Kukhona ukugoma isekelwe kahle ngokumelene ne-tetanus. Ukusebenza kwayo kubaluleke kakhulu inqobo nje uma izinkumbulo ziyagcwaliseka.

Ukugoma³ kubantu abadala kudinga imijovo emithathu, eyokuqala neyesibili yenziwa ngokuhlukana phakathi kwamaviki ama-4 nayisi-8. Okwesithathu kufanele kwenziwe phakathi kwezinyanga eziyisi-6 neziyi-12 kamuva.

Ezinsaneni nasezinganeni, uhlelo lokugoma lwesiFulentshi luhlinzeka imithamo emithathu, okungenani isikhawu senyanga eyodwa, kusukela ezinyangeni ezimbili ubudala (okungukuthi ukugoma okukodwa ezinyangeni ezimbili bese kuba yinyanga eyodwa kuya kwezintathu kanye nenyanga yokugcina eyodwa kuya kwezine). Le mithamo emithathu kufanele yengezwe yi-booster ezinyangeni ezingu-18 bese i-booster shots njalo eminyakeni emi-5 kuze kube yiminyaka yobudala. E-Canada, kuhlelwa imithamo emithathu, njalo ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili kusukela eminyakeni yobudala yezinyanga ezimbili (okungukuthi ukugoma okukodwa ezinyangeni ezi-2, 4, 6) kanye ne-booster ezinyangeni eziyi-18.

Umuthi wokugomela i-tetanus cishe uhlale uhlotshaniswa, ezinganeni, ne imithi yokugomela i-diphtheria, uvendle, i-pertussis kanye ne-haemophilus influenzae.

E-France, ukugonyelwa i-tetanus kubantwana abangaphansi kwezinyanga eziyi-18 okuphoqelekile. Bese idinga a Ukukhumbula njalo eminyakeni eyi-10, kukho konke ukuphila.

I-tetanus iyi-a izifo ezingezona amasosha omzimba. Umuntu oke waba ne-tetanus akavikeleki ngakho-ke angaphinde athole lesi sifo uma engagonyiwe.