Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? - Louise Thwaites

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Thank you!!!

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Which program you use for animation? Thanks for answer! 😁

[@OmniversalInsect]

Reason number 10000000 to be grateful for modern science and medicine.

[@madaotee]

tetanus vaccine was developed in 1924 thus it's not that modern

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@@madaotee Hippocrates lived about 2400 years ago, so it's pretty freaking modern if you ask me.

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Did you write 1 million or 10, because I didn't read the number?

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​@@madaotee it is absolutely modern, in all senses of the word.

[@Arthur142]

Tetanus and rabies are the most terrifying diseases to me and I am so thankful they are so easily preventable nowadays.

[@truthsmiles]

Are there rabies vaccines for humans? If so I’m definitely getting one…

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​@@truthsmilesyes

[@vikingsailorboy]

Some people still push the Covid agenda as being the most terrifying disease 😂😂😅

[@Mindsi]

What about mnd?

[@VJETRA]

easily in few selected places

[@gmansard641]

I once watched a man die of tetanus. He was a sailor on a French fishing vessel, though he was from a former French colony in West Africa. This was in the Indian Ocean, when I was in the US Navy stationed on Diego Garcia. The British authorities got word of the emergency, and since I speak good French (he didn't speak English) I came along on the rescue mission. We got him to the island and boarded a plane for Singapore. He died as we were on final approach to Changi Airport . Christmas Eve 1989, I think of him every year.

[@mike-0451]

It’s good that you still think of him.

[@SJ-cl4wq]

Why was he not brought to India? He lost so much precious time on travelling.

[@gmansard641]

@@SJ-cl4wq From Diego Garcia India is farther than Singapore

[@IronMike-f8i]

Many step on rusty nails and are OK. I know many in work sites. They just treat it as cut. They are fine

[@pjschmid2251]

@@IronMike-f8i did you not watch the video? The infection doesn’t come from the rust. It comes from spores that live in the detritus that often hides rusty metal. An old nail lying in a dry, and otherwise clear area is unlikely to expose you to those spores. Also, the person may have had an up-to-date tetanus vaccination, and therefore not had to worry about a tetanus infection.

[@MrBelles104]

Tetanus is so frickin scary that 10 days after you get scratched by a nail your body locks and suffocates, and this stuff just lies around in soil and leaves and refuses to die.

[@ian5395]

There's another soil borne bacteria that shares a name with the metal band Anthrax

[@trla6505]

Another reason for control fires I guess

[@SreeragNairisawesome]

​@@ian5395 imagine being named after a band 💀

[@VinayJain-ly3cx]

Rabies is incurable too if you start seeing symptoms

[@OrrBiologicals]

at least we have tetanus shots

[@sewalimbu1341]

As an ICU nurse, I have seen patients suffer with it without any guarantee of good prognosis. Such painful way of dying.

[@Electrobuzz17]

Is it really that common. I imagine most people know of vaccines now a days. Are you from americas or europe? Just curious

[@kaidanalenko5222]

​@@Electrobuzz17probably from 3rd 🌍 places...

[@Antchovi]

@@Electrobuzz17 A lot of people in America avoid vaccines lol so there's a lot of issues that could easily be avoided that aren't

[@LaEmporoar]

@@Electrobuzz17 Its also not like the vaccine lasts forever. I recently looked at my record and realized my tetanus vaccine was 8yrs out of date and I should have gotten a new one a year or two ago. Cases like this are mostly what causes people in the US and other 1st world countries to contract the disease. I haven't seen many cases personally (I'm an EMT and med student btw) though. This is probably because most people know that they should go to a doctor or the er for a booster right after getting stuck by rusty metal. Places like CVS or Wallgreens also have booster shots ready and cheaply available and in most cases basic medical insurance should cover it no problem.

[@terrace1]

I have a question to the nurse, when I got the tetanus shot which included the other two vaccines, I had a pain in my heart, difficult breathing for 40 minutes, then these symptoms went away, would you know the cause of why I had these symptoms 🤔 thank you

[@uRDM]

this was a PHENOMENALLY animated and edited video. Absolutely stellar work to whoever put together the visuals here, it was so satisfying to watch! Way better than the average TEDEd video!

[@perrybrown4985]

Around 50 years ago, my father was watering the grass in his bare feet a day or so after spreading fertilizer (yuck). He had an ingrown toenail... A few days later he was complaining that it was difficult to eat - it was like his mouth wouldn't open far enough. He went to the doctor who offered some platitude and sent him home. The next day it was worse and he went to a different doctor who also didn't know what was going on, but sent him to a specialist next door - who couldn't accept a booking for a couple of weeks. My dad (barely) walked to the specialist and explained to the receptionist that he wouldn't be alive in a couple of weeks and needed to see somebody RIGHT NOW. The specialist scratched around and eventually said that he thought dad had tetenus. He sent dad directly to the hospital ER (which was also next door). By the evening, dad was in ICU on life support! Everything escalated so quickly - but for another hour or so we would have lost him. (He's still stubborn and going strong today 😊)

[@Electrobuzz17]

@@perrybrown4985 good thing the doctor and er was close by. How is father now? Any lasting problem from the infection? And i hope he is little more careful now while gardening.🙂

[@perrybrown4985]

@@Electrobuzz17 Thank you, yes he has no lasting effects - but it was quite dire when he was in ER. He kept having these seizures and stopped breathing. They had to keep putting muscle relaxant drugs into him to suppress violent spasms. It all went on for a week or two... It is lucky that doctor #3 figured things out in time.

