Patients whose hands are cut by electric fans should decide whether to take tetanus prophylaxis according to the depth of the wound, if it is only a skin injury, there is no need to take tetanus prophylaxis, and if the wound is deeper, it is necessary to take this kind of prophylaxis.
1. The case of not needing to take the injection: if the hand is cut to the skin by the electric fan, it is only a skin injury, the wound is shallow, this case belongs to the aerobic environment, the tetanus bacillus does not usually exist in this environment to survive, so it is considered that there is no need to take this kind of preventive injection.
2. Need for injection: If the hand is cut by an electric fan, the wound is deeper and may belong to the anaerobic environment, in this case there is a possibility of being infected with tetanus, and it is necessary to take this kind of injection to prevent the occurrence of tetanus.
The hand was cut by the electric fan of the patient should consult the doctor in time, to listen to the doctor’s opinion to decide whether to play tetanus prophylaxis, patients do not make their own treatment, to avoid the adverse results.