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Do you need a tetanus shot after stepping on a small rusty nail?
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∙ 15y ago
As soon as possible. You really don't want to wait because the area that was punctured can get infected and the blood stream has been exposed as well. Go to the ER or get a doctor appointment IMMEDIATELY and get it taken care of, for your own health
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoWell if you already got one recently like 3 weeks tops I think. But you should have it checked out I got a tetanus shot 5 months ago so that would be safe but it got infected so you need to go to the doctor. Hoped this helped.
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∙ 15y agoYes, any kind of wound that is deep enough for oxygen to not be present, including surgery, would indicate the necessity of getting a tetanus toxoid shot if it has been more than 10 years since the last shot. It takes time for the tetanus shot to start working. If the patient has not had a shot or has low immunity, then (TIG) tetanus immune globulin should also be given immediately. It starts working quickly. The tetanus shot is virtually 100% effective. Although tetanus infections are very rare, the Death Rate for people who have contracted this infection is about 25% in the U.S. People over 50 years make up about 70% of this figure. Tetanus infections would be almost non-existent if everyone kept up with the shots. There are a few people who can't tolerate the shot, but a very few.
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∙ 11y agoIf you haven't had a tetanus antitoxin booster vaccine in the last five years, the general medical advice is to get another booster. Actually, this is true of any deep penetrating wound - stepping on a rusty nail is simply the classical case of tetanus from the last fifty years or so.
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∙ 11y agoWithin 48 hours
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When stepping on a rusted nail how does that effect your body?
If you stepped on a rusty nail you should go to the doctor and get a tetanus shot
Were you can found out tetanus?
Tetanus is caused by a common bacteria found in the soil. It can be contracted by the bacteria entering the body from a wound. Such as stepping on a rusty nail.
You step on a rusty nail which punctures your skin what shot should you get?
If you step on a rusty nail then you would have to get a tetanus shot
What is the disease called which involves a rusty nail?
Tetanus can result from stepping on a rusty nail. It is a bacterial infection--not a disease-- that attacks the nervous system. It causes painful muscle contractions and can kill if untreated.It is said that stepping on a rusty nail will cause tetanus or lockjaw. But it isn't the rust that causes the disease, it is the bacteria that is found on the nail (or splinter or even an insect bite).Anything that has a tiny bit of dirt on it can carry the obligate anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani. This microbe doesn't like oxygen and a deep poke with a nail will produce an environment that it will thrive in. It produces a neurotoxin that causes muscles to contact all together with enough to break bones.
If you get a shallow wound from stepping on a rusty nail clipper that has always been inside and never in contact with soil and clean the wound with antibiotic wash are you still at risk of tetanus?
Rust is rust! Get it checked by a doc. When was your last tetanus shot?
Can a rusty nail kill you?
If you have not been immunized with a tetanus shot it is possible for the tetanus you may obtain from having skin punctured with a rusty metal object to kill you
You steped on a nail and had a tetanus shot in 2004 do you need another shot?
Stepping on a rusty nail or any other type of puncture wound could cause a tetanus infection, a bacterial disease that affects the nervous system and is often fatal. This is not the ONLY way to contract the disease but one should always get checked out after cutting or puncturing the skin with any kind of rusty object.
What are the signs when cut by a rusty nail?
Unless you see the object that caused the injury, a person would not know if it was a nail, rusty nail, or some other object. That is why tetanus shots are given.
What are the release dates for Fuller PTA Better Than Stepping on a Rusty Nail - 2008?
Fuller PTA Better Than Stepping on a Rusty Nail - 2008 was released on: USA: 20 January 2008 (Tempe, Arizona)
If steps on a rusty nail and punctures the skin which is better a hepatitis shot tetanus shot or a booster shot?
Tetanus. Hepatitis I would recommend if the nail was bloody before you stepped on it.
You step on a nail it wasnt rusty do i need a tenasis shot?
Be no the safe side and have a tetanus shot.
Traveller General Lee's horse died when?
1870, from a disease called lockjaw after stepping on a rusty nail. 1870 he stepped on a rusty nail that caused lockjaw. It was untreatable at that time.
