Doing Cold Compress / myLot

@ZedSmart (19839)

Philippines

November 4, 2020 3:10am CST

The area injected I think is slowly swelling. As I can remember with my experience back then, the muscle within the injected area will harden requiring cold compress. I am now doing the cold compress per advice of the administering nurse. Have you been injected with anti tetanus vaccine? An anti rabies for me is not yet but I am not wishing it though to happen.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

4 Nov 20

I never needed an anti tetanus vaccine.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

4 Nov 20

@ZedSmart I had no children, but I am sure that it's not the case here.

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@ZedSmart (19839)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

@LadyDuck I see. During pre natal check up here, pregnant women is given an anti tetanus shots to reduce the risk of infection during birth and this to protect the mother and child.

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@ZedSmart (19839)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

Hadn't it given during pregnancy?

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rakski

@rakski (156200)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

not yet.

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@ZedSmart (19839)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

It will numb and harden the muscle of the area if you would not apply compress on it.

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rakski

@rakski (156200)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

@ZedSmart probably you can apply hot and then cold compress alternately

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@ZedSmart (19839)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

@rakski yes, so far that was I remembered when I got one more than ten years ago.

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popciclecold

@popciclecold (40215)

• United States

4 Nov 20

I bet that hurt, and its been a lot of years..Take care.

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@ZedSmart (19839)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

The cold compress helps to reduce the pain due to the swelling of muscle on the injected area. This will get better after few days but in one month, I'll get one shot again.

Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

I haven't tried ant-tetanus, but anti-rabies I did twice.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

6 Nov 20

@ZedSmart I was a boy who goes around the neighborhood. That's the reason why I was bitten by these dogs.

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@ZedSmart (19839)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

I hope I will not be bitten by an animal.

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Teti ariani

@Cheyee (8352)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

4 Nov 20

Hmmm, I don't know eds, but every time my kids get vaccine, doctor suggests to compress with warm water, not cold.

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@ZedSmart (19839)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

I think it can be use alternately?

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@Cheyee (8352)

• Pakanbaru, Indonesia

4 Nov 20

@ZedSmart doctor said warm water good for blood circulation, so it won't be swollen much.

Shayens Abran

@sweetshayens (328)

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4 Nov 20

I'm too scared to get injected, and I think the last time I got vaccine injection was when I kid at school and I really don't remember that moment at all. I'm like getting amnesia :-)

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@ZedSmart (19839)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

That is OK. We do not want to remember pains.

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Shayens Abran

@sweetshayens (328)

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5 Nov 20

@ZedSmart haha yes :-)

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Notlilie

@prinzcy (32299)

• Malaysia

4 Nov 20

I did get injection for tetanus once after I step on a rustic nail. The pain wasn't so bad as the wound wasn't deep. I wasn't even bleeding much. But the injection was painful for days! How come the cure was more painful than the cause?

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@ZedSmart (19839)

• Philippines

4 Nov 20

Yes, that's why the compress to lessen the pain but still, you're undergo the pain for days due to the injection. Punctured wound I think is more dangerous because it's difficult to clean and can absorb water.

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