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ingrown toenail for moe than two months

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kerry50150
kerry50150

When can se  podiatrist totake my nail off??

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  • mrsmop
    mrsmop kerry50150

    Posted

    Have you been to see a Podiatrist?  S/he can sort out your nail without having to remove it.
    • kerry50150
      kerry50150 mrsmop

      Posted

      No i havent as yet. I have had two courses of antibiotics from the doctors and nothing has worked to stop the infection so i could self care the toe. I went to see my doctor again wednesday who has referred me for surgery, she also told me if the pain keeps on to go to A and E which i did at the weekend and they have told me to go to a walk in clinic ASAP as all they could do was clean up the growth and infection a little bit. But i want to know whether i can realy just call the walk in centre and make a booking to get it sorted or not? The nurse at A and E specified i would only need half the nail removing because its digging in that far and they would have to drain the infection properly and a walk in centre near me would do it but as my doctor told me A and E would sort my toe out and they didnt i dont want to turn up at the walk in centre and be in the same position i am today!!
  • mark17776
    mark17776 kerry50150

    Posted

    Hi  Kerry. lookas like you tried evey avenue. bst thing to do is keep on with your drs maybe one may be more on the ball and get it sorted.and speed things up!!
  • ptolemy
    ptolemy kerry50150

    Posted

    I have been putting up with an ingrowing toenail and I finally went to a podiatrist privately. I am thrilled to bits with the result. My mother had the same problem and went to see a consultant orthopaedic surgeon who decided to take the nail off. It then grew again which it should not have done, so she went for surgery a second time. The nail grew again! She then went to a podiatrist and never looked back. Personally I would now always try a podiatrist first for advice. 
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