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Stepped on a rusty nail.. chances of tetanus?
#8268080 - 04/11/08 03:43 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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So I was working 2 days ago and I stepped right on a board with a rusty nail sticking out of it, went straight through my boot and into my foot.. not extremely deep but enough that it caused me to soak half my sock with blood. Maybe a quarter of an inch. Anyway, I cleaned it with alcohol and then bandaged it with triple antibiotic and a clean bandage and continued working. I can't remember the last time I got a tetanus shot but it was probably at least over 10 years ago.. so when I got home I started reading about tetanus since that was my biggest concern, which according to most sources is extremely rare in the US, but.. can be deadly, which sounds scary.
I don't want to end up with an advanced case of tetanus and lockjaw and shit and have to go through weeks of painful treatment. But I don't have medical insurance either so I want to avoid a trip to the hospital if at all possible. Anyway I read about some natural remedies and one said large amounts of vitamin E have been shown to assist the body in building up natural immunities to it in leui of a tetanus shot, and another thing that said castor oil can be amazing for "sucking" foreign stuff out of a wound like that. So I soaked a cotton ball in castor oil and stuck that on there for a day, and have been taking like 500mg of vitamin E a day.
All the documents I read said your chances of tetanus infection increase the longer the wound takes to heal. Well this wound was basically fully healed in 24 hours, all I could notice is a little white spot where the new skin was forming over the wound. I like to think I have a pretty badass immune system capable of fighting off many foes, I haven't been sick in many years and am often exposed to things that should make me sick.
So.. what are my chances of tetanus? The wound is fully healed after like 2 days... and I feel like it's going to be fine. But tetanus takes like 5 days to a week on average to start showing symptoms and by that time it's already late and treatment can be a bitch (at least from what I understand). But I really don't feel like visiting a doctor and paying a bunch of money I can't afford for a shot I may not even need.
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trscstghst
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Re: Stepped on a rusty nail.. chances of tetanus? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#8268157 - 04/11/08 04:16 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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just go to a doctor and get a tetanus shot they dint cost that much. i guarantee its a lot cheaper than the treatment after its to late to stop it with a shot.
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Re: Stepped on a rusty nail.. chances of tetanus? [Re: trscstghst]
#8268283 - 04/11/08 05:48 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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get the shot, its definitely worth it. get it ASAP
i stepped on a rusty screw over a year ago, got a tetanus shot, but still have something lodged in there and cant walk on my right heel.....
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