[@bg3841]

​@@perrybrown4985this sort of thing probably changes you hugely. Having to explain to healthcare professionals that they are wrong is just something you don't expect to have to do.

[@CST1992]

Good of your father to realize the severity of the situation. Otherwise things could have been pretty bad. Kudos!

[@supremeleader5516]

Which country ?

[@shubhangichandanshive9806]

Amazing. Just 2 hours ago today took a tetanus injection after getting injured by old scooty stand and now TED ed uploaded .

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YOU'RE BEING WATCHED! (Just kidding! 😅)

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Thats the Algorithm and Monitoring Spirits at work 😂

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[@aaobataiye]

same here my friend

[@mr.duckie._.]

i wish you all don't die from this 🙏

[@williamswetnam4070]

My father grew up in Brazil as a child in the 1930s and 1940s. He remembered visiting a neighbor dying of tetanus. It was horrifying for a child to see and really made an impression on him. He was a big believer in vaccines.

[@adw6894]

God created Tenanus. Cry about that.

[@stacybava4526]

@@adw6894 Then you should go out and get it, you clearly deserve it.

[@Scottcurties]

@@adw6894 lol tf

[@Great-Griff]

@@adw6894 i can't tell if this is an atheist lamenting the malevolence and apathy of a god he doesn't believe in, or a hardcore believer going against anything remotely unnatural because it goes against "god's plan", lol, its like poe's law

[@dhrumildave4221]

@@Great-Griff Definitely god being malevolent

[@AnnaNaan-j3f]

I am a radiographer and one of my unforgettable patients was a four-year-old girl who had meningitis after stepping on a nail. It was heart-breaking. I still pray for her.

[@VSI769]

If this is true I should be be dead by now because as a child I stepped on a nail and it was stuck under my foot until it was pulled put by a friend as a child while playing football I didn't tell my parents especially my mother because she will beat me because of playing football in the streets So this got me thinking why I was not infected watching this video

[@StrafeMaster2000]

@@VSI769 the nail didn't have anything "bad" enough on it then

[@LaEmporoar]

@@VSI769 its not like its 100% of the time, bro. also most kids have already had tetanus vaccines that help prevent you from getting the infection in general. This is just like the reasoning anti-vaxxers used during covid when they would say " Well I'm not vaccinated and I didnt get sick" or "But this guy I know WAS vaccinated and he still got sick" Getting vaccinated does not make you immune to a condition. What it does is help prepare your body to better fight it off when you do get it.

[@cagedgandalf3472]

@@VSI769 It was mentioned that 'rust' is commonly associated with it but it comes from soil, and dead leaves mostly. So 'rust' is just a correlation, not a causation of tetanus.

[@Someoneoninonet_mkmfpy]

Was she okay not Ok or unknown 3:55

[@user-kn3sv6jg4h]

that's exactly what I did as a kid. I was playing around in the barn (The horse was a "friend" so I knew I was safe in there with him) and I went to go back into the house, and my right foot felt something but I wasn't sure what it was until I felt the blood leaving my foot. Screamed for my mom for what seemed like an eternity. I got a tetanus shot to the rump for my trouble.

[@Yak_attack715]

Me too. I trod on one sticking out of a piece of wood. The itch is the worst part as it heals. I also weeks later put my fingers inside the chain on our swing then jumped off lol. Tore up all my fingers.

[@pankapitan6215]

Omg, i stepped on nails and cut myself by rusty metal like at least 20 times and never died. The odds to be infected are actually low and you talking about it like every time would be deadly.

[@Simboiss]

Useless and dangerous. Simple disinfection (oxygen peroxyde, rubbing alcohol) is enough to prevent tetanus. Anything oxygenated (including blood) will prevent the bacillus from living.

[@jonathanodude6660]

@@pankapitan6215 you didnt get infected. if you did get infected, however, it would be. rusty metal isnt the main source of the disease. watch the video.

[@epicboiee6176]

​​@@pankapitan6215Fear and percautions never are to be taken literally. But to ask and consider the value of your own life against the mere disregard of yours because of the luck experienced.

[@JohnnStr1]

There is this book I recently finished reading its called The 21 Former Doctor Secrets, Its full of secrets about modern health industry and my routines started to change so much!

[@5kuno848]

and what does this have anything to do with this video?

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@@5kuno848 Nothing, this is a bot trying to sell a book.

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@@5kuno848 9K likes on that comment is suspicious to me

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I know that book!

[@acookie7548]

share some wisdom with the class?

