this is it).