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Daughter stepped on nail yesterday top foot is extremely swollen. had tetanus shot in apr 2016. should she go to er or will take care if itself?
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She should be seen: ESPECIALLY if she had any kind of shoe on when this happened. Could be chunks left in her foot now getting infected. Good luck to her!
Answered 12/21/2016
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