[@anferneeearlpelones2274]

We've really come a long way in treating once-deadly illnesses that were extremely difficult to deal with centuries ago, now treating them by administering antitoxins to affected individuals. Just goes to show how far we've come in advancements in many different fields, especially in medicine

[@jwst8]

and bunch of people are still ungrateful

[@emepantti]

Besides we have the vaccine for tetanus, which is so much cheaper than treating a case of tetanus in the ER, giving antitoxins and keeping them in the hospital for weeks. In general, preventing disease via vaccination is a lot cheaper and easier than treating preventable diseases, and also there's the fact that then you don't have people falling ill.

[@rexman971]

​@@jwst8I don't like being stabbed. If there was an alternative to the needle I wouldn't care.

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@@rexman971 be a man.. lol

[@rexman971]

@@jwst8 Oh you mean getting stabbed? Not my fault I got trauma from someone poking a needle all around your arm. What have you done to be a "man" huh.

[@suniljadaun5814]

MY brother had tetanus , when He was like 9 - 10 . this was so painful to him and to us to watch. But He got well. He is now all healthy.

[@MrKrusten]

Your brother survived tetanus? How?

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@@MrKrusten You literally just saw a video on how people survive this disease lmao

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​@@MrKrustenwatch the video. You don't just die from tetanus if you are treated in time.

[@mar2506]

@@MrKrusten there are many people in the comments who survived after symptoms showed up

[@hckyroxs8019]

Grew up on a farm in Canada and as a kid my brother stepped on a rusty nail in the barn and it went through his shoe. I can count on one hand the amount of times my siblings and I were brought to the ER, even with more serious injuries we just kind of bared it, but I knew even then it must have been bad if my parents were on it with bringing him to the ER. He ended up having to go back like every 6 hours or so for shots and medictation and couldn't walk on it for awhile but was fortunately okay. Even in that rural area of Canada we were taken care of so thank heavens for the ER.

[@FlowerMama23]

When I was in elementary school, I stepped on a rusty nail behind my back porch steps, and my parents rushed me to the E.R. that same night. During my pregnancy 2 years ago, almost every other appointment ended with me getting vaccinated for every possible infection (including tetanus) and blood testing.

[@misspat7555]

When I was planning pregnancy with my son in 2008, it was just being advised that those who would be around a young infant a lot get a fresh pertussis vaccine. Wanting to be a good mommy, I got vaccinated before getting pregnant, thinking if I had a bad reaction, no baby would be harmed. By the time I went in for my first check-up with my daughter in 2016, when I asked about the vaccine, I was told I would get it at 28 weeks and asked if I’d had a flu shot (it was October). I told them I hadn’t but wanted one (as the flu is especially bad for pregnant people), so I got my flu shot then and the pertussis vaccine a few months later! Amazing how research can advance! ☺️

[@gabrielex]

it's not rusty stuff to transmit tetanus, it's kind of sad this video didn't clear this misconception.

[@Billiamwoods]

​@@gabrielex They literally did a minute into the video

[@gabrielex]

@@Billiamwoods they didn't clear it out in a proper way. It's not rust, nor metal. Clostridium tetani is an anaerobic bacterium so the important thing is to not put any wounded body part under the soil (which is the perfect environment since it lacks oxygen) that's it. If you get cut by something rusty and it's in the open you will not get tetanus, because once again it's not rust.

[@thefrugivoreanimal]

Amazing how much poison people inject this days even small babies, fish with mercury is bad but inject in babies is definitely fine... Doctor say monkey do, reading scientific papers? Naa That's for conspiracies checkers

[@Hailfire08]

My grandpa was a medical doctor and told me how he once diagnosed an infant with tetanus. Nobody else wanted to make the diagnosis because the prognosis would be so bad. The family were immigrants; they hadn't been vaccinated, and the father had tied off the umbilical cord with shoe laces. Unfortunately the infant passed away.

[@charlesterrizzi8311]

It is hard to believe that people can be so without knowledge. To not keep the umbilical clean is insane

[@markus5985]

When I was in Spain for summer vacation last year, I accidentally scratched my left foot when opening the door to a estanco (tabacco shop) with its sharp and rusty door edge. I was wearing flip flops because of the summer heat, and then instantly regretted not wearing proper shoes. The cut was deep enough to cause some bleeding, and I immediately got worried about tetanus. After patching up the small cut, I went to straight hospital to get a tetanus shot (since my last tetanus shot was a decade ago), and thankfully everything went fine. But when I hear about cases in which people got tetanus and no treatment, it sends shivers down my spine. When in doubt, better get treatment and a shot (same for rabies!!)

[@MeenakshiJha_24]

The eye roll at 4:25 was everything needed to end the video

[@PMIII]

Lol same😂

[@karenfanias9760]

Some 65 years ago my aunt had tetanus and survived as she was among the first to benefit from a new treatment. I haven’t researched what that treatment was and I cannot ask as my aunt passed about 5 years ago. The treatment did leave her with life long health issues though. Hopefully the treatment has improved since then.

[@thepainphantom]

When I was a kid I stepped on a rusty nail in some rural area near my home while playing around. I reckon it was 3-4 cm deep which punctured to my foot. I ran home (by hopping) for 3-4 km and told my mother. She took me to the clinic right away and there I got injected right in the middle of the frickin wound. Glad I'm still around.

