Does rusty nail puncture on foot cause persistent pain in the leg?
Patient: my husband stepped on a rusty nail exactly a month ago and immeditely went for the tetnus shot but, since that has happened he has pain in his leg all the way up to his waist. Pain that causes him to twitch and almost cry- Is this from the rusty nail? Doctor: HI Thanks for posting your query .     Yes it could be due to the rusty nail . Post injury from the nail it might have caused infection in the foot which is slowing spreading up.    Other possibility is enlargement of lymph node in the groin region due to infection restricted only to foot .     Whatever the case is he needs to get examined by the doctor to check for infection in the foot or in the leg spreading to the thigh. If so then he needs to be started on Antibiotic course . Hope this information was useful to you. Any clarifications feel free to ask.