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Ingrown Nails – What You Should Know About Them
By Todd Schafer
An ingrown toenail is known to physicians as onychocryptosis which can be very uncomfortable. This occurs primarily on one or both sides of a nail. When a nail grows over the nail’s edges or when the nail grows directly into the skin, this can cause a painful and swollen condition and can often be associated with toe infection. If an ingrown toenail causes a break in the continuity of the skin, there is a possible occurrence of infection. Since the primary defense of the body against pathologic infection is a skin with good integrity and is free of breakage or open wounds. With constant exposure to trauma and pressure, the toe area can be wounded by the ingrown toenail which literally thrusts against the skin of the toes. The nail boarder around the sides of each nail can be irritated. The digging in motion of the nails can create pain, swelling and warmth cause by infection itself. The break in the skin which the ingrown nail caused in the toe area can serve as a portal of entry for infection to invade. The area around the nails can be identified as with infection when it starts to develop the three classic signs of inflammation- calor, rubor and dolor. These are warmth or heat, redness and pain respectively. With the proliferation of the bacteria in the wound, it will eventually develop foul smelling drainage which can be identified as pus-like in nature. The most common and identified cause of ingrown toenails is the improper way of trimming the toenails. So in order to avoid it, the cuttings of your nails too short encourage the skin next to the nail to fold over the nail. Wearing shoes that are tight or short to fit can be a real cause of ingrown toenails.
Special considerations should be done with patients who endure diabetes mellitus, foot and lower extremities problems with blood circulation when cleaning up and cutting off the toenails. If the infection from an ingrown nail in toes goes uncontrollable, it will yield amputation of the infected toe or worst the entire limb to prevent the infection from progressing. You can ask the podometrist to help you in keeping your toenails dainty and crisp since these medical conditions have a slower time of wound healing. |
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