[@edensky5825]

Same thing happend to me but no one knew about it and the just ran water over the wound

[@thepainphantom]

@@edensky5825 I assume you get a shot right away?

[@kevinfernandez9999]

When I was a kid I get cuts and rusty nail piercing my foot all the time , never once visited a hospital, just heals like any other wound

[@thepainphantom]

@@kevinfernandez9999 That means the said bacterias weren't there or they were not enough to defeat your immune system. It's like one of those "I smoked everyday for years and I don't get cancer." You just never know.

[@kevinfernandez9999]

@@thepainphantom also we were given the tetanus vaccine as a baby

[@Maybachdemon]

4:22 tetanus was the least of his worries

[@sledger2066]

You think

[@raffimolero64]

with an injury like that, he/him might turn to she/her right after.

[@ijustwannabepwrtofyoursymphony]

@@raffimolero64😭

[@henrycarpenter5733]

Ouch

[@GoldBerg-fd9yq]

​​@@raffimolero64 wtf💀

[@scheimong]

A few weeks back, I got a big gash on my foot from some rust while swimming in Oslo on holiday. I wouldn't have visited the emergency room to get a jab if not for some sternly worded advice from the staff at the swim site. It was only later that I learned how horrible the potential consequences could be. I'm glad I followed her advice.

[@mdkooter]

Although tetanus spores seemingly can survive sea water, the amount you'll likely to encounter are very low (unless the object fell in the water recently) I've scratched myself on rusty seabed stuff a hundred times (I do wreck freediving for fun) and never had a thing.

[@scheimong]

@@mdkooter Thanks for the tip. I guess I can worry a bit less on my future recreational dives then. In this case though, the water I was swimming in wasn't exactly sea water. Oslo is situated at the inland tip of a fjord with freshwater inflow, so the salinity was actually quite low. You can taste the salt for sure, but I'd say that the water is drinkable in a pinch. In case you're curious, this is the exact coordinates where I got cut: 59.90438,10.75287. It's almost 100km from the actual ocean. Edit: coordinates were off by a bit

[@sycronix_]

4:20 man i hate it when *i accidently lunges my self in a MASSIVE Angkor stabbing me in the process*

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Angkor

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Anchor

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so funnny

[@IBCollection]

I love how you incorporate some humor in this. Some issues, especially that is tied to our mortality is a bit heavy for others with experience losing a loved one with the same virus. Go TEDEd!

[@EdinoRemerido]

Me looking at the multiple scrach wonds on my body:

[@Marine_Dynamite]

RIP

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[@mybeautifulcat7011]

Multiple scratches ? Are you even human? 😂 which animal are you!

[@anthems_international_more]

another round of kurkazot/ted-ed educational trauma

[@andrewk8636]

Me looking at the 2 nail hole in my feet from stepping on rusty nails last week

[@DaiArnold]

I have a story to tell. 7 years ago from around now, I was in Africa on holiday. I had a 3 year old cousin living there too. (At the time) He had a rusty piece of scrap metal, and I can't recall the reason why he did what he did, but he scraped the piece down my left arm. It left a huge wound going from the top of my arm to my wrist. I didn't think much of it at the time, I was just upset about it. Eventually, the wound closed off and I had a huge scar along my arm. It's gone now, but what remains are red spots on my left arm, around my shoulder. I'm lucky to have survived, especially after seeing this video - it seems dangerous. I hadn't thought much of it at the time since I was much younger.

[@ashutoshk7]

I have been warning people of Tetanus from the last 10 years after I knew about the painful muscles spasms and bone bendings. This video will help a lot, thanks❤.

[@Stierenkloot]

PEOPLE OF TETANUS, BE WARNED!

[@Manofantaa]

1:45 why do they go to Germany?

[@mdhasibulhossain6686]

Germinate

[@btgm5397]

Lol

[@gosu_bg5818]

Because only in Germany can they release toxins, idk 🤷‍♂️

[@flareflareon]

Ha

[@Manofantaa]

@ArthurHenrique-db1ln @mdhasibulhossain6686 shut up

[@because-strudels]

Animation style is remarkably comforting. I wanna try making it

[@sujees_networkah]

10 years before I lost my father because of tetanus... Really people should aware of these...

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😂😂😂😂

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@@JamesHowlett-qy3yqIs something funny?

[@JamesHowlett-qy3yq]

@@kerbal8216 yes

[@AA-lr6qm]

@@kerbal8216 Please excuse him. He is a little boy

[@anandsuralkar2947]

😢

[@saujanyapoudel8910]

I remember when I was 10 I got stabbed by an upright nail through my sandals and into my feet. Though it didn't bleed it sure hurt for some hours. It probably was a rusted one in that rubble of debris from a construction site. I neither told anyone about it nor got medicated. Every time I remember it sends chill down my spine.

[@neskire]

I had a similar experience at age 5. I stepped on a nail sticking out of a wood plank near a house that was being built. I could see blood coming out of the hole in my sandal. I was so young and confused and kept saying that I stepped on a nail. My parents thought the nail was still in my foot and rushed me to the doctor. They were soaking my foot to see if the nail would come out. I think they did an X-ray later and saw there was no nail.

