# i have a metal nail enterd now in my foot **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 19, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079 "2015-02-19T12:16:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/21 "2015-02-19T19:45:51Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > This is false. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/22 "2015-02-19T19:52:05Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Cite? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpccpglnNf0) ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/23 "2015-02-19T20:31:44Z")
I’m going to go against the trend here and say that you should **not** seek medical attention. In fact, you are best served by standing on the foot and trying to get the nail in nice and deep. Maybe go grab a hammer. If any part is still sticking out, be sure to move it around. Puss, weird shades of skin color, and excruciating pain are all signs of healing. (FWIW, I’m not a doctor) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/24 "2015-02-19T21:03:51Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I’m going to go against the trend here and say that you should **not** seek medical attention. In fact, you are best served by standing on the foot and trying to get the nail in nice and deep. Maybe go grab a hammer. If any part is still sticking out, be sure to move it around. Puss, weird shades of skin color, and excruciating pain are all signs of healing. This is all false and very bad advice also. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/25 "2015-02-19T21:30:15Z")
The OP didn’t explicitly say he removed the nail yet. For all you know, he could still be nailed to the floor. Fat lot of good this advice to “see a doctor” will do when he can’t even move. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/26 "2015-02-19T21:32:59Z")
How old are you. What part of the world do you live in? Do you want to lose your leg or just your foot? Lockjaw is a real danger. Why would you ask a group of strangers this instead of going to an ER?? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/27 "2015-02-19T21:33:26Z")
“Mommy, why am I walking around in circles?” “Shut up or I’ll nail your other foot to the floor.” ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/28 "2015-02-19T21:45:12Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > This is all false and very bad advice also. So is this. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/29 "2015-02-19T21:48:07Z")
Since it hasn’t been said in this particular thread, I’ll say it. How in the world do people find this message board and sign up to make questions like this their very first (and often last) post? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/30 "2015-02-19T21:58:03Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > How in the world do people find this message board and sign up to make questions like this their very first (and often last) post? We have shockingly low standards of admission. I know. I was just as disappointed as you when I came to that realization. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/31 "2015-02-19T22:05:09Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > How in the world do people find this message board and sign up to make questions like this their very first (and often last) post? I often think it would be a fascinating story for someone to track down all these one-and-done posters and get the back story. How did they find the board? What kind of answers were they expecting? Did they take anyone’s advice? What happened in the end? Then I sober up and think wait, that would probably be boring as hell. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/32 "2015-02-19T22:08:53Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > So is this. Why not assume that the Op is real and has a real problem? Somehow you think that no one has bad spelling (especially when injured) or stepping on a nail is something akin to being struck by a meteorite? Why mock him and give stupid advice? Why not just try to help the guy instead of being a jerk? ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/33 "2015-02-19T22:14:03Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Why not assume that the Op is real and has a real problem? Somehow you think that no one has bad spelling (especially when injured) or stepping on a nail is something akin to being struck by a meteorite? Why mock him and give stupid advice? Why not just try to help the guy instead of being a jerk? Perhaps because the advice to give - you might need a tetanus shot; go see a doctor - was given immediately. Or perhaps because that advice is so patently obvious that it boggles the mind to think someone needs to be told this by an anonymous group of strangers on a message board. Or because the OP’s concern that stepping on a nail could lead to cancer suggests a level of insincerity (or delusion) that doesn’t credibly deserve sincerity. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/34 "2015-02-19T22:16:24Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Why not assume that the Op is real and has a real problem? Somehow you think that no one has bad spelling (especially when injured) or stepping on a nail is something akin to being struck by a meteorite? Why mock him and give stupid advice? Why not just try to help the guy instead of being a jerk? Five posts mentioned seeing a doctor. What more do you want? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/35 "2015-02-19T22:21:44Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Five posts mentioned seeing a doctor. What more do you want? Maybe not the subsequent dozen posts making a joke of the Op’s wound? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/36 "2015-02-19T22:22:10Z")
Did the OP ever find out how is babby formed? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/37 "2015-02-19T22:31:14Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Maybe not the subsequent dozen posts making a joke of the Op’s wound? Wait, someone’s being insensitive on the internet? Light the Bat Signal! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/38 "2015-02-19T22:31:14Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Since it hasn’t been said in this particular thread, I’ll say it. > > How in the world do people find this message board and sign up to make questions like this their very first (and often last) post? that is a penetrating question. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/39 "2015-02-19T22:33:13Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Maybe not the subsequent dozen posts making a joke of the Op’s wound? By that time the OP had the truth he needed. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/40 "2015-02-19T22:45:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > By that time the OP had the truth he needed. At least this OP didn’t come back, over and over and over and over and over, re-asking the same question in 100 different ways until he gets the Truth he Wanted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079.md?page=3)