• @[email protected]
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    810 months ago

    Ah right, and that’s why people think it’s related to rust. Because most people getting a puncture would probably got it by standing on a nail, which was out in the elements and thus rusty…

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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      1410 months ago

      Plus the rust is caused by iron removing ambient oxygen, giving anaerobic bacteria a safe place to hide

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        210 months ago

        Thanks, I was just wondering how it can survive outside the body before infection if being outside the body kills it.

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      410 months ago

      My doc once explained that nails, or anything that causes a puncture wound, are worse than a cut because they compress tissue within the wound, creating places where there is no exposure to oxygen.