In case of injury, tetanus antitoxin, i.e. preformed antibodies for tetanus are injected, as the child is infected with deadly microbes (tetanus-bacteria) to which fast immunisation is required. If tetanus vaccine is injected, it will take sometime for the body to develop immunity and that will be too late and may prove fatal.
Why does a doctor administer tetanus antitoxin and not a tetanus vaccine to a child injured in a roadside accident with a bleeding wound?
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Puneet narad
In case of injury, tetanus antitoxin, i.e. preformed antibodies for tetanus are injected, as the child is infected with deadly microbes (tetanus-bacteria) to which fast immunisation is required. If tetanus vaccine is injected, it will take sometime for the body to develop immunity and that will be too late and may prove fatal.