Narrow shoes, uncomfortable fashionable shoes can lead to very unpleasant consequences. The desire to be beautiful is characteristic of many ladies, and the result is the same - an ingrown nail. It is unpleasant and painful. In addition, getting rid of it at home is extremely difficult. We will figure out what to do if you have grown a nail on the big toe.
Through the eyes of medicine
So, this disease is called onychocryptosis, but the combination of “ingrown nail” is much easier to remember. The nail plate pierces the nail roller and grows into the skin. This causes redness, swelling of the tissues, pus, sharp pain. It often happens that the nail on the big toe has grown, less often this happens with other toes. It happens on hand. If the disease is not cured at first, blood will appear, pus, and the finger may even turn blue. Patients with this disease experience particular discomfort when walking. The pain can be so severe that a person will limp or not be able to walk in shoes at all. There is an ingrown nail if it is incorrect to cut nails or wear uncomfortable shoes. You yourself can accidentally trim the corner of the nail so that subsequently it will not grow properly, sticking into the skin.
What is the treatment?
Ingrown toenail is a common problem.
Of course, we dream of a miracle cure that simply and quickly can cure any disease. However, if you have grown a nail on the big toe, then everything is much more complicated. The main thing is that you need to grow the nail so that it no longer rests on the nail roller, and this is very difficult. Traditional medicine in this case advises steaming the foot in baths of chamomile, eucalyptus and potassium permanganate. Moreover, if the condition is running, then each of the baths needs to be done for half an hour, changing to the next. The treatment process can last for a month. After the skin is steamed, you need to remove all the pus with a cotton swab and wash the nail with a solution of sea salt. You can apply a sheet of plantain or aloe, wrapping it with a bandage. It is also advised to make soda baths three times a day, apply
Vishnevsky ointment and ichthyol. This will prevent the spread of infection and draw out pus. This procedure is especially effective if you do it at night. There are several more recipes with cabbage leaf or
beeswax, but in very advanced cases only surgery will help.
Normal operation
Any surgeon knows the answer to the question of how to remove an ingrown nail. If you can do with less victims, then only part of the plate or roller is removed, the appearance of the nail is restored in a few months. If, among other things, you are concerned about pus, then the wound needs to be carefully treated, rinsed, and the nail removed completely. The finger will be in the bandage for about a month, while a healthy nail grows. If you have grown a nail on the big toe, then you can turn to the latest methods of medicine. She offers a popular solution - laser treatment. This reduces the likelihood of re-ingrowth by several times. In addition, if the nail is affected by a fungus, doctors also recommend this procedure. However, such a nail will heal longer, and this process is more painful. It is possible to treat an ingrown nail with the help of radio wave surgery. Its advantage is that you will not feel pain during the operation, as it is done under local anesthesia, or after it. They promise that the wound will heal in 4 days, and the bandage can be removed. So decide for yourself what methods to resort to. You can be patient once, but you can patiently do baths for months. The decision is yours, but do not let it go by itself even such a seemingly insignificant disease. You need all your toes, right?