So I stepped on a rusty nail; what treatment should I undertake?

[Orrex]

[Hugin]

1. Wait for the infection to develop... It's easier to treat if you have larger samples of the pathogen

:thumbsup:

[trof]

2. Drink a Rusty Nail. Hair of the dog & all that.

;-)

[davsand]

3. All joking aside, I'd suggest a trip to see your Doc.

Even IF your Tetanus shots are current (mine NEVER are!) a puncture wound that deep can present long term issues if you don't treat it correctly right now. Last summer I coached softball with a guy that somehow stepped on a nail during a GAME(?) He grossed out the kids big time because he was sitting in the dugout with his bloody sock and tennis shoe laying there on the bench while I played "medic."

He's a macho construction worker type and he REFUSED to go see a Doc. "Aw hell, Laura, it's bled enough to clean out the dirt!" was his logic at the time...

When we went to the winter concert at the school, several months later, he was on crutches. I walked up to talk to him and asked what was up with the crutches. He proceeds to tell me that he's had to have surgery on his foot because there was a bit of his SOCK stuck in that puncture wound and it abscessed! He missed a couple of weeks of work with that mess.

If it was me, I'd go to the Doc.



Laura

[Orrex]

4. This is no place for serious advice!

But thanks!

Curiously, just yesterday I happened to mention here in the Lounge a trip to the ER back in 1995 that resulted in my last tetanus shot. So it seemed like a good idea to drop by for another one last night.

One thing that hadn't occurred to me previously: a nail-through-the-foot can also act as an injection of whatever shit is on the bottom of your shoe, potentially resulting in a colorful array of infections beyond tetanus.

So my misstep earned me a jab in the arm and five days' worth of antibiotics. Whoops!

[davsand]

5. If you are on antibiotics, NOW is the time for rampant unprotected sex with every skank in town.

No worries, mate! Everybody KNOWS you can't catch the clap if you are taking antibiotics--so go have fun while ya can!

:evilgrin:



How was that for non-serious advice?



Laura


PS:

Ow! Sorry about the shots and the follow up drugs--but ya gotta know I am glad to hear you really did take it seriously. Lockjaw is just a horrible way to go...

[Orrex]

10. Wow! I guess I really failed to see this as the opportunity it is!

Who knew that a simple nail was all that stood between me and the fleeting adoration of filthy skanks?

[davsand]

11. Gotta look for that silver cloud, my friend!

Always a positive in there someplace if ya look long enough!


:think:

Feel better soon!


Laura

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. Thanks, davsand - if you hadn't checked about the seriousness, I would have

We have to be certain no real medical advice is sought (or needed) to let these threads stay open. It looks clear from Orrex's reply that he's had the medical attention, so the thread can continue.

[Orrex]

18. Oh, sure

But where was all this vaunted advice before I stepped on the nail, hmm? That's when it would have done me some real good!

[BreweryYardRat]

32. Well, that's a useful piece of advice.

"A nail-through-the-foot can also act as an injection of whatever shit is on the bottom of your shoe, potentially resulting in a colorful array of infections beyond tetanus."

Or, for that matter, the inside of your shoe. In which case, given the state of my shoes, I'd be dead before I got to the doctor.

[badgerpup]

31. It's probably a good idea...

to have had a tetanus shot within the last ten years.

They've changed the recipe or whatever you call it so you don't get a huge honkin' bruise at the injection site that leaves your entire arm sore as hell for three days.

Got one two months ago and didn't even sting.

[skygazer]

6. Nobody ever steps on nice, clean nails

What's up with that? :wtf:

[TZ]

7. But the tetanus bacteria/toxin is natural...

and anything natural is good for you, so why worry?:rofl:

PS- that shot is nasty..its the one vaccine that really made me hurt....but I am glad you got it.:)

[fudge stripe cookays]

8. DPT is not fun either.

My whole arm swelled up so I could barely use it. Ow ow ow!

[Orrex]

9. Well, at first the shot was no problem...

But now all of that Thimerosal is making my amalgam fillings hurt like crazy.

