Do I have an Ingrown Toenail?!


Question:

Do I have an Ingrown Toenail?

Well heres my story! The other day i looked at my toe and i saw it was a little purple on the left side of my toe like a dot and I poked it and a little puss came out. It doesnt hurt at all but I do feel somthing there. Like everyone else I dislike going to the hospital and I HATE needles. I also would like to know does the stuff that numbs your toe burns? I get this from my mother I watched her have something done to her toe and she was in tears.


Answers:

It could be two things.

And infection down the side of your toe nail. Very common. And very easily treated.

Or it is an ingrown toenail.

It's infected at the moment so you need antibiotics to clear it.
You don't need to go to the hospital just to the Doctor for antibiotics and to the poadotrist to diagnose what is going on with your toe and further treatment.

The stuff they use to num b the toe is a local anaesthetic. Once it's gone in you will feel nothing but it has a habit of burning badly when injected. In any part of the body. But it works really quickly so after a few stabs you are numb enough to hardly feel anything.




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