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Ingrown Toenails |
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Ingrown Toenails is a medical condition, where the nail edges grow into the surrounding skin. An ingrown nail may happen when a deformed toenail grows improperly into the person’s skin or when the skin around the nail grows abnormally quickly and engulfs part of the nail. Ill-fitting shoe, trimming the nails into a curve with short edge rather than trimming them straight across, or wearing narrow shoes may result in or make the ingrown toenail condition worse. Ingrown nails can produce no symptoms at first, but can become painful, mostly when pressure is applied to the ingrown part. The area can become warm and is commonly red; if left untreated, it is prone to infections. If the ingrown toenail is infected, the affected area turns red, swollen, and painful; and paronychia (pus-filled blister) can develop and drain. Slightly ingrown toenails, may be trimmed away; the free edges carefully lifted, and sterile cotton inserted under the nails until the swelling has gone away. When an ingrown nail needs medical attention, a physician generally numbs the affected area with a local anesthetic after that cuts away and removes the section of the ingrown nail. The inflammations may then relieve, and the ingrown nails commonly never recur again.
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Disease Conditions > I
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| Date Submitted |
20-Nov-2005
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