:tinfoilhat::crazy::tinfoilhat:

[TZ]

16. what about..

all that aluminum going to your head? Must be giving you a tremendous headache as well:crazy:

[Orrex]

19. Quick! Get me to the chelation chamber! Stat!

Flush all that pesky iron out of my system, too--I've heard that it can be bad for the liver!

[badgerpup]

33. THIMEROSAL!

THANK YOU! :hug::yourock:

I'm allergic to it, and couldn't remember the name of the stuff.
For the last SIX. BLOODY. DAMN. WEEKS. :banghead:

[Orrex]

34. I'm glad that my pain and suffering could lead to enlightenment

Me, I'm allergic to rusty nails through the foot.

[TZ]

38. how about good entertainment value?

:rofl: (Sorry couldn't resist, the professional smart-ass thing, you know)

[Orrex]

42. Shouldn't you be peddling your snake oil somewhere?

You know, that so-called "science" you're always going on about?
:evilgrin:

[TZ]

43. Oh, you mean something like this....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=247x11017
:evilgrin:
Nice of you to notice the shilling;-)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. Well, you obviously don't want those mercury injections.

I think you need to relax your billous humour and say ten hail marys. If you're virtuous, you'll be fine.

[Orrex]

13. Well in that case I'm totally screwn

Maybe 20 Hail Mary's will do the trick...

[LaraMN]

14. Exorcism.

That's how the demons get in, y'know...

[Orrex]

15. I see! They sneak in through my corrupted sole

I should have known.

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. You owe me a keyboard!

:spray:

[SoCalDem]

21. When you can no longer get a shoe on the foot, and the green oozy stuff sticks to your sock,

you may want to go to the doctor :evilgrin:

I actually did just that when i was a kid. We were not supposed to go oin the roof, and of course we did.. I heard the front door open, and slid off the roof...right onto a RAKE which made easy work of my tennis shoe sole.. I limped around for a WEEK befor I finally showed my mother :(

[Connonym]

22. Do nothing ! Lockjaw is a great hit at parties!

[datasuspect]

23. make a crosswise incision

through which the sanguine humours can escape.

[Orrex]

28. Done! Now, this white part I'm seeing... Is that the foot-bone?

If so, did I cut too deep? Or not deep enough?

Admins, you'd better check out the server--the screen's getting all blurry...

[WinkyDink]

24. HAHA! I did this about 5 months ago!

[My Good Babushka]

25. Buy more life insurance.

Just kidding, darling.

[Orrex]

27. That's my girl!

I'll make sure that my premiums are paid up. Just as a precaution, of course...

[KatyaR]

26. Ow, ow, OW!!!

I did that once, years ago--I stepped on an old nail that was in a board. I never saw it, and I wondered why my foot was starting to hurt. I looked down, and my white Ked sneaker was bright red. OUCH!

Get the tetanus shot. Just don't get an old fart German doctor to give it to you--it was about as bad as stepping on the nail.

[u4ic]

29. Tamiflu, of course

[Orrex]

30. That's not those big suppositories, is it?

No way am I going through that again.

[u4ic]

39. Considering it's hyped and overpriced,

Big Pharma has to stick it to you somewhere...

[jobycom]

35. Cut out the infected area. Everything below the neck should suffice.

[Orrex]

40. You'd think so, but would that really be enough?

One can't be too cautious, after all...

[NaturalHigh]

36. You can't go wrong with leaches.

[Javaman]

37. Stepped on one of those giant roofing nails when I was nine...

it was sticking out of a 2x4. it went right through my foot. My brother held me down while my dad yanked it out. it wasn't...pleasent.

called the doc (could do those things in those days) I had a shot 2 years before, I should be fine.

it hurt like hell for a week. but I survived and still have all my toes. LOL

[Orrex]

41. You were lucky--if you step on a roofing nail, you can develop shingles

nyuk nyuk nyuk

:rofl::rofl::rofl: