After stepping on a nail, it would be a good idea to clean the wound and to consider a tetanus booster if you have not had one within the last 10 years. You may need antibiotics depending on how dirty the nail might have been.
Hepatitis B and C are blood borne diseases. If the nail was covered with blood, yes you can get Hepatitis from stepping on a nail. Hepatitis A usually comes from unsanitary conditions. Depending on the location of the nail, you might get Hepatitis A from it. Still, there is a far greater danger of tetanus.
If you stepped on a rusty nail you should go to the doctor and get a tetanus shot
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give them a bath. and use lots of bubble bath. and use a washcloth and wipe on the bit were the nail polish is on. Hope this helps if not then maybe go to the doctors with them. best thing is to stay CALM
1870, from a disease called lockjaw after stepping on a rusty nail. 1870 he stepped on a rusty nail that caused lockjaw. It was untreatable at that time.
It's all about pressures. If you step on ONE nail, then that nail has to carry ALL your weight, so it goes into your skin. If you lay on a bed of nails then every nail only has to carry a fraction of your weight, which your skin can take.
Chemicals caled esters smell like nail polish.
Its an effective medicine in Mexico that is used for nail fungus in the toes.
Tetanus is caused by a common bacteria found in the soil. It can be contracted by the bacteria entering the body from a wound. Such as stepping on a rusty nail.
Its an effective medicine in Mexico that is used for nail fungus in the toes.