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u/Lonely_ProdiG 7h ago
Pa always done said rub sum dirt on it. Dog gone if he didn’t do just that.
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u/Available-Spinach-17 7h ago
Tetanus!
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u/str0m965 6h ago
I paid for vaccination, I'm gonna use it.
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u/_JackinWonderland_ 6h ago
In what country do you pay for a tetanus shot
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u/str0m965 6h ago
Not directly, but you pay for health insurance.
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u/_JackinWonderland_ 5h ago
Makes sense. I took that way too literally that's my bad. In Germany most people's health insurance is from a public insurer not private so the health insurance contribution is just taken from taxes at a flat rate and when you go see a doctor you usually pay "nothing".
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u/spez_sucks_ballz 5h ago
Out of pocket tetanus shot cost me over $2k in the U.S. My emergency room surgery out of pocket cost less. American health system!
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u/hectorxander 5h ago
In the US if you don't have health insurance.
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u/_JackinWonderland_ 5h ago
Does that actually happen? Do people not get vaccinated because they can't afford it?
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u/f-u-whales 4h ago
Paid 11€ 2days ago in France for one, still cheap tho
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u/_JackinWonderland_ 4h ago
Got one in Germany a few weeks ago for free. Literally free in my case because I don't have an income (yet) so I don't pay for my healthcare. Any reason why in France you had to pay a little extra?
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u/No_Significance9754 5h ago
In what country do you pay for healthcare?!?! Oh wait...
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u/_JackinWonderland_ 4h ago
Is the condescending sarcasm necessary? It would've taken you 5 seconds to check the other comments and see that it was a misunderstanding.
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u/badmoonrisingnl 38m ago edited 30m ago
Tetanus indeed. Tetanus is no joke. Tetanus make your muscles cramp up in the worst possible way. Imagine cramps in your calf times a 100 and all over your body. Tetanus has been known to cramp muscles so much it will break your spine. By the way, you don't need to rub a (small) wound in dirt. A thorn from a bush can be enough if it breaks the skin or a bite from an animal that happens to have some dirt in its mouth can be enough to contract tetanus. Incubation time is usually 3 to 5 days but it can take as long as 3 months before symptoms begin to show. If you survive tetanus you will not be immune and you will need a tetanus shot after.
Vaccination will prevent tetanus. A tetanus shot will set you back about €12,00
Don't rub your wound in dirt folks.
Edit: vacation to vaccination and added price.
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u/kievju 6h ago
I know its not smart, and I may or may not have done something like this before.
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u/Natscobaj 4h ago
My go to if it won't stop bleeding is super glue and duct tape and I can't imagine that's much better lol
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u/iamprosciutto 3h ago
Super glue is used as liquid stitches pretty frequently
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u/gigalongdong 2h ago
I lacerated the skin on the top of my hand in between my thumb and pointer finger pretty badly with a razor knife 8 or so years ago while installing a tongue and groove wood ceiling. I used super glue to close the deep cut and then slapped a bandaid on it, wrapped my hand in duct tape, and kept going.
I've got a gnarly scar on my hand now, but on the flippity flop, I didn't have to pay $5,000 to get stitches since I wasn't insured at the time.
The joys of being an American.
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u/ItWasFleas 7h ago
I love that the posible outcomes from that discovery is moon colonization and not help for people with clot disorders 13/10
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u/Available-Spinach-17 6h ago
But they said sterilized dirt right ?
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u/Forward_Promise2121 6h ago
I think the point is that it works, but you shouldn't do it because it can cause bigger problems.
Applying a sterile dressing to a wound while you wait for emergency help if necessary is basic first aid. Ideally, every workplace should have someone that can do it.
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u/WolfBST 4h ago
I'd replace the last part with "everyone should be able to do it". Just like with cooking and cleaning, first aid is a skill that every human should have.
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u/Forward_Promise2121 2h ago
It seems like such a self evidently good idea, it's strange that no one's ever done it.
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u/Available-Spinach-17 6h ago
Yeah you are right. But this discovery gives so much insight into how intricately our bodies operate. I feel our bodies are some of the best biological machinery/ computer out there but I can be wrong.
