anyone have some good suggestions on how to curb the pain on an ingrown toenail?

Question

it is my big toe on the outside, and dont tell me to see a podiatrist.. my insurance wont cover them... it hurt like heck and i want to dig it out myself but cant... any suggestions would be appreciated!

Answer 1

Dear Friend,

If you are like many who suffer from this common foot problem, you have all but given up on finding a solution. Or, at the least something that will give you some relief. You've tried it all, soaking your foot, packing cotton underneath the nail, slipping off you shoes when no one is watching and sleeping with your foot outside the bedding. You've even tried performing what one customer called "self surgery" – picking at it or probing and prying with all kinds of instruments like tweezers, pocket knives and scissors. Some of you have already had surgery, the real kind. Not once. Not twice. But three times, and it keeps coming back.



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Any infection may spread to foot and leg, or into blood stream
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Permanent loss of the nail from infection or inflammation of the nail bed
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Answer 2

Treatment of ingrown nails ranges from soaking the afflicted area to surgery. The appropriate method is dictated by the severity of the condition. In nearly all cases, drainage of blood or watery discharge should mean a trip to the doctor, usually a podiatrist, a specialist trained explicitly to treat these conditions. Most practitioners agree that trying to outwait the condition is nearly always fruitless, as well as agonizing.


[edit] Home care
In mild cases (not including the severe cases in the photos above), doctors recommend daily soaking of the afflicted digit in a mixture of warm water and Epsom salts and applying an over-the-counter antiseptic. This might allow the nail to grow out so it may be trimmed properly and the flesh to heal. A simple yet extremely painful procedure for mild ingrowth (i.e., where infection is absent) requires small scissors to trim the nail completely along the nail margin down to the lateral base. This hopefully allows the embedded piece of nail to be pushed back and out from the toe tissue. Note that infection may be somewhat difficult to prevent in cleaning and treating ingrown nails owing to the warm, dark, and damp environment in shoes. Peroxide is immediately effective to help clean minor infections but iodine is more effective in the long term as it continues to prevent bacterial growth even after it is dry. [N.B.: Iodine should not be used on deep wounds. In such cases a physician or podiatrist should be consulted.] Also, bandages can help keep out bacteria but one should never apply any of the new types of spray-on bandages to ingrown nails that show any discharge - preventing drainage will likely cause intense swelling and pain.

These home remedies are often ineffective: frequently, the flesh is far too swollen and infected to allow for these procedures to work. Thus, severe cases, such as when the area around the nail becomes infected or the nail will not grow back properly, must be treated by a professional and the patient should avoid repeated attempts at this type of 'bathroom surgery.'

Answer 3

take a long bath to soften the nails, then cut out the corners,
(the sides) .That's where the pain comes from. A Dr. will do the same. Do it before it gets to bad. I get it all the time in my big toes. And my Huskie howls everytime I do it. I just suffer

and do it. And then my huskie licks my feet. She's great.!! P.S. I thought a Podiatrist was for people that had a peeeeeing problem. Be right back. Oh ..., I for got and left her out in the storm. Got to go. Bye Lee

Answer 4

I am dealing with this also, but I got a nail file and lifted the corner that was turning in ..just a small amount and then filed it off. I don't know if that is good advice or not.

It would be better to have a pedicure...someone who has done this for a long time and maybe they could ease the pain. Maybe a foot doctor would just charge an office call plus a little more or let you make 2-3 payments. I know it hurts. A friend said she had surgery and that it wasn't painful (on her nail).

Answer 5

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