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diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, also known as dt and td, is a combination immunizing agent given by injection to prevent diphtheria and tetanus, diphtheria is a serious illness that can cause breathing difficulties, heart problems, nerve damage, pneumonia, possibly death, the risk, serious complications and death is greatest in very young children, elderly, tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a serious illness that causes convulsions, seizures, severe muscle spasms that can be strong enough to cause bone fractures, the spine, tetanus causes death in 30 to 40 percent, cases, immunization with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids for pediatric use, dt, is recommended for infants and children from 6 weeks, 8 weeks in canada, up until their 7th birthday, children 7 years, age and older and adults should be immunized with tetanus and diphtheria toxoids for adult use, td, children and adults should receive booster doses, td every 10 years for the rest, their lives, diphtheria and tetanus are serious diseases that can cause life-threatening illnesses, some serious side effects can occur after a dose, dt, td, are rare, child catching one, diseases and being permanently injured, dying as a result is much greater than the chance, child getting a serious side effect from the dt, td vaccine, dt and td are available, following dosage form parenteral, injection, before using this medicine in deciding to use a vaccine, using the vaccine, weighed against the good it will do, for dt and td, allergic reaction to diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, dt, td, allergic to any other substances, preservatives, this vaccine has not been shown to cause birth defects , other problems in humans, immunization, a pregnant woman can prevent her newborn baby from getting tetanus at birth, when breast-feeding , this vaccine has not been shown to cause problems in nursing babies, children for infants up to 6 weeks, dt, td is not recommended, for infants and children 6 weeks up to 7 years, td is not recommended, dt is used instead, for children 7 years, age and older, dt is not recommended, td is used instead, dt is not recommended, td is used instead, td is not expected to cause different side effects, problems in older people, in younger adults, td, slightly less effective in older people than in younger adults, other medical problems, dt, td, any other medical problems, fever, infection, illness, severe, dt, td may make the condition worse, may increase the chance, side effects, dosing the doses, dt and td will be different for different patients, the average doses, dt and td, for dt, for injection, dosage form, for prevention, diphtheria and tetanus, children up to 6 weeks, use is not recommended, children 6 weeks to 1 year, one dose is given every four to eight weeks for a total, three doses, a fourth dose is given six to twelve months after the third dose, a booster, fifth, dose is given when the child is four to six years, the booster, fifth, dose is given only if the fourth dose was given before the child's fourth birthday, the doses are injected into a muscle, children 1 to 7 years, one dose is given at the first visit to the doctor, followed by a second dose four to eight weeks later, a third dose is given six to twelve months after the second dose, a booster, fourth, dose is given when the child is four to six years, the booster, fourth dose, is given only if the third dose was given before the child's fourth birthday, the doses are injected into a muscle, adults and children 7 years, age and over, use is not recommended, td should be used instead, for td, for injection, dosage form, for prevention, diphtheria and tetanus, children up to 7 years, use is not recommended, dt should be used instead, adults and children 7 years, age and over, one dose is given at the first visit to the doctor, followed by a second dose four to eight weeks later, a third dose is given six to twelve months after the second dose, should receive a booster dose every ten years, get a wound that is unclean, hard to clean, may need an emergency booster injection if it has been more than five years since my last booster dose, the doses are injected into a muscle, side effects, along with its needed effects, some unwanted effects, side effects may occur, may need medical attention, tell a physician about any side effect that occurs after a dose, dt, td, the side effect has gone away without treatment, some types, side effects may mean, should not receive any more doses, dt, td, get emergency help immediately if, side effects occur, rare--symptoms, allergic reaction , difficulty in breathing, swallowing, hives, itching, feet, hands, reddening, skin, especially around ears, swelling, eyes, face, inside, nose, unusual tiredness , weakness, sudden and severe, side effects occur, confusion, convulsions, seizures, excessive sleepiness, fever over 39.4 °c, 103 °f, headache, vomiting, severe, continuing, hives, itching, joint aches, pain, skin rash , swelling, blistering, pain, other severe reaction at the place, injection, generally starts within 2 to 8 hours after the injection, unusual irritability, side effects continue, bothersome, more common--for dt and td, redness, hard lump at the place, injection, this may last for a few days, less often, the hard lump may last for a few weeks, more common--for dt only, fever under 39.4 °c, 103 °f, swelling, pain, tenderness at the place, injection, this may last for a few days, less common--for dt and td, dent, indentation at the place, injection, less common--for dt only, crying, continuing, drowsiness , fretfulness, appetite, vomiting, less common--for td only, chills, fast heartbeat, fever under 39.4 °c, 103 °f, general feeling, discomfort, illness, headache, muscle aches, swelling, glands in armpit, unusual tiredness , weakness, other side effects, brand names, a commonly used name for diphtheria and tetanus toxoids for pediatric use is dt.a commonly used name for tetanus and diphtheria toxoids for adult use is td, this information applies to the following medicines diphtheria and tetanus toxoids for pediatric use, dif-thee-ree-a and tet-n-us, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids for adult use, tet-n-us and dif-thee-ree-a,  generic name product, available,  generic name product, available in canada not commercially available,    not commercially available in canada category immunizing agent, active