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Treatment For Painful Ingrown Toenail

Hi my big toe hurts on the left side when you push on the skin, it s like there is an ingrown toenail but then when I take the dirt out of my toe it smells cheesy it s really gross and I want to know how to fix it (I occasionally put tea tree oil on it and it feels better)
Mon, 29 May 2017
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Hi.
As per your case history you may be having an ingrown toe nail with nail fold infection (paronychia).

My treatment advice -
1. Avoid squeezing the nail and surrounding area.
2. Avoid ill fitting footwear.
3. Apply a mild antibiotic cream like fusiderm on surrounding nail part.
4. Oral antibiotics and oral NSAIDs are treatment options for paronychia.
5. Best treatment option for ingrown toe nail is partial /total nail aversion by a dermato-surgeon.

Thanks.
Dr.harshit bhachech.
MBBS, DDVL.
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Treatment For Painful Ingrown Toenail

Hi. As per your case history you may be having an ingrown toe nail with nail fold infection (paronychia). My treatment advice - 1. Avoid squeezing the nail and surrounding area. 2. Avoid ill fitting footwear. 3. Apply a mild antibiotic cream like fusiderm on surrounding nail part. 4. Oral antibiotics and oral NSAIDs are treatment options for paronychia. 5. Best treatment option for ingrown toe nail is partial /total nail aversion by a dermato-surgeon. Thanks. Dr.harshit bhachech. MBBS, DDVL.