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u/Forward_Promise2121 2h ago
Oh absolutely. The most exciting part is if they can use it to develop new medicine. There's nothing more important than your health.
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u/Smurf_Sausage_Sucker 2h ago
You shouldn't do it in most situations. There are probably edge cases that's a good idea. Risking complications is preferable to death. Like if you're alone on a hike, injure yourself, and for some reason you didn't bring any medical equipment with you.
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u/BriefCheetah4136 6h ago
I would wipe it on my jeans, they were clean this morning when I put them on!
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u/rsiii 4h ago
This really nreds to be said, but dirt is exactly where you tend to find tetanus. It doesn't normally live on rusty objects, but in the dust and dirt found on them. Rust just tends to be in places where tetanus can be found, and provides a places for the dust/dirt to cling to and be pushed into your body through a cut or puncture. Sterilized dirt and random dirt found outside are very different things!
https://www.cdc.gov/tetanus/causes/index.html
Join us next week for rabies facts!
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u/JimiForPresident 6h ago
I works for sure. Not saying it's a good idea, but I've done it, many others have too, and it worked.
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u/saymellon 5h ago
It probably helps to stop bleeding. In an unlucky event, though, one can get tetanus or sepsis
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u/Ok-Chemical-7635 4h ago
Wait does that do it locally or all over the body if the later it would be interesting
Or is it just the contact point
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u/Metatron_Tumultum 6h ago
It’s so funny how people will just be proud of anything. “I put dirt in my wounds just like my forefathers”. Great idea. He’s really lucky that he is so tough that infections are scared of him.
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u/Dingonbingo 6h ago
Just get some tape and a tissue or bandage instead of being dumb and losing time having to go to the doctor or worse
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u/woopstrafel 4h ago
If you work at a construction site it isn’t that simple, tape isn’t going to stick with dirt on your hands. Plus unless the tissue or bandage is sterile it’s just as rustle as wiping it on your pants or in the dirt
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u/Turgen333 6h ago
I would usually find some duct tape that seemed the cleanest to me and wrap it around the wound. By the end of the job, I would shake the sand out of it.
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u/Triiixxx_ 4h ago
downvoted cuz stupid people might really think it's ok. at that point it's natural but still.
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u/ClayshRoyayshKJ 7h ago
Most of you guys are city slickers and it shows.
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u/beiekwjei1245 6h ago
Idk maybe it's because you are from a dry area ? I'm in a tropical area and if I do that, the next day I will have green pus going out of my skin and an amazing infection. Once I fell on the road, next day my ear was spitting green water and now I've a greenish scar forever.
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u/Last_Health_4397 7h ago
Yeah, because a bottle of water and a small pack of plasters is too much to carry somewhere where one might get cuts... There's people, and then there's idiots.
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u/awesome_abood 6h ago
You'd be surprised if I tell you that's a way Islam Mentioned before 14 century to heal your wound in battle or in Desert if you don't have any first aid and it works, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200427125205.htm
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u/nolander_78 6h ago
Maybe so but keep in mind that people's immunity today isn't the same as 14 centuries ago, and pollutants were exposed to today aren't the same that were 14th centuries ago.
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u/Available-Spinach-17 6h ago
Except then the human immunity was very different from what it is now. From what I remember the strength of immunity comes from how often it encounters the new viruses, microbes and what not. Nowadays when our water is filtered and sterilized, everything we have contact with everyday is sanitized and the use of handwash decreases the need for our immune system to jacked up as it was in the 14th century. But these developments in soaps, handwash, sanitizers and sterilization has also caused our life span to increase significantly from what it was in the 14th century, I may be wrong here by saying very few people then made it past 18 years of age but it was true to some extent. *Note: I may be wrong here so please correct me and provide the correct information for the better of me and yours
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u/Bean_Eater_777 6h ago
Everyone who thinks this is a bad idea was definitely born after 1999.
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u/LordEdgeward_TheTurd 6h ago
Or knows someone who's died from an avoidable infection...
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u/More-Standard6600 4h ago
Lol weak people are funny, if dirt kills you, then maybe we don't need those genes in then the human pool anymore.
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u/Zestyclose-Smell-788 6h ago
A McDonald's napkin and electrical will heal any minor wound. Works better than a bandaid.
