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A toenail infection can be easy to ignore in the beginning, but it can get worse and become unbearably painful. It can be caused by an ingrown toenail or an injury. What causes an infected toenail? Cutting your toenails too short Not cutting the toenails straight across Toenail injury Abnormal toenail shape (curved) Improper footwear [...]
Ingrown toenails are usually not dangerous or fatal. However, they can end up being a dangerous condition if you let these conditions go on without any treatment. Popular causes of ingrown toenails include improper footwear, trauma, foot trimming, and hereditary. Learn more about the causes of ingrown toenails here. If you leave your ingrown nails [...]
Ingrown toenails are a painful condition that occurs by either trauma, pressure, or heredity. There a numerous amount of at-home treatment options for ingrown nails. Non-surgical treatments may take weeks to months of consistent reapplication to see meaningful results. Here are a few pain-relieving techniques for ingrown nails: Cotton wick: Use a small piece of [...]
People often get ingrown nail surgery when they suffer from chronic ingrown toenails. This is a stubborn where the ingrown nail keeps on coming back. Ingrown toenail surgery involves either partial nail removal or entire nail removal. Preparation for surgery includes first disinfecting the toe and numb the area with an anesthetic. The doctor might [...]
Antibiotics are mainly used for patients who have an infection on their body. These types of drugs targets and stops the growth of microorganisms that are causing the infection. However, it cannot treat infections caused by a virus, only bacteria. They are also used to prevent infection before they begin. An ingrown toenail infection may [...]
An ingrown toenail condition occurs when a toenail begins growing into the flesh of the skin surrounding the nail. This can cause the toe to experience swelling, redness, and can even result in an infection. The pain throughout the toes might result in pain which might require the attention of the podiatrist. Conditions of poor [...]
Ingrown toenails are a common yet painful condition where the corner or side of the nail is growing into the flesh surrounding the toe. Since the condition is very common causes for the condition will be common practices that can also be prevented. Here are the most common reasons for an ingrown toenail to develop [...]
An ingrown toenail occurs when the nail protrudes into the surrounding flesh around it which is common among the toes due to footwear. An ingrown toenail can end up being a very painful condition resulting in redness around the nail, tenderness, swelling of the toe, and/or an infection of the nail. More on symptoms of [...]
If your child approaches you with a red, swollen toe, it might be an ingrown toenail. Ingrown toenails are very common and are usually caused by ill-fitting shoes or trauma. With a child’s daily agenda filled with playing and constantly growing it would not be a surprise if your child has developed one by stubbing [...]
So you see that you have an ingrown toenail and have searched Google to find out your options. The first step is to begin at home care to see if the problem can be alleviated, here are a few things you can try: Soaking the foot in epsom salt/ tea tree oil/disinfecting oil Washing the [...]