[@italucenaz]

The bacterium spores aren't in every nail, just in most, you got lucky

[@almabatekert_villanykorte3387]

At 10 you've already had a vaccine for it a few years prior

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

I had that at 6. It sucked so hard

[@TamWam_]

almost happened to me, i was on a random plank in the desert at night, tryna walk on it for no reason, and there was a giant nail at the end of it. didnt notice and wouldve stepped on it, but i turned on my phone's flashlight for some other reason and saw the nail right there lmao

[@백인줄어든다]

I am building my vocabulary with this video. I saved three vocabs from here except some words that I think I dont need

[@nightharvester6567]

Go back to pyongyang and hide there

[@TheEgg185]

I know every word in the video. 😊 What words do you struggle with? 🤔

[@백인줄어든다]

@TheEgg185 are you a native English speaker? There are professional area words. And I cant know what word they are. Because I am lazy to rewatch this !

[@danecraze903]

The fact that I just got hit by a rusty cable then this got notified is crazy

[@alonachiong666]

It was made for you

[@greengum_p]

This is the chocie of Steins;Gate

[@PixelNomad99]

The Almighty Algorithm

[@yeetboi268]

proof that 0 privacy is actually great

[@honor9lite1337]

Careful 😮

[@jb6725]

4:19 this part had my jaw on the floor, because it's so out of nowhere, like they're worried about a cut but BRO IS DEAD

[@twelved4983]

At least ur jaw wasn’t locked on the floor

[@Chitose_]

yea lol

[@deepkumarsahu1885]

I got a shot 4 days ago and now I am getting recommended this. I was hesitant ( it hurts) to take the shot but now I am thankful 😅

[@WilliamMurphy-b6v]

Some ways of dying hurt a lot more, as we learned in this video.

[@MuhlisErtugrul]

Just finished watching Kurzgesagt's video about fever and now I'm here.

[@neelimarosekujur8061]

OMG SAME HERE

[@willstokes7266]

Me too 🫡

[@naveenpunia5329]

😅

[@scarletteenager]

lmaoo me too

[@jashsylde8136]

Same .

[@HassanFaid]

2:53 This question crossed my mind and I found the answer: 🙃 Q/ If antibiotics are given first, will it make the condition significantly worse since the bacteria will die and release even more toxins? Ans/ This is more relevant in infections caused by endotoxin-producing bacteria, like Escherichia coli in sepsis, where rapid bacterial lysis can release endotoxins. However, the tetanus toxin is an exotoxin, which is actively secreted by the bacteria rather than released in large amounts upon bacterial death.

[@CzechMirco]

Simple answer to that original question: Bacteria usually release what we call toxins as part of their normal living metabolism. Those toxins can be waste products for them, or weapons agaisnt other bacteria/fungi/protists or even means to change their immediate environment. So its not like they are tanks full of toxins that burst when they die and flood us with it. On the contrary, they produce them constantly as they live so the longer they live, the more they can produce.

[@yellowishnesses1138]

@@CzechMirco Endotoxins are the opposite, though. Endo, meaning inner, referring to the location of the toxin compared to the body of the bacterium. Whenever such a bacterium dies, its toxins are released as the cell membrane collapses.

[@Bruced82]

​@@yellowishnesses1138You want them dead, so no more are replicated with even more endotoxins...

[@ninalopez1630]

my mom told me that i was a tetanus survivor; a doctor cut my Umbilical cord using rusty scissors. out of 50 babies with tetanus only 3 of us survived. i am now 28 years old and my mom still keep telling me to be careful with rusty objects.

[@MainAcc0]

Rust has nothing to do with tetanus.

[@Shepherdl_._l]

Misinformation about tetanus. Rust isn’t related to the tetanus bacteria, rust is just a common indicator that it been in a place for a very long time and unused, which can be a word of cation because it may have been in the soil or outside for a long period of time enough for the tenuous bacteria (considering it’s soil species) to colonize the item. You can still get tetanus even without the presence of rust.

[@EdwinUrena-r7f]

Wow...Jesus really did take his time making you girl ❤

[@TheSpaceflightGuy]

2:05 Imagine suffering on the ground and your friends come over looking like that

[@bewadskfs3456]

"bro thinks he's walter white"

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Imagine?

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[@Bobinvr]

@@bewadskfs3456 lol

[@tHebUm18]

As someone who stepped on a rusty nail as a kid in the late 90's, feeling grateful for the tetanus vaccine.

[@RobbieManic]

About 3 years ago I stood on a rusty nail in a pile of wet mud when I was moving debris from my deceased neighbour's shed. Cleaned it and went to get my Tetanus jab booster within a week, on the same day I had my wisdom tooth extracted. Everyone was panicking, pushing me to get checked out but I was fine. Went and got my jab and the A&E doctor said I did a really good job of cleaning it myself, but as the 10 year anniversary of my last Tetanus jab was only 3 months away, I thought it'd be sensible and safe to get it then and there.

