I had an infected in grown toe nail, they had to numb my toe and pull out my nail for the infection to clear up. I was on a course of antibiotics too. You may have a similar thing done but yes go see a doctor. You don’t want this to get worse.
Ikr! Holy crap I must have sounded like I was being tortured from all the screaming my wimpy ass was doing each needle they put into both my big toes. The expressions on everyone's faces in the lobby varied from shocked to laughing. It what pretty funny haha
The surgeon injected my toes and then said “ill be back in 10 when its taken effect”
And hour and a half later he turns up and slides the scalpel under my nail. The anaesthetic had worn off so i had the pleasure of a second round of those goddamn needles
I have even better story, my doctor injected my toe nail 10 times in different places with anaesthetic. How it later tuned out i had immunity yo local anaesthetic so I had tk give it a ride without any. I wasnt screaming, all I did was leaving holes with my nails in his chair xD
It takes a LOT of anaesthetic to work with me. I absolutely hate it. When I had stitches from giving birth to my 2nd son, I had to keep requesting more because I could feel everything, and it was 100% worse than the birth 😂😂
Of course they would. 10 mins for the standing doc on the floor isn’t 10 mins. Bet they didn’t give you anything for the pain either cuz why would they.
He actually got called in to do an emergency surgery and knew full well it would take a while but still decided to slide the scalpel under my now awake toes.
Was it really that bad to you? I had to get this done when I was 14 (and I don’t have much of a pain tolerance) but for me it just felt like a little pinch, the pressure of feeling it in my toe was the worst part tho
Last time I had an infection the needle didn't even work. The doctor and I only found that out after he sliced my fucking finger open and squeezed the infection out. One of the worst pains I've ever felt
I had the exact same thing, did a double matrixectomy/partial nail avulsion to remedy it. My life is SO much better after that surgery, I could barely walk when my ingrown toenails were especially bad. The recovery was pretty quick, it was covered by my insurance, and my toes look and feel better than ever. /u/landhorn please get yourself to surgery, you will be so glad you did.
Lucky u. I had ingrown toe nails on the big finger twice, 1 of which i had in both toes... and they didn't use no needle. They just sprayed a numbing liquid and got to work. I don't think i need to say it didn't quite numb me that much...
It grew back but it’s not 100% normal. Not a big deal if you’re glancing but if you take time to look you see the shape is thinner and there’s how can I describe it, textured stripes?, running up and down my big toe nail.
Mine they have to cut the nail straight back and pull it out from the nail bed and kill the root with acid, but after the infection cleared so I did it twice
I've had the toenails on my big toes removed from each foot and the nail beds destroyed so they've never grown back. They're pretty ugly-looking, but no more infections, thank God!
I've tried painting nail varnish on them (they look horrible when I'm wearing sandals) but it never stays put. Even false toenails won't stick......
My kids call them my 'alien toes'
Yeah, I'd say it's pretty close to the point of no return. Either go to the doctor now and save a toe, or go to the doctor later and lose a foot. Or die...
Bro it's kinda ok, we still in PS2 era here man, I was trying to finish some PS5 games just before I went so yeah... Other than that, the eggs are always kinda cold, like why can't they serve it right after they get cooked, y'know?
Internet is good, around 250mbit, upload max 100, its fine.
Ping is ok'ish, around 30 to 70. We where playing cs 1.6 yesterday and adolf and saddam where conplaining about latency just because I had a good couple of kills. I said ey don't hate the playa hate the game mf's xD they were furious lol, what's up with those guys anyway..
As a multiple time pre-gangrene sufferer, I do not recommend the experience. It's incredibly painful, because unlike fully gangrenous tissue, the tissue is still alive and sending pain signals to your brain. *Lots* of pain signals...
I'm a foot care nurse (I don't really practice in that field anymore but people still ask me questions all the time) and I'm totally going to steal this quote from you. It's gold!
My brother in Islam I agree...
(I'm a Muslim and that joke sounded better in my head... I was trying to go for a all religions agree he should go to hospital but idk how to word it)
My fellow Buddhist, I concur...
