The first thing you need to do when you get a nail in your foot is to clean the wound, and then you usually need to inject tetanus antitoxin and prevent infection.
1. Cleaning the wound: the wound is usually deep and narrow, and the surface of the nail is often covered with rust or dust, which can easily form an anaerobic environment and lead to tetanus infection. Therefore, after being stabbed, the wound should be cleaned with 3% hydrogen peroxide and saline to remove rust and other foreign matter as much as possible, then disinfected with iodophor and bandaged, and change the medicine regularly.
2. Injection of tetanus antiviral: after the nail is stuck to the foot, you need to inject tetanus antiviral within 24 hours, and in the recovery process, you also need to change the medicine on time, and if there is local secretion, you also need to actively carry out drainage.
3. Prevention of infection: Nail to the foot during the recovery period should also pay attention to the prevention of infection, can follow the doctor’s instructions to take amoxicillin, cefaclor and other antibiotics to prevent and treat infections.
Nail to the foot if more serious, it is recommended to the regular hospital, let the professional doctor to deal with.