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Should A Antiseptic Injection Be Taken For The Nail Piercing?

i realized this mrning i had stepped on a nail in my home ..i remember doing it sometime in the last 2 days but didnt realize i had cut the skin..how loong or how late is to late to get a shot. i had one 12 years ago. how wrried should i be if i dont get one since 24 hours passed

Thu, 16 Apr 2015
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no need to worry if you dont develop any symptom of infection like fever .pain ,swelling or pus at site of nail piercing .you can do cleaning and dressing of wound using antiseptic cream to prevent systemic infection.systemic antibiotic use is not needed now as there is no symptom of infection but you need to take injection of tetanus toxide by contacting to health care centre and it is not late you can take it .
Hope you would be satisfied with my answer . Feel free to communicate if any query .
regards,
Dr.Manish Purohit
Infectious disease specialist
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Should A Antiseptic Injection Be Taken For The Nail Piercing?

Thanks for posting you query to health care magic. no need to worry if you dont develop any symptom of infection like fever .pain ,swelling or pus at site of nail piercing .you can do cleaning and dressing of wound using antiseptic cream to prevent systemic infection.systemic antibiotic use is not needed now as there is no symptom of infection but you need to take injection of tetanus toxide by contacting to health care centre and it is not late you can take it . Hope you would be satisfied with my answer . Feel free to communicate if any query . regards, Dr.Manish Purohit Infectious disease specialist