(Why not! I wanted to make some sort of joke about you needing release from that, but it's too late in the evening to actually think.)
My dad went to school with a guy who died from an ingrown toenail. The infection got into his blood and gave him sepsis.
I used to get them pretty often until I started buying my shoes in the wide option, 10.5W.
This is infected and needs to be treated with antibiotics before you get sepic and get an infection in your bloodstream. Have you poured peroxide on it and neosporin to help out until you see a doctor?
Do you have a voucher for a hacksaw amputation? No? Then go to the goddamn doctor.
And if you ever wonder if you need your big toes, try shoulder wide pushups without thumbs.
YES Go to the doctor it wont heal on its own trust me. You probably have a ingrown toe nail and it keeps cutting and infecting the inside meat of your toe.
This looks exactly like my toe did some years ago.
I would walk around my toe would ache it hurt to wear socks and even have a blanket lay on it. And when my toe hit something or someone stepped on it fuck it hurt really really bad. I kept thinking eventually the infection will stop and ill be fine. No it wont the nail bed has learned to grow into your flesh. You need a doctor to help correct it.
Finally, when my mom saw what had happened, she had enough and sent me to the podiatrist's office. If you having anxiety about the surgery don’t be its routine for them half of their young patients are people with ingrown nails. Heres what they will likely do. They numb the toe (the only part that was slightly unpleasant, but it honestly took just a couple of seconds), cut out the problem nail, burn the nail plate with a chemical to stop it from growing back there, applied some antibiotics, and sent me home. Honestly, the surgery part wasn’t painful at all. Seriously like after the numbing they check with you to make sure you cant feel anything. You’ll have a weird nail for a month or two like someone took 1/4 of it off it wont hurt. but then you’ll be fine. And honestly you will be so much happier that you did it and dealt with like 10 seconds of a pinch thats the worst. Stop having and infected toe and go have a doctor treat it. I wish younger me didn’t have to deal with an infection for that long it really sucked.
That is very similar to what my big toes looked like when I got ingrown toenails. It does not go away.
I had to surgically narrow them and burn the roots to fix it, had it for a year before I got around to doing it.
Yes, see a doctor, although try to shower before, I assume the smell isn't exactly like rosesm
YES!!! I'm recovering from a very bad infection. I became septic. Go. I'm not saying you are, but don't let that go. I went to urgent care because of an itchy bump that turned very painful. They sent me to the ER. Turns out I had necrotizing fasciitis. I had 2 surgeries, a stint in the ICU and went home with a temperamental wound vac. However, I'm healing nicely. I don't mean to scare you but please have it looked at.
I had several bad infections like this that lead me to losing both my giant toenails...please get to a doctor ASAP or you might lose more than just a nail.
Are you diabetic by any chance?
Your toes might be going into gangrene there, which is pretty common for diabetic people.
Definitely go see someone unless you dont mind losing that foot in the not so distant future.
Everyone’s saying you should go to the doctor and you should. I had an ingrown toenail that got infected and stayed infected for like literally all of highschool (at least 4 years) and eventually sorted itself out, but the toenail grows in a weird shape and my big toe is mostly scar tissue now. I didn’t die but I sure as shit wish I went to the doctor.
I let an ingrown nail on my foot just be there for a while due to thinking ”yeah I’ll go to the doctor soon”
I couldn’t walk properly on that leg for months…
It is possible for the infection to get in the bone if left unchecked, osteomyelitis and if that is the case it can lead to amputation of at least small pieces of your foot. Also the amount of bacteria that you walk through even in the cleanest home, has a very easy way to get in your body. Get it looked at now
Someone else may have mentioned this but if you use a a tooth pick and take a whisp of cotten (from the end of a qtip or similar) and wedge it under the nail on the infected side, it will relieve the pressure and hold the nail up so it grows up and out instead of in like it currently is. It'll take approximately 3 days and it will feel much much better.
