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I'm not diabetic and have a healthy lifestyle. I got a tiny injury on my foot during gardening with a iron rod scraping my skin. It didn't look threatening for a couple of days until my legs started swelling. I visited a doctor and gave medications and it went away. I got injured 2nd time after a few months on my leg and injury refused to heal. I visited another doctor again and the first thing he did was to give me a tetanus shot. I observed that it helps in healing and my overall immunity had improved. Lack of immunity shows up in the skin and the symptoms fade away once it improved.

So, periodic Tetanus shot is needed ( once every 3 years). If you are used to spending long hours in cubicles and not much life outside, its the cheapest way to be healthy.