[@imaspecofdust3913]

When I was 15, with my last tetanus shot being given to me when I was 3 or 4, I went to the bathroom at this facility, and scratched my arm against a broken rusty metal piece from a paper towel dispenser. I didn't think nothing of it at the time. Then a few days later I got a really super sore throat followed by a fever. I thought I just got a cold, but then when I woke up the next day EVERYTHING was just pain. My neck was in the most amount of pain, and my jaw wasn't much better. I just thought "ok so maybe I just have a bad flu" and then it got to the point where I begged my mom to take me to see a doctor. I don't remember much after that other than being stuck in bed for awhile unable to really get out of bed but I'm 22 now and I'm still alive thankfully.

[@bhaveshartsy7805]

i got scratched by a corner of gym equipment which was a bit rusted, do I have to take the vaccine shot ? because once I got hurt with a more rusty metal piece and that time I didn't even knew about tetanus vaccine, but nothing happened. I am grateful for that time.

[@Lylo077]

@@bhaveshartsy7805it depends on when u last got the shot if it’s been a long time then get it again

[@RosebeeVids]

My grandfather, born in the early 1920s, was one of the first in his upstate NY area as a kid to get the then-experimental tetanus anti-toxin treatment. He got tetanus that progressed to lockjaw, and as a result of his parents agreeing to the experimental treatment, he survived. He passed about not too long ago, at age 94/95.

[@lachlancandle416]

0:01 for every like I’ll get tetanus

[@Nilotinibisexpensive]

Trust me you won’t enjoy it

[@N0v4.fr05t.]

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[@burplejones]

@@Nilotinibisexpensivenah they will its awesome

[@GPStrabaniamal]

​@@burplejonesa most enjoyable experience

[@bderrick4944]

I’ll save you the trouble and just not like the comment

[@uranium5694]

I should add here that back when I got bitten by a dog doctors also administered the anti tetanus vaccine to me as well as antibiotics. It came to me as a big surprise that tetanus also lives inside a dog's mouth!

[@leizero]

Maybe this is more about the fact that dogs and cats tend to lick their feet, which is often times exposed to soil.. hence the chance for the bacteria to be lodged on their teeth and saliva.

[@NickvonZ]

Cats, too! 😺

[@akirebara]

its on the soil, too. literally, if you have a cut and was not paying attention and then you were gardening (and not vaccinated), you could definitely get tetanus this way. glad you're ok!

[@neskire]

@@NickvonZ I recently had a cat scratch me and I am on a blood thinner, so I started bleeding a lot. I went to get a tetanus booster at my medical center but was told I had one the previous year. Thank goodness!

[@CalumMelrose]

i read this as "when i got bitten by a dog doctor" and was quite worried that you had been bitten by a veterinarian. anyways, glad youre ok

[@Wilfoe]

I never really knew what tetanus was before watching this. Thanks for the video!

[@arnoldblitzer762]

I was bitten by a dog some 6 years ago When I was rushed to the hospital I was expecting an anti-rabies shot since it was a dog bite and it made sense that there would be anti-biotics involved too. I was perplexed as to why I was given a tetanus shot too when I was not barely scrapped by any metallic surfaces since it was a dog bite. The hospital staff was too busy to amuse me with their reasonings but I trusted them since I knew what they were doing and I just followed since they are trained professionals and they know what's best for me at that moment. Now I know why I was given the Tetanus Shot, thanks TEDEd!

[@augustgirl2905]

back when I was younger one neighbor that always worked outside got tetanus, he went absolutely crazy. It’s scary

[@johnmelan]

the trauma when my foot got hit by a nail and it went inside so we gotta remove it, and haven't been able to walk for weeks! thank you for tetanus really

[@PikaPetey]

these animations are great!

[@vivek_02512]

4:22 damn that was dark💀

[@mariacagiza6145]

FATALITY

[@nekomimicatears]

At least he won't get tetanus

[@agabe_8989]

bro got impaled ☠

[@Maya-ul1rr]

The "💀" is fitting in more ways than one lol

[@Kevin________]

That "2,400 year old ship anchor" was a callback to the ill shipmaster that Hippocrates recorded but couldn't treat. The shipmaster had gotten tetanus from a rusty anchor. Although it was from it crushing his finger, not from diving on to it lol

[@murrgoth7799]

I love how the doctor couldnt help but roll their eyes after the guy dove headfirst into a pile of rusted metal scraps

[@UsernameR8]

I wish every KZbin channel would upload only useful videos like this

[@alexander-kirk]

Vaccines save lives. Truly a marvel and achievement of human history.

[@OMOedu-if6xk]

You clearly didn't see the covid vaccine.........

[@jordillach3222]

@@OMOedu-if6xk ... and that the Earth is flat.

[@davidpacifico1019]

@@OMOedu-if6xkit still saved countless lives by dampening the spread of covid, which does outweigh the potential side effects of the (admittedly imperfect) vaccine.

[@spicy7302]

​@@OMOedu-if6xk And that the moon landing isn't a thing...

[@Aurora666_yt]

​@@OMOedu-if6xk are you a lizard people?

