The Health Services, through their first level units and hospitals, have in stock tetanus and diphtheria (Td) vaccines and tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis vaccine (Tdpa) to be applied to the population requiring them. needs and seek the elimination of tetanus in infants, all women of childbearing age and also prevent diphtheria, as well as adolescents and adults who need it, as indicated by the Governor of San Luis Potosí Ricardo Gallardo Cardona.
Esmeralda Vanegas Santana, head of the health services’ vaccination department, explained that organic, for about three years, was only available to young children and pregnant women, and now also to people aged 15 and above, especially women. of childbearing age, adolescents, adults and people with potentially infected wounds, with an unknown or incomplete pattern.
He said tetanus is a serious disease of the nervous system caused by a bacterium that produces toxins, present on the surface of any object, and a person can become infected through wounds or skin lesions and open fractures. The disease causes muscle contractions, especially in the jaw and neck muscles, serious complications can be life-threatening.
He explained that the disease spreads when microorganisms pass from one infected person to another through airborne droplets or contaminated personal or household items, and there is no cure, but it is preventable through immunization, so the disease continues to be a threat to those who don’t have their full scheme.
Permanent vaccination activities are actions that are carried out continuously and throughout the year in health units, for which the population is invited to view their National Health Card and that of their family members, and go to the health center closer. We must remember that: “vaccines protect us and all vaccines are free,” concluded the head of the vaccination department of the state government’s health services.
