What is the purpose of a tetnis shot?

Its not like I care, but why do tetnis shots hurt so much after. What are they used for anyway?
Answer:
to keep you from getting tetnis.. they do hurt but think about it this way you only have to have them every 10 years..

go look here
http://www.tetanus.org/?utm_source=googl...

hope that helps. :-)

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So you don't have to eat through a straw because your joints are locked up from having tetnis.

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preventing tetanus

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I'm stunned that you don't know. It's a vaccine to prevent tetinus aka "lock jaw".

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They are injecting you with the a weak from of what they try to prevent so you build up immunities. It is in case you step on a rusty nail, and don't die.

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they are usd to prevent lock jaw where you scrape your arm on something rusty an dgets into your blood stream and throws a arty and can make you really sick and it causes oorgans and stuff in your body to shut down but it first maks your jaw lock where is wont close or com open and its deadly so well if i wasnt inforamtive enough look it up

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There used to keep you from getting lock jaw if you step on a rusty nail etc. They hurt because there given in a muscle

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So you don't get tetnis! It is a very serious illiness. And they don't hurt if you put alchol on a cotton ball and massage it.

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Tetanus has a more common term. "Lock-Jaw", the symptom of the disease which can paralyze the jaw, affecting a person's eating and drinking abilities. I believe it is one of the diseases you can die from -(but can't remember for sure).

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Booster shots are needed every 10 years to prevent Tetanus.

The tetanus bacteria can infect many kinds of wounds. Puncture wounds, animal bites, wounds from splinters and projectiles can all cause deadly disease.

Tetanus infection is well worth avoiding. It causes鈥?

muscle stiffness (most commonly in the jaw, giving tetanus the term "lock jaw")
difficulty swallowing
restlessness and irritability
stiff neck, arms, or legs
fever, headache, sore throat

Left untreated, tetanus is often fatal. As the disease progresses鈥?

Muscle spasms of the face can create a permanent smile and raised eyebrows.
Spasms of the muscles around the lungs and diaphragm can interfere with breathing.
Convulsions can break bones.

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It's for lockjaw.

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