INGROWN TOE NAILS
SYMPTOMS
EVALUATION
TREATMENT
EVALUATION
SYMPTOMS
TENDER, SWOLLEN OR HARD SKIN NEXT TO NAIL
PAIN WHEN THE TOE endures ANY PRESSURE
BUILD UP OF FLUID AROUND THE TOE
SIGNS OF BLEEDING FROM THE NAIL OR SKIN
OOZING PUSS AROUND THE AFFECTED AREA
OVERGROWTH OF SKIN SURROUNDING THE TOE
TREATMENT
EXAMINE, PaLPATE, PROBE AND TRIM/THIN NAIL OR TISSUE.
EXAMINE BONE ABNORMALITY SUCH AS CURLES TOE, LONG TOE, HAMMERTOE OR BUNION.
IDENTIFY UNDERLINING HEALTH ISSUES CONTRIBUTING TO NAIL INGROWTH.
MOST OF THE TIME CAN BE TREATED CONSERVATIVELY.
WE CAN USE A LOCAL ANAESTHETIC OR CREAM
ADDRESS WITH NONPRESCRIPTION OR PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTICS OR CREAMS.
REMOVE OFFENDING NAIL BOARDER CAUSING THE SYMPTOMS.
SURGICAL TREATMENT INCLUDES AVULSION (TEMPORARY REMOVAL) OF THE NAIL.
MATRIXECTOMY (PERMANENT REMOVAL) OF PART OF THE NAIL UNDER LOCAL ANAESTHETIC.