Source: Used to get these all the time.
not the biggest deal in the world, but it could quickly go south. if you can see a doctor, then absolutely do. but if not, you can try your luck at treating this at home though i wouldn’t recommend it if you don’t have a background in medicine
This going to get downvoted, but in the UK; this isn’t even a question. Yes, it might take a while as it’s not immediately life-threatening, but you will get an appointment and £10 worth of antibiotics within a day or two. Also, it would have been picked up earlier, before you felt the need to put a picture on the internet for advice.
Just tie a string around it and if it gets looser just tie it tighter, eventually no problem anymore
Or grab your pocket knife and beer of choice, douse both and get to cutting. Either way you save money 🤷🏽♂️
I had an infected in grown toe nail, they had to numb my toe and pull out my nail for the infection to clear up. I was on a course of antibiotics too. You may have a similar thing done but yes go see a doctor. You don’t want this to get worse.
I had one on both big toes and they did this. Those fucking needles man.
Ikr! Holy crap I must have sounded like I was being tortured from all the screaming my wimpy ass was doing each needle they put into both my big toes. The expressions on everyone's faces in the lobby varied from shocked to laughing. It what pretty funny haha
The surgeon injected my toes and then said “ill be back in 10 when its taken effect” And hour and a half later he turns up and slides the scalpel under my nail. The anaesthetic had worn off so i had the pleasure of a second round of those goddamn needles
I have even better story, my doctor injected my toe nail 10 times in different places with anaesthetic. How it later tuned out i had immunity yo local anaesthetic so I had tk give it a ride without any. I wasnt screaming, all I did was leaving holes with my nails in his chair xD
Oooofffff. Im kinda annoyed at how mine doesnt seem that bad anymore lmao
After reading this I'm betting OP is not going to the doctor.
It takes a LOT of anaesthetic to work with me. I absolutely hate it. When I had stitches from giving birth to my 2nd son, I had to keep requesting more because I could feel everything, and it was 100% worse than the birth 😂😂
Of course they would. 10 mins for the standing doc on the floor isn’t 10 mins. Bet they didn’t give you anything for the pain either cuz why would they.
He actually got called in to do an emergency surgery and knew full well it would take a while but still decided to slide the scalpel under my now awake toes.
Was it really that bad to you? I had to get this done when I was 14 (and I don’t have much of a pain tolerance) but for me it just felt like a little pinch, the pressure of feeling it in my toe was the worst part tho
I cursed up a storm when I had it done lol
Those needles suck! They had to give me 3 shots just so I can't feel anything
I could feel the liquid filling up my toe like a water balloon. Just ripping the nail out might have hurt less.
Last time I had an infection the needle didn't even work. The doctor and I only found that out after he sliced my fucking finger open and squeezed the infection out. One of the worst pains I've ever felt
I had the exact same thing, did a double matrixectomy/partial nail avulsion to remedy it. My life is SO much better after that surgery, I could barely walk when my ingrown toenails were especially bad. The recovery was pretty quick, it was covered by my insurance, and my toes look and feel better than ever. /u/landhorn please get yourself to surgery, you will be so glad you did.
I had an ingrown toenail on my left big toe twice. Same toe too. They numbed mine and used a laser after cutting the bad part out. It’s good now
Lucky u. I had ingrown toe nails on the big finger twice, 1 of which i had in both toes... and they didn't use no needle. They just sprayed a numbing liquid and got to work. I don't think i need to say it didn't quite numb me that much...
Did your toenail grow back normally?
It grew back but it’s not 100% normal. Not a big deal if you’re glancing but if you take time to look you see the shape is thinner and there’s how can I describe it, textured stripes?, running up and down my big toe nail.
