Infected toenail? I think?!
Question: Okay I cut my toenail to short on one side like over a week ago. I started to notice Tue night it was different looking w some yellow puss, well wed it looked worse and I cleaned it and all. Yesterday it looked better and today Ive been putting proxide, neosporin and a bandaid w/neosporin on it. yesterday it hurt to walk on my foot or if someone or one of my dogs stepped on my foot. Today it feel 100% better, but its still kinda swollen w some yellow puss. Not as much as tue, wed or even yesterday but some. Sorry its kinda nasty....
My question is what can I do besides peroxide and neosporin? I dont really wanna call my doc or whoever cause id rather treat it myself any advice please. Im 6 months pregnant if that matters.
Answers: Okay I cut my toenail to short on one side like over a week ago. I started to notice Tue night it was different looking w some yellow puss, well wed it looked worse and I cleaned it and all. Yesterday it looked better and today Ive been putting proxide, neosporin and a bandaid w/neosporin on it. yesterday it hurt to walk on my foot or if someone or one of my dogs stepped on my foot. Today it feel 100% better, but its still kinda swollen w some yellow puss. Not as much as tue, wed or even yesterday but some. Sorry its kinda nasty....
My question is what can I do besides peroxide and neosporin? I dont really wanna call my doc or whoever cause id rather treat it myself any advice please. Im 6 months pregnant if that matters.
Try pouring peroxide on it at least 3 times a day. Then try tea tree oil alternating with the neosporin. Also, if you want you can try grinding some aspirin poultice. You put dry aspirin on it with a hot water baggie or compress over it. Leave it on about 10 minutes. It pulls the poisen.
This is how I would do everything.
1. Squeeze pus out.
2. Pour peroxide
3. aspirin compress
4. more peroxide
5. one time use tea tree oil and one time use neosporin
If you start to get more pus or if you see a red line or the area gets hotter or you start feeling bad RUN to the doctor.
This last thing is a matter of personal choice. I would [myself] lance it so that the pus cannot grow BUT there are those who say not to do it. I am not recommending it. I am just throwing it out there for you to think about.
Finally, I am not a doctor, I am a mother and you need to really pay attention to what you are doing.
No, I do not think that it matters that you are pregnant.
One last disclaimer, IF you have a heart murmur GO to the doctor.
You need to see a podiatrist. Your toe is infected. Pain, redness, swelling, pus,warmth are all signs of infection.