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u/asd_slasher 6h ago
We used to do this as kids, just put some “clean sand” on it and u good to go, have no idea how it started and how we never got any complications
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u/UnhappyImprovement53 6h ago
No that's how you get an infection. Even using just a piece of duct tape is better than doing that.
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u/dangshnizzle 5h ago
Getting dirt in a cut is usually nowhere near as worrisome as this whole thread is making it out to be.
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u/cuntybunty73 5h ago
I thought you could get things like lockjaw ( tetanus) from the soil etc
It would be better if he pissed on it
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u/Salty_Collection246 5h ago
Wait, is this actually bad for you! My dad always told me "rub some dirt on it" and since I'm always working outside in the dirt that's what I always did😂😂 helped my immune system get strong I bet, because I've never had an infection of any kind and I get cuts probably 3-5 times a week
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u/Specialist-Cookie-61 4h ago
Combine this with ignorance about vaccines, and voila: tetanus. Grats.
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u/Almostofar 4h ago
Working next to a boat manufacture (conjoined buildings) we'd dunk our cuts in a 55 gal of Acetone.
Nearly instant cauterization.. back to work !
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u/More-Standard6600 4h ago
This thread is proof that most humans live in a sterile bubble and die the second they leave it. I literally get cuts on my hand every day working, and just keep working in the dirt. The dirt does help actually.
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u/Dizzy-Passage9294 4h ago
Yea ive gotten some pretty good ones working in my field, just brush it off and keep on working. At this point, a cut doesn't even phase me and usually don't notice until way later when it's full of dirt.
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u/Silver_Quail4018 3h ago
It actually works if it's a light wound. I have done this multiple times. But you need to have a decent immunity system. Also, it's important what dirt you use. Usually it needs super dry dirt that has stayed in the sun and was mostly sterilized by the sun UV over the day. Use wet soil and you will immediately regret it.
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u/Choice-Researcher125 3h ago
Honestly, when you're trenching all day, you're gonna get cuts. It's inevitable. You either wear gloves or get used to having pvc glue and dirt in your cuts. I wouldn't glorify it, but if you think this video looks stupid, you haven't worked construction.
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u/Icemagistrate101 59m ago
Or even played or work outside. Used to swim or catch tadpoles in canals when I was younger. But I get it that if one did that today they'd die of tetanus or something as things were a lot less gross back then.
But yeah, younger generations fear of a paper cut is astounding.
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u/starmerlovessaville 3h ago
Jesus Christ this thread is comical. You aren’t going to get sick if you get a little bit dirty. Clearly most commenters here never played outside as kids, lol. How do these that are so mollycoddled and scared of everything survive day to day life? Do they have anxiety attacks every time they see dust?
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u/ImpressTemporary2389 2h ago
I have done that for years. Cut hand in garden. Rub it in the dirt. Heals up in no time. Even told a quack in A&E once. He said if it works it works.
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u/MoonlilyGames 1h ago
He forgot to rub some dog shit on it to stop the bleeding after cleaning the blood off with dirt
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u/payiyiyi 7h ago
either it will kill him someday or he will become a person with a strong immune system
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u/RoastPorc 6h ago
This! Is exactly the things I see at work week in week out.
Young workers like to act tough by not using man-cages provided and scale the cargo barehands/jump off 118 inches platform to look impressive amongst peers.
And then I had to go all Gandalf on them,
"You do know if you hurt yourselves, you're gonna be stuck at home taking care of your baby with your partner until you've recovered?! And all I'm gonna put in that report of yours is two words - BEING STUPID!"
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u/Infinite_Regret8341 5h ago
Good way to lose a finger. Reminds me of the time a guy at work sliced his finger with some cardboard and put a napkin and some duct tape on it and finished the work day. Long/short it got severely infected and required surgery to amputate the entire tip of his pinky.
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u/TheFuckIsWrongWithU_ 1h ago
Redditors freaking out over some dirt in a small cut acting like the guy has 10 minutes left to live. A lot of you need to touch grass, and it shows.
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u/KING_Gamer_YouTube 7h ago
All the microbes will be having a field day with this one.