# 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:** 3
**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, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/41 "2015-02-19T23:18:59Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > By that time the OP had the truth he needed. Maybe so, but for all the others- “psst- you’re not funny. I know you think your\* bon mot\* is juuust hilarious, but it ain’t.” ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/42 "2015-02-19T23:30:12Z")
Geez, **DrDeth** , someone piss in your cheerios this morning? Lighten up and laugh a little. ---
**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, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/43 "2015-02-19T23:38:05Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Geez, **DrDeth** , someone piss in your cheerios this morning? Lighten up and laugh a little. I’d love to… now find me something funny, dammit! 😛 ---
**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, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/44 "2015-02-19T23:41:29Z")
> [@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? You’re the one making assumptions here. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/45 "2015-02-20T00:13:32Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > **Puss** , weird shades of skin color, and excruciating pain are all signs of healing. (my bolding). So stepping on a nail will get me a new pet cat? Cool, let me run an experiment … Well that was disappointing. And … ow! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/46 "2015-02-20T00:41:22Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > 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. And yet, I’ve encountered real-life levels of oblivion that are just jaw-dropping. Once on a construction site we hired a shady guy to haul off some brush and wood. Halfway through the job, we notice he’s limping, he sits down to rest a minute, and asks for a drink. No problem, the boss kept water on site (it was summer). Anyhow, as he’s drinking he mentions his leg is bothering him. He rolls up his pant leg, revealing that most of his shin has suffered a third degree burn. The burned flesh had turned grey, parts were cracked and oozing blood and/or serum, the edges blistered and leaking fluids. Said he got it via a welding accident. “Do you think I should see a doctor about this? It doesn’t hurt. Well, the blisters do but the other part doesn’t. Do you think it’s serious?” :smack::smack::smack: Yes, we told him, see a doctor. Like NOW. When the boss came back we told him about the injured guy, he took a look, called the guy a cab and handed the cabbie $20 to get him off the jobsite and to an urgent care center. About six weeks later the guy shows up asking for his pay (he had left before getting it). Sure, no problem. Said he had spent two weeks in the hospital on IV antibiotics, surgical debridement, etc. ---
**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 20, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/47 "2015-02-20T00:44:01Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > (my bolding). > > So stepping on a nail will get me a new pet cat? Cool, let me run an experiment … > > Well that was disappointing. And … ow! If you did get a cat, it would just play with the nail. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/48 "2015-02-20T01:02:28Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Did the OP ever find out how is babby formed? Can babby be formed when I have a metal nail now entered in foot? ---
**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 20, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/49 "2015-02-20T01:06:01Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Can babby be formed when I have a metal nail now entered in foot? You have to get nailed in a different place. ---
**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 20, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/50 "2015-02-20T01:10:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You have to get nailed in a different place. Rex Ryan’s wife would beg to differ. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/51 "2015-02-20T01:28:08Z")
OP if you are still around, get the tetanus shot. Tetanus is a terrible way to die. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/52 "2015-02-20T01:47:32Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I’d love to… now find me something funny, dammit! 😛 The Doctor walks into the exam room. He sees the patient, bottoms up, before him. The doctor comments, “you need a new ass, this one is broken, it’s got a hole in it.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/53 "2015-02-20T01:49:49Z")
Serious question. The OP says he/she “put spirits and pressed by thread.” What does he/she mean by “pressed by thread?” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/54 "2015-02-20T02:08:23Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Serious question. The OP says he/she “put spirits and pressed by thread.” What does he/she mean by “pressed by thread?” Perhaps the OP cannot distinguish a nail from a screw? ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/55 "2015-02-20T02:13:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Serious question. The OP says he/she “put spirits and pressed by thread.” What does he/she mean by “pressed by thread?” > **[Threading (epilation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threading_%28epilation%29)** > > Threading is a method of hair removal originating in India and Iran. It has gained popularity in Western countries, especially with a cosmetic application (particularly for removing/shaping eyebrows). > In threading, a thin cotton or polyester thread is doubled, then twisted. It is then rolled over areas of unwanted hair, plucking the hair at the follicle level. Unlike tweezing, where single hairs are pulled out one at a time, threading can remove short rows of hair. > Advantages cited for eyebrow ... ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/56 "2015-02-20T02:48:46Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > 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. Well, he could pivot. In fact he probably could call all the basketballers he knows and teach a course on pivoting. What he shouldn’t teach… the jump shot. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/57 "2015-02-20T03:15:27Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > No, it will not cause cancer. Now, let’s not be hasty here…it _might_ cause cancer…the OP didn’t say what the nail is made out of. He could be running around with a sharp piece of uranium sticking out of his foot for all we know… ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/58 "2015-02-20T03:23:14Z")
> [@riaz201080](#): > > A metal nail entered in my foot, it was bleeding for 4 minutes, but i put spirits and pressed by thread , what should i do with, is it danger…? > It my Cause Cancer or any other disease .?😕 When was your last tetanus booster? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/59 "2015-02-20T03:42:49Z")
What kind of cancer do you have? Two penny. Oh my god! ---
**Author:** ![sich\_hinaufwinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sich\_hinaufwinden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sich_hinaufwinden)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079/60 "2015-02-20T05:06:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You have to get nailed in a different place. is it danger…? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079.md?page=4)