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Scratch With A Rusty Object

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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. Naveen Kumar MD

I have recently had a minor scratch with little bleeding from a rusty iron metal piece lying in soil.should i get a tetanus shot for it.I had 2 tt shots 1 month apart 5years back... View answer

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

and there are no bathrooms there yet. I had no choice but to pop a squat near the abandoned old rusty ... barn and scrapped my skin with old wood also. Here is a picture. It definitely didn't... View answer

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

I have a skin irritation behind the knee with no visible rash , bumps, etc....It feels like a sliver or something is under the skin, but no sign of a foreign object. Mainly an irritant... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta ( General & Family Physician)
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)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Vivek Gupta MD

My 2 and a half year old has just been scratched by a piece of metal from an old post in the garden. The metal doesn t look particularly rusty, but it is old. The scratch drew a little... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vivek Gupta ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Ivo Ditah MD

I was scratched by a rusty nail yesterday at approx 3.15pm on my arm. It was a small scratch no bleeding, there was only a tiny bit of skin that lifted. We put antiseptic on it and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivo Ditah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Ashakiran S MD

I cut my foot on a rusty ladder when getting out of a lake onto a dock. The ladder has been in the ... cleaned the wound with soap/water, alcohol, antibiotic ointment, and put a... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashakiran S ( General & Family Physician)
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.    Muhammad Hanif MD

I fell and scratched my hip against the corner of the bed rail a couple of days ago. I doubt it is rusty because it is pretty new. The scratch scabbed over with a black scab. It is... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Muhammad Hanif ( General & Family Physician)