I stepped on a rusty nail?!
Question: I stepped on a rusty nail?
So i work with my dad and i do construction work. Well yesterday we were working and we were picking up junk in a room and i stepped on a rusty nail and it went through my shoe and it felt like it went into my foot. So i took it out and after we were done working i looked at my foot to see if i was bleeding or if there was a cut or something because i was gonna some cream on so it wouldn't get infected, but i didn't see nothing at all. It felt like it went into my foot but i have no marks and it hurt when it first went in. Is it possible it went it but there is no mark and it can still get infected? What should i look for to see if it gets infected?
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Get it checked out. It sounds like it may not have actually broken the skin, but even if the smallest bit of the point did, there is a possibility of tetanus. Can't hurt to go to the doctor >
Be on the safe side and get a tetanus injection, particularly necessary working in your environment. Should be repeated every 10 years
You need to go to the doctor. You might have tetnes