[@night4gaming756]

Duh. Just stepped on one a few hours ago now I find this video. How helpful

[@pvn7499]

After met with a minor bike accident, one of my acquaintance had some small cuts in his leg.. but he didnt mind it..next day he got lot of swelling but decided to not treat but took bus to go to his home. The second day he admitted in hospital for he couldnt move his leg.. Third day he had to sacrifice his one entire leg as the infection mixed in blood stream. Fourth day he died.. 😟😟

[@hasanm843]

This is not tetanus. This is different.

[@jkg6211]

Sounds like an E.Coli sepsis.

[@simonPARK-lv8fi]

1:36 Bruv cant feel pain💀

[@thoangthoang5378]

Fr

[@vanmann8347]

This is one shot that actually has validity in getting it!

[@DylanNguyen-iy9pl]

Glad that they posted this right when I stepped on a rusty nail!

[@tomd.4452]

Medical videos are the best ones TED-Ed publish

[@ghost69403]

As a pharmacy student this video is really helpful for me 👌

[@neccosan]

I literally just got my tetanus shot this morning and now I know what I avoided!

[@TheMR-777]

4:10 Oh so she was the one talking... Got so unnoticed.

[@BigTunaTim76]

they kept her off camera for a while so they didn't have to pay her as much

[@sisisisi1111]

Thank you for debunking the actual rust myth, you beautifully voiced square

[@aaobataiye]

What a coincidence today on 13 august 2024 around 6 o clock in evening I hit a sharp corner and started bleeding on my leg not much but then I got titnus vaccine and now you uploaded this video. Ted is great

[@Makememesandmore]

Thanks a lot TedEd for giving me another piece of existential dread!

[@Makememesandmore]

Thanks for the heart you guys! Keep up the good work, your videos are very inspiring!

[@micahhershey311]

IT GOT HEARTED LMFAOOOOO

[@phalnx2614]

Congrats on getting the heart!

[@tadeas6728]

OMG, thx for the science! Some days ago, Czech scientists presented a new type of antibiotics useful against the worst kinds of bacteria. I hope they will push it further on the market ASAP...

[@Someoneoninonet_mkmfpy]

Oh so it’s not specifically the rust 1:06

[@elistidham8494]

Yeah no duh

[@Lazzuuu]

The animation is SO NICE I love the art style !!

[@achuuuooooosuu]

Same. I love it too

[@barbarak2836]

My favorite was the doctor with the diamond-shaped head. Hippocrates was also so well done.

[@AndrinaRich]

Fantastic video! I was amazed by it.

[@ahmadkadri9054]

This is so bizarre lol. I was literally on my way to get my tetanus booster when I got the notification that this was uploaded. Anyway make sure you go get your booster if it’s been over 10 years since your last!

[@RePeteAndMe]

1:23 " even amidst extreme heat and dryness" Sure, heat degrades, but spores LOVE dry conditions. Humidity kills spores that aren't actively infecting something.

[@gusstavv]

The animators NAILED it

[@netisasidhar8898]

4:23 finally, inner peace.

[@Agrim_raj7]

Bro,something is wrong with you. 👀💀

[@David280GG]

inner indeed 🗿

[@ethankjt7277]

amen

[@U-A-FTAUTTPTAYFGAATZNTTPTUTTD]

O_o

[@AzriAzhari]

4:10 that fourth wall break caught me off guard haha

[@anynimus1617]

My mother survived tetanus in childhood, but just barely. Her mother didn't believe something was wrong until my mom started having trouble breathing. Fortunately a doctor was in the building attending to another child and quickly came up to my grandparents apartment. He said to my grandmother that had he not been in the building right then, they wouldn't have been able to treat my mom and save her life in time.

[@masti7753]

2 years ago a rusty nail hit me on my lower side of feet but i just ignored it literally i am getting goosebumps now that how i survived

[@misspat7555]

Luck. Never good to push that! 😬

[@Upoflegends]

if you are vaccinated it's ok

[@kamenidriss]

amazing animation, as always

[@noname28282]

Animation and sound incredibly amazing 👏👏👏

[@Toasterfly_tif]

The music score for this video is very well planned! The hook's music has the feeling of apprehensiveness as Hippocrates records the shipmaster's petrifying symptoms, ending the music with the bells and drums of succumbing. Transitioning to the first topic of how people could get tetanus, the music changed to an upbeat mood, along with being with a bold and seemingly victorious intro to amply how prepared and certain modern physicians are towards the infection. But as the topic transitions towards the detailed symptoms of tetanus, the music also transitions, having more of a concerning tone. High pitched string instruments (don't know what they're called, sorry) floats like small predators, ready to strike, like the toxin to the interneurons. (There's also one high pitch note to accompany the humour delivery slapstick of falling down.) The whirling and the beeping (not knowledgeable with onomatopoeia, sorry again) anticipates the sudden **loud bass** sounds of **dread** as the untreated symptoms intensifies, string instruments striking just as the infection stiffs the muscles, additional rainfall of more string instruments broadcasting the struggle of the victim, a beat of silence, and then the organ of death. The topic changes again with the mood being hopeful to triumphant to show how the infection isn't fatal with treatment. (There's also more comedic delivery with the mournful music of the shipmaster's death being instantly contrasted with 1900 cheery piano music of preventive care by vaccines.) A more slow paced piano music plays as the gloom nature of deaths still occurs by the lack of access towards the preventative care (instruments changed for two beats to fit the atmosphere of mentioned regions). The music returns to a hopeful, upbeat mood as the video concludes with the essential need of being vaccinated to prevent the infection, the music swelling up just before the symptomatic character comically falls again as a slapstick, the humour being delivered with horn instruments. (Writing this took too long; my head hurts. :c) I must say, I started writing this wall of comment since the dreadful music startled me; it was very impactful!

