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My Child Stepped On A Nail Do They Have To Take Antibiotics

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Dr. Sudhir Kumar MD

Stepped on a rusty screw which went through my rubber sole shoe and went into the ball of my foot ... but that does not mean there is not any bacteria because it was a rusty... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Puneet Maheshwari MD

time for the nail to grow back, and I still have pain with it. Last night, someone stepped on my toe and my whole new nail came loose from the bed, but it is still... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Puneet Maheshwari ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Michelle Gibson James MD

I stepped on a nail and it pierced through my flip flop - my feet were dirty so I went to the ER and they gave me a tetanus booster.. Is this enough? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. T Chandrakant MD

Recently I had stepped on a rusty nail(Sunday the 25th. I have had my tetnis shot in 2006 and a booster in 2011. I am wondering if I have anything to worry... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Erion Spaho MD

I stepped on a XXXXXXX nail about 8 hours ago. id say it went in anywhere between 1\2 and 1 inch into my foot I jumped off my tail gate and right into my foot. I have... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Erion Spaho ( Neurologist)

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Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani MD

when I stepped on her foot and it started bleeding. Emergency doctor told me to take to whole nail out ... bandage it every night instead of doing a surgery to... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Mary MD

I stepped on an old nail a week ago...thought nothing more about it...then the ball of my foot ... about the nail. They told me to take panadol and rest the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mary ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Arun MD

I have a friend out of state who stepped on a board with nails in it and he stepped on a nail and it went thru his flip flops. He went to urgent care... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Arun ( Infectious Diseases Specialist)
Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani MD

Hello, about 5 or 6 days ago i stepped on a nail. The nail was outside and it may have been rusty ... a blood disease ( like Hepatitis or HIV ) could have... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Divya Upadhya MD

my 17 year old daughter stepped on a nail in someone s yard, should she get a tetanus shot? Her ... out the date of her last tetanus shot. Can she wait 9 hours? She just told me... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Divya Upadhya ( ENT Specialist)