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Rusty Wire Scratch

Premium Questions

Dr. Shubham Mehta MD

If you get a light scratch from a rusty wire that is not a deep cut, do you still need a tetnus shot? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shubham Mehta ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Jonas Sundarakumar MD

I stepped on a rusty barbed wire. Healed up OK...but a week later I'm having terrible knee pain . SI there any correlation to the hole in my foot? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jonas Sundarakumar ( Psychiatrist)
Dr.   Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh MD

place and that wire is too rusty and full of dust please clarify my doubt ... of the wire got scratched my hand very little i mean a little cut and one person also worked before ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Naveen Kumar MD

I have recently had a minor scratch with little bleeding from a rusty iron metal piece lying in ... irrespective of the rusty nature of injury .I am really worried about taking so many tt shots and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Naveen Kumar ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.    Prof. Kunal Saha MD

(Ps. I can't figure out how to show you the picture of the scratch. How do I show you the picture ... and there are no bathrooms there yet. I had no choice but to pop a squat near the abandoned old rusty ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha ( General & Family Physician)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Ketan Vagholkar MD

felt a stifness in my neck and began to associate the rusty wire scratch from 6 days ago to the present ...I got a slight scratch on my upper arm, from arusty fence wire about 6 days... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ketan Vagholkar ( Gastroenterologist)
Dr. Siva Prasad Goud MD

My husband got poked by a piece of rusty barbed wire in the foot through his shoe. It didn t go in too deep due to the shoe absorbing some of the wire but he does have a small piercing by his big toe ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Siva Prasad Goud ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Sudeep Kumar Sura MD

My 8 year old daughter who is up To date on her shots stepped on a small rusty wire tonight in our backyard. We recently had a patio built and the wire was no doubt left behind from the construction.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudeep Kumar Sura ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Ralph Chambers MD

I got cut by rusty barbed wire today but I didn t realize it or do first aid until at least six hours after it happened. The cut isn t horribly deep into my arm but its deep enough I m concerned. I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ralph Chambers ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Tanumay Raychaudhury MD

My son was cut today by rusty barbed wire. He is an adult, does not know when he had his last tetanus shot, and does not have insurance. He washed the wound and soaked it for a half hour and applied ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Tanumay Raychaudhury ( Dermatologist)