Scraped Knees and Tetanus

I scraped my knee quite badly when my bike and I took a dip in the canal. I had always thought that wounds heal best when they are left to dry after cleaning, and form scabs which fall off after some time. But according to my mum, according to my paediatrician, it’s better to leave the wound covered. This way, it will heal better and leave less scars. I can see that, since scab can rip and break (or get pulled off), especially on the knee. So I have been washing my knee once a day, putting some ointment on it and a bandage loosely on top (it’s too big for band-aids). It looks like it’s healing fine although it stays oozy due to the ointment. But I am sure all signs of it will be gone by the time I marry :)


I called my GP to ask whether I needed some extra preventative tetanus shot. After a conversation with Katharina and some online research it seemed advisable to me, in spite of my vaccinations. However, the nurse practitioner told me that since I had records of my vaccinations, the last one was in 2008, and I had had more than five vaccinations in total I should be fine. So unless muscle spasms emerge I’ll be fine.