Ingrown Toenails

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Ingrown Toenails
Without a doubt one of the most annoying and lacerantes pains than exists, is the one that produce the incarnated nails and although the problem most frequently appears and aggressiveness in the feet, also can be buried the nails of the hands.

This problem, also known like onicocriptosis, is caused when the end of the nails bends inwards by one of its sides and it is incarnated in the skin that surrounds it. The zone becomes very sensible, it is reddened and frequently it can become infected and form a blister with pus.

The big toe more is affected and if the problem is not solved the weave immediately of inflames, it produces much pain and problems to walk suitably.

This problem, that can be hereditary, is mainly generated or complica by the form of cut of the nails that must be straight and avoiding that the nail the evenness of the skin is cut too much having left. When it is cut in curved form or it is left very small surely is going away to incarnate and as it bothers much, the urgency to clear will cause it that again it is cut in curved form and the problem persists.

The incarnated nails also cause problems when walking and in the long run the deformity of the feet, so that the pain causes that it is walked bad and that the weight of the body distributes in the form feet dispareja.

The pressure of the shoes when its measurement is smaller of the one than the foot needs or are very narrow, also can cause that the nails are incarnated.

A diabetic person must be special careful when cutting the nails, since one of the complications of this disease is the deficient vascularización of the feet and unfortunately the cases in that are many a nail badly cut generates or triggers a problem that finishes in the amputation of the foot, reason why the cut is suggested is minimum every 15 days and it makes a podólogo doctor or a specialist in the handling of the feet.

In case to present / display infection, that it is pronounced by a swelling, reddening and acute pain when the injured part is touched, is necessary to take antibiotic, reason why it is necessary to consult the podólogo doctor.

In extreme cases, when the nails are incarnated until the root, it is necessary to clear cutting them from its birth, or everything or a part of them.

For it, local anesthesia is placed and the specialist moves cutícula until finding the birth of the nail, short of base and cutícula sticks close to again. The finger must bandage smoothly without preventing a suitable circulation and surgical shoes and muletas are due to use while it heals and it begins to grow a new nail. He is recommendable to maintain the foot more high than it is possible to be prevented that it is swollen.

Some doctors placed a small wire as he guides of the new nails, nevertheless this procedure has let be used by their inefectividad. Those that yes is recommendable are to use comfortable shoes, without pressure in the fingers and to cut the nails, as already it said itself, of straight form.

IMPORTANT the content of this note is informative and it does not replace the medical diagnosis, reason why we do not become people in charge by its use.


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