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

Tetanus always scared me. Just seems like one of the most excruciating ways to die. So thankful for vaccines.

[@MultiMaker_Studios]

I hope they reuse this style again. It's hard to explain what makes it so unique since there's so much but it's a nice blend of multiple aspects

[@vivalavega01]

Omgosh the narrator was the doctor all along. 🤯🤯

[@POTATOEMPN]

that kid didn't blunder into a pile of leaves, he blundered through the entire nails and screws section at the hardware store lol. He tried to find the hay in the needle-stack. But great video.

[@Angel-hn1th]

This made me feel grateful.

[@Eokoi]

Good to live in time when it’s treatable

[@ae831]

well this is gonna keep me up at night

[@anthems_international_more]

yeah ted-ed getting in on the kurzgesagt trauma

[@별-i7u]

I once got a big cut with one of the rustiest nail and i got a injection later on i never knew why but now I realize why i did and im so thankful for it.

[@johnlecraw6065]

I was literally just looking this up a while ago, and here it is. Kinda like magic😂

[@Yasmine-yb1np]

Sounds like it was meant for you from god

[@jogennotsuki]

@@Yasmine-yb1np or it's just a fking coinkydink

[@darksoulbg24]

@@Yasmine-yb1np gods a narcissistic guy with too much power who wants love

[@David280GG]

​@@darksoulbg24to r/atheism you go

[@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544]

@@Yasmine-yb1npor perhaps advertising algorithms

[@LegoCookieDoggie]

I wish people knew more about vaccines and they were more accessible like rabies is also a long vaccine treatment that is uninsured most of the time. The US should be on the list of places where vaccine prevented deaths are rising

[@NinjaOnANinja]

4:16, wait, he's a girl?

[@philipehusani]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@dhrikalyxoxo1185]

It's already in the Qur'an ... Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was the one who invented the vaccine 2000 years ago

[@PCB389]

Im shocked too

[@luisrangel6696]

It was better when it wasn’t talking

[@Abner.me.obviously]

It’s anything u want it to be

[@humanname5684]

Love how he started throwing it back in da club at 2:35

[@Samosa-l7d]

Good information 👍❤ love from India 🇮🇳❤

[@jack86]

My uncle died of tetanus, because he was pierced by a thorn from a paper flower that had been buried in the ground for a long time. It wasn't the first time he had been pricked by thorns, but the last one took his life

[@etmax1]

I would suggest that it has nothing to do with rusty nails, but that any sharp object contaminated by soil represents that same risk.

[@eunicewandabusi1364]

We buried one of our church members just the other day due to tetanus. He stepped on a rusty nail and used the same nail to treat himself (the traditional way). He never took it serious, he passed on unable to talk or eat within a week.

[@emilyemr2591]

that's exactly what the video says, thanks for the recap.

[@etmax1]

@@emilyemr2591 I was referring to the title, when a title makes such a leading statement which is nothing more than click bait, why should I read on?

[@sharkstaint1373]

its not exactly or always rusty nails , its also have to do with dirt or mainly the areas that have no oxygen and that tetanus can live inside , but you can't be 100% sure so better take the vaccine , everyone should have that , you can never know just a small cut can result in tetanus if the bacteria is there.

[@Qlicky]

@@etmax1 It's not a clickbait when everyone and their mother thinks tetanus is directly related to rust.

[@Someoneoninonet_mkmfpy]

What would they be doing just wondering 3:55

[@RoboticsSorcerer]

I had a rusty 10 penny nail go through my shoe and foot as a 5 year old. Not sure if I had tetanus but I know I spent 5 months in the hospital. Hooked up to IVs everyday. Getting blood tests pricked by needles multiple times a day was not a fun experience.

[@RoboticsSorcerer]

@@Look_What_You_Did Nope asked my mom about it after I commented. The nail perforated the bone in my foot I got an infection. The medication they put me on was only for adults so they had to take my blood before and after. I don’t care if ya believe me or not. Im the one with the scar on my foot

[@lsp6032]

preventatitve Tetanus shot that wasn't due to suspected injury by rusty objects also provide vaccination for 2 other disease (diphtheria and pertussis) in the form of dTp vaccine

[@wtfdude1830]

wow that is really nice to know

[@Qlicky]

I received a tetanus shot even though the barbed wire I got my leg on was brand new. Now I know why.