deep cut in foot from trail running - how rare is tetanus?

Dude, you're the person asking for med advice from random people. If you want to ignore common sense advice, go ahead. If you have a history of tetanus vax, you "probably" are much better off than if you are unvaxed but that can vary based on time since your last shot (was it >10 years ?) or your own immune system even. The risk of some other kind of bacterial infection is actually higher I would guess.

i didn't ask for medical advice at all. i asked about prevalence of tetanus. and all the responses I have got have been about whether i should or should not get a tetanus jab, which was not the question. read first, please.

Booster won't do anything now. If you currently have tetanus you need the immunoglobulin. They push boosters for no reason when you get cut like this. Doesn't do anything for the current issue. It would help prevent you from contracting tetanus in the future.

But overall it's incredibly rare. You likely have nothing to worry about.

Adults don’t need tetanus, diphtheria boosters if fully vaccinated as children, study finds

Doesn't hurt to get it and it lasts 10 years.

Then you don't know the right questions to ask. The "prevalence" of tetanus is entirely dependent on your prior vax (if any), and the specific nature of your wound. If it's a wound that Clostridium tetani favors, and your vax history is nil...well, good luck.

If you are wounded in a cow pasture the prevalence of tetanus is likely quite high, far greater than 20%, less so in other areas. The death rate for unvaccinated in a tetanus infection is between 20-80%, so telling you about death rates, from one point of view, is not that different from telling you about prevalence. If some animal has been pooping on your trail on a regular basis over the years, then tetanus may well be in the soil. If people ride horses through your trail and they of course poop there, which is what horses do, the prevalence of tetanus in the soil will be like a cow pasture. Prevalence is entirely dependant on where you were when you were injured.

it is now time for me to declare myself tetanus-free and make obscene gestures at the posters who posted useless contributions within the thread.

unfortunately there is no middle finger emoji so this will have to do 👆

lol. Why do you always have to go overboard on the denial? It makes you seem even more moronic than you already are.

When you get a deep cut it is time to double down and run through it.

OP, no need to be rude. People were trying to give you good advice. They have no obligation to answer your question. And really it sounds like they are correct -- the questions to ask are how hard to clean was your wound, how well did it get cleaned, and what sort of dirt might have gotten in there. Also, an online search tells me that "the symptoms of tetanus usually develop 4 to 21 days after infection". Take care of yourself.

...and when exactly did you last get a tetanus shot.

10 days later.

Is the OP still alive?

I'm the OP. I died 4 days ago.

👆👆👆

RIP

Wait until symptoms start, give your boyfriend a blowj'o'b and wait for the lock jaw