Please please please answer, toe nail hep!!!?!
Question: I hurt my toe nail about a month ago and it turned black. About a week later a bumped it on a chair and it started bleeding mostly yellowish transparent stuff I already went to the doctor for it and my toenail was better. This morning, it was stepped on and it started bleeding again there was more blood than last time but none of the yellowish stuff and the nail went up about a milimeter more. I put betadine on it to dry up the blood. When I looked in the gap there are still some dried blood. Will it come off soon? How soon/ When will it come off? Is it ok for it to get wet while I take a bath? Is it possible to wear a sock/ run while the nail is in this state? Thanks so much!
Answers: I hurt my toe nail about a month ago and it turned black. About a week later a bumped it on a chair and it started bleeding mostly yellowish transparent stuff I already went to the doctor for it and my toenail was better. This morning, it was stepped on and it started bleeding again there was more blood than last time but none of the yellowish stuff and the nail went up about a milimeter more. I put betadine on it to dry up the blood. When I looked in the gap there are still some dried blood. Will it come off soon? How soon/ When will it come off? Is it ok for it to get wet while I take a bath? Is it possible to wear a sock/ run while the nail is in this state? Thanks so much!
Q: Will it come off soon?
A: Actually we hope not. The nail, even though it is injured, acts as a natural Band-Aid so whatever is left of the nail should be protected if you can.
Q: Is it ok for it to get wet while I take a bath?
A: Yes. do your normal hygiene activities. It's okay to get it wet and to file or trim it per your usual routine.
Q: Is it possible to wear a sock/ run while the nail is in this state?
A: Yes it is, but you may find it uncomfortable. Unfortunately, even if the whole nail were removed the discomfort would still be there, so better to keep it in place. The pain comes from swelling and pressure. Use ice and frequently elevate your foot to decrease the swelling. Also ibuprofen works well for this, too. To decrease pressure, wrap a larger gauze bandage around your whole toe before you run and perhaps you may need to tape it in place. Do not wrap only the nail since that will actually put more pressure on the nail. If possible, have the nail wrapped, but slightly less well-wrapped than the rest of the toe.
Finally, watch out for recurrent infection. Increasing pain, redness, swelling or drainage should prompt you to revisit your doctor.
sometimes it's better to just rip it off and get it over with, hurts like hell but you wont be snagging it all the time. or just keep wiggling it think of it as a loose tooth, it'll come off in due time
Bummer to have that toe reinjured 3 times. Soak your foot in a betadine solution. Warm water and a couple T of betadine. If you have really sharp nail trimmer try to trim the loose edge of the nail while it is soft from soaking. That will help it not get snagged. I can't tell you how long it will take for the nail to come off. It really depends on how deep the injury is and how far back on the nail bed it was. It will heal better if new nail starts to form under the old one before it comes off. Expect it to look really weird, bumpy and mis shapen . It will look better as the new nail grows all the way out
I would wrap a strip of adhesive tape around the toe both directions or use two band aids. One over the end and one on the top and around the sides. Then socks should be fine and as to running, start out slowly and if it feels OK and isn't bleeding then you are good to go. Just be careful where you put your feet. lol