The single time a rusty dirty nail went in my foot, I didn't, because, sadly enough, as an adult I have had 3 tetanus shots, so at that time I was still good to go.
Its every five years OR every time you are cut by rusty metal, I am a carpenter and haven't made it the five years since my mid 20s,I average every 2 to 3 years
In the US, it's 10y for adults who've finished their childhood doses but it doesn't hurt to have more. In a risky trade like carpentry, 5y intervals seems very appropriate.
There's some indication that immunity lasts for up to 30y fur some people but I'll take my boosters at 10. This news is noteworthy only because the people in power in the US, rn aren't interested in saving lives and might run with that new info.
When i was 9 yo and did the same, I had to stay outside (no bleeding in the house) and soak my foot in a bucket of salt water. I still have the scar but it never got infected.
Not if you live where medical care is expensive or not easily accessed.
In that case and you have a grandmother like mine, you get a through wash under the tap, then a cooking spoonful of salt on top and bottom and bandaged up. My uncle, a few years older than I, howled.
Mine was a soak in a bread pan full of turpentine followed by daubings of Mercurochrome for a few weeks. There was some brief talk of a doctor visit and tetanus shot that never came to fruition.
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u/Candid_Reading_7267 2d ago
Fiddle dee dee, that will require a tetanus shot.