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Post by utmr on Jun 6, 2016 18:59:34 GMT
Best way to treat a torn off toenail? DD's foot was stepped on at a music festival this weekend and her toenail torn off. I'm planning a trip to the urgent care after work tonight, but any thoughts or suggestions in the meantime?
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Post by Basket1lady on Jun 6, 2016 19:38:39 GMT
A soak in Epsom salts may help. If it hurts less to stay off the foot, I'd tell her to do so. Poor kid!
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 6, 2016 20:04:15 GMT
Throw on some antibiotic ointment and baby it for a day or two. Not worth a trip to urgent care unless it looks infected - but than you're talking to a ballerina mom who's daughter has gone through more than her share of ripped, broken and otherwise loss of toe nails.
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Post by wiipii2 on Jun 6, 2016 20:10:22 GMT
Ya…just leave it. Soak it and polysporin. No need for a doctor.
Signed,
A marathon runner and a dance momma. (aka: there are a lot of gross toenail injuries in this house)
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Post by scorpeao on Jun 6, 2016 20:10:58 GMT
I'm a runner and I've lost many toenails. Definitely not worth a trip to urgent care unless it's infected. I usually cover in Neosporin and a bandage. After a few days the nail bed will harden...then I apply polish to cover the fact that I have no nail.
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Post by Merge on Jun 6, 2016 20:14:12 GMT
Owwwwww! So sorry. We've got some blistering sunburn here but all the toenails are intact. Hope she feels better soon!
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Post by utmr on Jun 6, 2016 20:18:27 GMT
The foot is swollen, making me worry about infection. Is that usual?
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Post by blue tulip on Jun 6, 2016 20:46:14 GMT
The foot is swollen, making me worry about inflation. Is that usual? it wouldn't be out of order to be swollen because it was tromped on. it will probably be bruised too. |
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Post by freebird on Jun 6, 2016 20:55:18 GMT
I bet she'll never wear flip flops to a concert again.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jun 6, 2016 20:59:20 GMT
I bet she'll never wear flip flops to a concert again. I had my toe stepped on while wearing closed toed shoes and I still lost it from the impact. Keep it clean and dry once it comes out of the salt soak. And be prepared for it to take about a year to grow back. |
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Post by utmr on Jun 6, 2016 21:00:34 GMT
I bet she'll never wear flip flops to a concert again. Hopefully so!! Of course when mom pointed that out before the concert I was just a fun-sucking fuddy-duddy! |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 6, 2016 21:01:13 GMT
The foot is swollen, making me worry about inflation. Is that usual? Is the foot swollen from someone stepping on it? If the base of the toenail is hot and red in addition to being swollen, it might be infected. TBH, it hurts like hell and you really would be hard pressed to not notice an infected toe. If her whole foot is swollen, she might have broken one of the five million little bones in her foot - even if she can walk on it - BTDT. |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 6, 2016 21:03:26 GMT
Owwwwww! So sorry. We've got some blistering sunburn here but all the toenails are intact. Hope she feels better soon! But is her décolletage blistered from the plunging neckline  |
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Post by melanell on Jun 6, 2016 21:04:24 GMT
Between all of all in the family, we've lost toenails several times before. We never went to the doctor for any of them. We just cleaned them and applied some ointment and tried to protect them a bit more until they stopped feeling sore.
Anything hitting the nail just the "right" way can lead to a lost toenail. My son dropped one of those folding TV tables once and it came right down on his toe (He was wearing closed toe shoes.) and he lost the nail. It was just a fluky kind of injury.
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Post by Merge on Jun 6, 2016 21:18:29 GMT
Owwwwww! So sorry. We've got some blistering sunburn here but all the toenails are intact. Hope she feels better soon! But is her décolletage blistered from the plunging neckline Hahaha! And no ... that's how I know for sure that the shirt she left in is the one she wore all day. The burn lines! |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 6, 2016 22:14:07 GMT
Owwwwww! So sorry. We've got some blistering sunburn here but all the toenails are intact. Hope she feels better soon! Not to hijack... but music festival? guess the kimono didn't help? |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 6, 2016 22:15:52 GMT
I bet she'll never wear flip flops to a concert again. I had my toe stepped on while wearing closed toed shoes and I still lost it from the impact. Keep it clean and dry once it comes out of the salt soak. And be prepared for it to take about a year to grow back. My daughter lost most of her toenail and then dropped a table on the remaining toe nail, and it got infected. We went to the minute clinic and she was given anti biotics.. we were told a year to grow back.  |
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Post by Merge on Jun 6, 2016 23:55:18 GMT
Owwwwww! So sorry. We've got some blistering sunburn here but all the toenails are intact. Hope she feels better soon! Not to hijack... but music festival? guess the kimono didn't help? In the end, she decided to wear a t-shirt and shorts. Much ado about nothing. |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 7, 2016 21:01:06 GMT
Not to hijack... but music festival? guess the kimono didn't help? In the end, she decided to wear a t-shirt and shorts. Much ado about nothing. Bless her heart! |
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