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You need to wash the affected area immediately with soap and water, then you need to make certain that your tetanus shot is current. If not you should cover the wound with a clean dry piece of gauze and seek medical attention for a tetanus booster shot to protect you.

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It will hurt.

Note that you CAN get tetanus from a nail which is not rusty. The organism that causes tetanus lives in dirt; rust has very little to do with it.

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If you step on a rusty nail then you would have to get a tetanus shot


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