
NAILS’ PROBLEMS: INGROWN TOENAIL
Tight shoes and cutting the big toe nail around the corners are bad habits which frequently precede the appearance of an ingrown toenail. Doctors that cut a wedge off the toe nail down to the nail fold to provide immediate relief often set up the condition to occur all over again.
Cotton wool pledgets placed under the affected edge of the toenail lift the nail out of the nail fold and allow it to grow out and over the site of impaction. There is little place for cutting out the nail bed under a general anesthetic and only in the most difficult of circumstances should the nail be torn off from the base of the toe. Five days of antibiotics are often required when the nail fold is exuding pus and throwing proud flesh up and over the side of the toenail.
Home Remedies
Don't wear tight fitting shoes. Wear thongs or sandals or cut the shoe away from the big toe nail around its edges. Use daily cotton wool pledgets dipped in antiseptic placed under the nail. Cover the toe with Savlon, Betadine or Tea Tree oil and apply elastoplasts dressing every day.
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