Nothing beats walking barefoot in the grass — it's the definition of Summer. Most of the time your feet make contact soft, warm, clean grass and soil, but not all the time. A cut or puncture from some sharp object can be extremely painful, but contracting Tetanus from your wound is much worse. Getting pricked by a rusty nail, as most people think, isn't the only way to get this infectious disease. It's happens when a wound becomes infected by bacterial spores that live in soil, dust, and animal waste. That means insect bites, splinters, scrapes, burns, and yes, stepping on a rusty nail are all ways you can get tetanus. The disease causes severe, uncontrollable muscle spasms. The jaw can become locked by muscle spasms, causing this disease to sometimes be called lockjaw. In severe cases, the muscles used to breathe can spasm, causing lack of oxygen to the brain, which can lead to death.
Tetanus is easily prevented though, by arming yourself with a tetanus shot. After you receive the initial series of shots when you're a kid, an adult should get a tetanus shot every 10 years. Are you protected? If you can't remember how many years it's been since you've had this shot, call your doctor.
Dune
I will NEVER walk barefoot in the grass ever... I've stepped on 1 too many bees doing that!!! Bad idea.
1hei..nice work..thanks4ur info
2I always walk barefoot in the grass and have only been stung twice by bees in some 30 years. Better than wearing nasty shoes all those years. I also keep my tetanus shot up to date. A cut on the foot is not the only way to get tetanus (hands, arms, legs etc. are also vulnerable) so even if you are afraid to walk barefoot in the grass, you should get the tetanus booster every 10 years or so.
3I don't like walking barefoot often.
4I don't like walking around barefoot, either. Number one, I have ugly toes and number two, I don't want to accidentally step in dog crap. I do have my tetanus booster up to date, though.
5i never wear shoes unless i'm going somewhere that requires them, or in the winter when the ground is too cold.
6A family friend was walking barefoot on a local beach and had to pull a SYRINGE out of her foot! It wasn't a bad part of town, but still not a "tourist" beach. She had to get a bunch of tests, most importantly HIV. Scary stuff!
7I love being barefoot. I just have to keep up on my foot maintenance so my feet don't look dirty and callused. I had a past soccer coach that always used to get on me for being barefoot because of ringworm fungus. She was convinced I was going to get it. Where I live there are actually a number of barefoot running enthusiasts as well.
8My girls (10yo and 13yo) go barefoot all summer (as they do after school the rest of the time). Aside from them sometimes coming in with the very dirty bottoms (such as when they've been running around in the street or went shopping with me) they have developed tough enough feet not much can hurt them (my oldest has unintentionally walked over broken glass before in her barefeet without getting cut, she said it felt like gravel, but after she checked her feet, no damage found). Of course, they went barefoot all the time from when they were born to when they started school.
One comment/suggestion -- I always make sure my daughters wear nail polish on their toe nails. Reason? It helps to strengthen and protect them, for example when they are kneeling down, barefoot, drawing with chalk on the sidewalk. It helps offer some protection to the nails from the rough sidewalk surfaces.
My oldest made friends this summer with another girl who also goes barefoot as much as mine does -- she is from New Zealand and she told me in New Zealand, in many towns, it is common for children to go to school barefoot or they take their shoes off while they are at school. She said it will take getting used to wearing them at school. Yes, she always comes over barefoot and if it doesn't matter to her or her parents if she goes out barefoot if I take them out for ice cream, mcdonalds, the park, etc, so I have three barefoot monkeys some of the time.
Dawn
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