how serious can an infected cut get?
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Hmm, AMONG  ALL KINDS OF POSSIBLE INFECTIONS, YOU MUST BE CAREFUL ABOUT TETENUS TOXID BACTERIA, YOU MIGHT NEED TO TAKE A VACCINATION SHOT (IF YOUR LAST VACCINATION SHOT WAS MORE THAN 10 YRS)Tetanus is a serious and often fatal disease caused by the neurotoxin tetanospasmin which is produced by the Gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani. Tetanus also refers to a state of muscle tension.\n\nBacilli of C. tetani can be found in soil (especially agricultural soil), and the intestines and feces of horses, sheep, cattle, rats, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, and chickens. Spores are found in manure-treated soil, skin surfaces (of both animals and humans), under nail-beds, and in contaminated heroin.\nSymptoms\n\nThe incubation period for tetanus is 3 days to as long as 15 weeks (with the average being about 8 days) [2]. For neonates, the incubation period is 4 to 14 days, with 7 days being the average. Most of the time, the further the wound is from the central nervous system, the longer the incubation period. Incubation period length and likelihood of death are inversely proportional; a deep, contaminated wound that allows the bacteria to flourish and causes a quick, aggressive infection is much more life-threatening than a shallower, less-contaminated wound that causes milder symptoms to appear days or weeks later.\n\nThe first sign of tetanus is a mild jaw muscle spasm called lockjaw (trismus), followed by stiffness of the neck and back, risus sardonicus, difficulty swallowing, and muscle rigidity in the abdomen. The stiffness and spasming of muscles expands throughout the body inferiorly, and can be so powerful that they cause muscle tears and even fractures. Typical signs of tetanus include an increase in body temperature by 2 to 4°C, diaphoresis (excessive sweating), an elevated blood pressure, and an episodic rapid heart rate. Spasms and muscle contraction last for 3 to 4 weeks, and complete recovery may take months. About 30% of tetanus victims die, most of whom are elderly patients. In developing countries, the mortality rate may be as high as sixty percent.\n\nComplications of the disease include spasms of the larynx (vocal cords), accessory muscles (chest muscles used to aid in breathing), and the diaphragm (the primary breathing muscle); fractures of long bones secondary to violent muscle spasms; and hyperactivity of the autonomic nervous system.\nhttp://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=342
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Yeah get it checked out... my friend go bit and it turned out to be very serious... can't remember what it was, but she was in the hospital over night to recieve special medicine.   Good luck!
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No!!!! It will only get worse.  Go to the doctor too have it lanced and get anti-biotic.  You will also need to soak it in warm water and Epsom salt after it's lanced
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it seems you got infected.you better see your doctor
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Don't wast time on home remedy's, got see a doctor right away. Any cut in the area of the mouth is subject to germs and infection. The only thing that is going to help is the proper medication.
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Go to a professional. If you try it yourself, you definitely will run the risk of getting a serious infection.
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ABSOLUTLY NOT. What is wrong with you guys? He is in a very dangerous situation. If it's not treated, the infection will likely become septic ( poison his bloodstream, if it hasn't already). This is an infection, more dangerous than many. If the infection gets to his heart, he could very easily die, and without immediate treatment, he will. I've seen this tragedy two times in the ER. GO NOW, not later, or tomorrow. This is a job for an oral surgeon.\n\n\nGrizz
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it depends on the severity of the wound and your predisposition for scarring.
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go to the doctor it may be serious!
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It will rip off the scab when u pull it off. Buy rolls of gauze and wrap it around all of them. I used to cut too. U can beat it.
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It's an infection, go to the doctor.
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Go 2 Dr's get urslf sorted out in case it does become serious
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Most probably an ulcer. see a doc straight away cause this is serious. blood transfer may be needed. all internal bleeding is very serious. do it NOW. not in the morning or after work, go right NOW.
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U MUST SEE UR DOCTOR...IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT U TAKE CARE OF UR WOUND U KNOW THAT IT CAN BE INFECTED...SO...SEE UR DOCTOR..RIGHT NOW..
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its not that bad ive had both, but dont not under any circumstances do it your self, you could get a really bad infection, go to a tatoo parlor to get it done. besides the needles they use a different, theyre hollow so it cuts a plug of skin out  and it heals all the way around, other needles just make a dull hole and it wont heal.
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Easily.  If there was a cut or anything in the mouth while this happened, the infection an be transmitted.
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you could get if you have a cut and the person with the STD has a cut, you could get it if their blood somehow gets into your body. But like bgolden44 said very very unlikely.