📌 🦠 Indications for Tetanus Vaccination After a Human Bite 🤕 1️⃣ هل عضات الإنسان تستوجب تطعيم التيتانوس؟ ✅ Yes! 🧬 Human bites are classified as high-risk wounds due to polymicrobial contamination, increasing the risk of Clostridium tetani infection ⚠️. ✅ Tetanus prophylaxis 💉 is required if the bite penetrates the skin and causes an open wound 🩸. 2️⃣ 🩺 متى يُعطى لقاح التيتانوس بعد عضة الإنسان؟ 💉 If the bite causes a deep laceration or puncture wound 🏥. 💉 If the patient has not received a tetanus toxoid-containing vaccine in the past 5 years ⏳. 💉 If there is uncertainty regarding the patient’s immunization history 🤷‍♂️. 3️⃣ 🚑 ما الخطوات الأولية عند التعرض لعضة الإنسان؟ 🩹 Immediate wound irrigation 🚿 with soap and water for at least 15 minutes ⏲️ to reduce microbial load. 🩺 Assess the need for tetanus toxoid (Td or Tdap) and tetanus immune globulin (TIG) based on wound severity and vaccination status 💊. 🦠 Evaluate for secondary bacterial infection 🦠; consider prophylactic antibiotics 💊 in high-risk cases (e.g., clenched-fist injuries, immunocompromised patients). 4️⃣ ⏰ هل يمكن إعطاء اللقاح بعد مرور عدة أيام على العضة؟ 🔹 Yes! 💉 Tetanus vaccination remains effective even if given days or weeks after the bite, particularly in incompletely immunized individuals 🏥. 🔹 Failure to receive tetanus prophylaxis may lead to trismus (lockjaw 😬), generalized muscle spasms 🦵⚡, autonomic instability, respiratory failure 🫁, and high mortality ☠️. 📌 Clinical Takeaway: 🏥 Any deep or contaminated human bite warrants tetanus prophylaxis 💉 if the last vaccine dose was given more than 5 years ago or the patient is unvaccinated 🚨. #draymanmorsy