News Tagged ‘tetanus shot

Girl suffers SJS after receiving tetanus shot

A 7-year-old girl who received a tetanus shot along with several other children at school is now in Sentra Medika Hospital in Cimanggis, Depok, receiving treatment for Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS), according to The Jakarta Globe.

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Canadian woman with TEN fights for life

Canadian Kim Oake was bitten by a feral cat while working at her job as an animal control officer for the city of St. John’s, Newfoundland. The bite began to swell and become infected, so she received a tetanus shot and a round of .

Within days, everything changed. Kim started having severe headaches and then target-like blotches sprang up on her skin.

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