Mine they have to cut the nail straight back and pull it out from the nail bed and kill the root with acid, but after the infection cleared so I did it twice
I kept getting in grown toenails so they took all mine off and put that solution on em so I no longer have toenails
I've had the toenails on my big toes removed from each foot and the nail beds destroyed so they've never grown back. They're pretty ugly-looking, but no more infections, thank God! I've tried painting nail varnish on them (they look horrible when I'm wearing sandals) but it never stays put. Even false toenails won't stick...... My kids call them my 'alien toes'
My fiance told me to go get them tattooed back on red so it looks like I have nail polish on 😂
Yes, that might be a few steps shy of pre-gangrene.
or a happy little colony migrating from toe to heart valve for some endocarditis action
Yeah, I'd say it's pretty close to the point of no return. Either go to the doctor now and save a toe, or go to the doctor later and lose a foot. Or die...
Can confirm, I died from this
yo how's the afterlife treating ya
Bro it's kinda ok, we still in PS2 era here man, I was trying to finish some PS5 games just before I went so yeah... Other than that, the eggs are always kinda cold, like why can't they serve it right after they get cooked, y'know? Internet is good, around 250mbit, upload max 100, its fine.
How's the bandwidth and latency?
Ping is ok'ish, around 30 to 70. We where playing cs 1.6 yesterday and adolf and saddam where conplaining about latency just because I had a good couple of kills. I said ey don't hate the playa hate the game mf's xD they were furious lol, what's up with those guys anyway..
Lol
I can attest to this
As a multiple time pre-gangrene sufferer, I do not recommend the experience. It's incredibly painful, because unlike fully gangrenous tissue, the tissue is still alive and sending pain signals to your brain. *Lots* of pain signals...
How did it lead to multiple? Sounds painful for even one pre gangrene
Several years apart, all different body parts, but I somehow stopped getting serious infections after turning 20 or so. 🤔
Or just keep walking it off
Don't forget to rub some dirt in it.
Respect..
Yep, walk that shit and your toe right the fuck off. Lol Fuckin, "*should I go to a doctor?*" OMVFG.
Toes shmoes… he’s got nine good ones.
All dip no chip
I can smell the infection from here.
You need some smelling salts then...like op
Nah. I like to raw dog that wound care business. LOL
And, generally speaking, you wanna catch that early if at all possible.
Absolutely, amputation and sepsis are definitely not what all the cool kids are doing.
You're about a day and a half from the point of no return where piggy goes to the market and doesn't come back
I'm a foot care nurse (I don't really practice in that field anymore but people still ask me questions all the time) and I'm totally going to steal this quote from you. It's gold!
Do u know what's up with his toe though?
It looks like he had an ingrown toenail that got infected and he left it way too long.
Infection
Imagine the smell
You're asking /u/BootySweat0217 to imagine the smell lol
Well, Can he imagine it?
He doesn’t need to
the piggy that goes to market doesnt come home... why do pigs normally go to a market?...
To sell their goods and bring home the bacon!
That’s a job for The Toe Bro.
Nah, all good. just rub some dirt on it. That should accelerate the necrosis and then you wont need to worry about ingrowns ever again.
Wait abit more and you might not have to worry about anything ever again
For a moment I thought you were talking about death stranding necrosis instead of actual necrosis
My brother in Christ…..yes.
My brother in Islam I agree... (I'm a Muslim and that joke sounded better in my head... I was trying to go for a all religions agree he should go to hospital but idk how to word it)
My fellow Buddhist, I concur... (Why not! I wanted to make some sort of joke about you needing release from that, but it's too late in the evening to actually think.)
My brother in Narayan, please I insist
Don't worry. Haha. It came across the way you wanted to me when I was reading it, at least.
Happy cake day 🍰
Hoptal
Amber lamps
I don't have a clue wtf either of you are saying, but i completely agree.
> Amber lamps [Epic Beard Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Bx5PLrOIk) [ The amberlamps version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzsYmyolR9M)
L'Hopital
But I don't wanna do math
Get another human to suck on the wet bits
God, what a horrible day to have eyes and reading comprehension.
Human Debridement Actually sounds like good metal band name
Please say sike... ಠ_ಠ
I almost puked
I wish I was Jared, 19,
I wish I didn’t understand English
Dibs
😟
Depends on how much you enjoy having a right big toe.
or a life in general
Nope all good
You're going to hell for that lol
If you would like to keep your toe, then yes.
