Question

How do I relieve an ingrown toenail?

Answer 1

A good way of relieving the pain of an ingrown toenail is to soak your feet in some warm water or some warm water with some Apple Cider Vinegar or plain vinegar in the warm water.

Soak your feet for 15 to 30 minutes in the warm water 4 times per day and then put some cotton balls or waxed dental floss under the ingrown toenails edge.

Most ingrown toenails will eventually go away on their own but it's a good idea to see a foot doctor about the ingrown toenail because they have ways of treating the ingrown toenail properly so you don't get another ingrown toenail which are painful.

Taking some pain relievers can also help with the pain from an ingrown toenail.

Answer 2

An ingrown toenail is a condition where the corner or side of a toenail grown into the flesh.

Ingrown toenails most often affect the big toe and people who have diabetes are at a higher risk of complications with ingrown toenails.

People with ingrown toenails may experience redness, swelling and pain at the affected nail.

Lifting or even removing the ingrown toenail can help and antibiotics may sometimes be needed.

Some ways you can get rid of an ingrown toenail are.

Soak your feet in warm, soapy water for 10 to 20 minutes 3 to 4 times a day until the toe improves.
Place cotton or dental floss under your toenail.
Apply petroleum jelly.
Choose sensible footwear.
Take pain relievers.

One of the fastest and easiest ways to treat a case of an ingrown toenail is to soak the affected toe in an Epsom salt solution.

The best way to do this is to put the toe in water while rubbing the Epsom salt into the affected area.

A Stage 3 ingrown toenail will usually have even more severe redness and swelling, be very painful, and be accompanied by an overgrowth of skin around the toenail.

More severe infection and a fever may follow.

Hydrogen peroxide, a powerful disinfecting agent, helps the skin around the ingrown nail to get soft.

It prevents further infection, and it also makes the lesion less painful.

In a basin, mix half a cup of hydrogen peroxide with water and soak your foot for about 15-20 minutes.

This may provide relief.

Ingrown toenails can have three stages.

During stage 1, there is erythema, trace edema, and pain at the lateral nail fold.

During stage 2, there is increased pain, discharge from the edge of the nail, and signs of bacterial paronychia.

In stage 3, hypertrophic granulation tissue forms on the lateral wall.

The only good way to stop an ingrown toenail is to see your doctor about the ingrown toenail or a foot doctor who can help get rid of the ingrown toenail.

However most times the ingrown toenail will go away on it's own but you can help the ingrown toenail go away and relieve the pain of an ingrown toenail by taking some over the counter pain relievers and soaking your feet in warm soapy water or warm water with Apple Cider Vinegar.

Then apply some waxed dental floss under the ingrown toenail.