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AFAIK the point is not about the cut or scrape being made by metal (or non metal) objects, tetanus (Clostridium tetani[0]) does not live on metals, it lives in
by jaclaz 5y ago
AFAIK the point is not about the cut or scrape being made by metal (or non metal) objects, tetanus (Clostridium tetani[0]) does not live on metals, it lives in the soil/earth, so - say - gardening tools are high risk - a gear taken out of a gearbox or a table knife are - still say - like 0% risk.
As anecdata I know someone that got it (but was treated in time and survived it just fine) while gardening because of a rose thorn prick.
A bite from an animal, even your own pet, might be risky because it may have ben eating earth or however something dirt and the tetanus is still in its mouth.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_tetani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_tetani
- mc32 5y agoThat's interesting(!) because on the other hand there is the thought that kids should play with dirt and eat dirt to acquire immunity against some allergies later in life (which is typically has more sterile environs)
- jaclaz 5y agoWell, hopefully kids don't have deep wounds inside their mouth/exofagus/stomach/etc. And anyway a non-deep and well cleaned/sterilized wound (say with oxigen peroxide) has - I believe - very little risks of the bacteria to survive and germinate.