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A puncture is a wound made by a pointed object such as a needle, a nail, knife or ice pick, to name a few. Injuries are more frequent. They have the characteristics of being deep and narrow, leading to increased risks of infection than other wounds. Tetanus bacteria needs oxygen to reproduce not therefore a puncture wound gives them an anaerobic environment (without oxygen) ideal.

The body part most frequently affected by these injuries are the feet. Besides a variety of foreign bodies can be embedded in a wound of this type. The nails, glass, toothpicks, sewing needles, insulin needles, and seashells are common sharps. In addition, parts of her skin, socks and shoes may be forced into the wound during a puncture, as well as dirt and debris from the object. By their nature, all puncture wounds are dirty wounds because they have the penetration of an object that is not sterile.