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Cause Of Rusty Nail Pops

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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar MD

i pricked lightly the palm of my hand indoors with a rusty planter nail? Do I need a technic shot? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Prasad MD

Today i got stab by a nail and its rusty please advise How soon i have till seek treatment ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Prasad ( General & Family Physician)
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 nail and went... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
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 about. The effected area is a little sore and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Fatbardha Sejdini MD

I have stepped on an old nile , but blood didn't came out of my foot . And I don't remember when is the last time I got tetanus shot , i know for sure i got one 12 years ago . But the can remember if I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Fatbardha Sejdini ( Infectious Diseases Specialist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Divakara MD

my husband stepped on a rusty nail exactly a month ago and immeditely went for the tetnus shot but ... twitch and almost cry- Is this from the rusty nail? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Divakara ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Tim Evans MD

dirt with his hand and came across a rusty nail in the ground that stabbed through he s hand. He somewhat properly treated it, but what are the dangers of the rusty nail having gone... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Tim Evans ( Emergency Medicine Specialist)
Dr.      Honey Arora MD

Hi I got stuck with a nail on my palm. It didn t go in deep but enough to draw pin size amount of blood. The nail was rusty and was in a piece of wood out on my balcony 5 floors up. I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Honey Arora ( Dentist)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

I stepped on a rusty nail about 3 months ago and recently I ve gotten sore bumps around where it ... on them and they are sore. There s about 7 of them ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Katherine Panganiban MD

I injured my knee 2 months ago when a board with a rusty nail hit it and punctured the skin. I believe the nail hit the bone as well. It swelled up for one day but after that it went down and was fine ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Katherine Panganiban ( General Surgeon)