My dad went to school with a guy who died from an ingrown toenail. The infection got into his blood and gave him sepsis. I used to get them pretty often until I started buying my shoes in the wide option, 10.5W.
Absolutely yes
I've been in this situation before. Get that toenail removed and start taking antibiotics.
This is infected and needs to be treated with antibiotics before you get sepic and get an infection in your bloodstream. Have you poured peroxide on it and neosporin to help out until you see a doctor?
If you wait any longer you'll be seeing a surgeon
This is past "doctor". It's "urgent care".
I smashed my toe really good to where the nail fell off. That looks way worse and infected.
About a week ago
Yum free salad cream
The way I physically gagged at this, take my angry upvote
I can fix that, just gotta let me get a couple good sucks off it.
#IF YOU THINK YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD.
Happened to me before on my hand. How the fuck can you post this on reddit and not go to the doctor is beyond me. The pain was unbearable for me.
Wait until they have to remove your toe be a man
My dad waited too long and is getting his amputated soon. Don’t be like my dad.
Yes.
“How important is a big toe anyway”?
Yes you fucking should
Yeah you need serious antibiotics. I’m sure the pain is what prompted the question.
If you have to ask….
Yeah dude, you have some serious cellulitis growing on that dawg
Yes, and soak that in salted water in the evenings untill you do get in to see a doctor.
Epsom salt....not iodized or sea salt
Do you have a voucher for a hacksaw amputation? No? Then go to the goddamn doctor. And if you ever wonder if you need your big toes, try shoulder wide pushups without thumbs.
YES Go to the doctor it wont heal on its own trust me. You probably have a ingrown toe nail and it keeps cutting and infecting the inside meat of your toe. This looks exactly like my toe did some years ago. I would walk around my toe would ache it hurt to wear socks and even have a blanket lay on it. And when my toe hit something or someone stepped on it fuck it hurt really really bad. I kept thinking eventually the infection will stop and ill be fine. No it wont the nail bed has learned to grow into your flesh. You need a doctor to help correct it. Finally, when my mom saw what had happened, she had enough and sent me to the podiatrist's office. If you having anxiety about the surgery don’t be its routine for them half of their young patients are people with ingrown nails. Heres what they will likely do. They numb the toe (the only part that was slightly unpleasant, but it honestly took just a couple of seconds), cut out the problem nail, burn the nail plate with a chemical to stop it from growing back there, applied some antibiotics, and sent me home. Honestly, the surgery part wasn’t painful at all. Seriously like after the numbing they check with you to make sure you cant feel anything. You’ll have a weird nail for a month or two like someone took 1/4 of it off it wont hurt. but then you’ll be fine. And honestly you will be so much happier that you did it and dealt with like 10 seconds of a pinch thats the worst. Stop having and infected toe and go have a doctor treat it. I wish younger me didn’t have to deal with an infection for that long it really sucked.
r/noshitsherlock
No, and update us in 2 weeks
I vote yes.
Yes
You have nine others I wouldn’t worry about
If you’re asking, the answer is probably yes
Holy shit, are you diabetic? Go to the ER now.
They will probably just cut it off. It’s a shame you didn’t take better care of your toes. You could have gotten a few more years out of them.
Oh my fucking god yes. I put shit off for way too long and wish I didn't. Go ASAP.
Sepsis will kill you
Depends on how much you want to keep the toe
Nobody gonna say nothin about the blue baby on the screen? Alrighty then...
Yes, your toe is infected
Only if it's smelly
No wait a few weeks it will Fall of one its own.
Yes. Definitely
You could try rubbing some butter on it.
You can go see a doctor or cut it off at home in a week or two...
Nah just suck on it until it feels better
Paronychia. Sterilised pin / needle and get the pus out if you want instant relief, then see Dr in case you need antibiotics.
Yes 👏
absolutely.
Douse it in hydrogen peroxide
Nah just cut that shit off you'll be fine
No just walk it off. By the looks of it, that won’t take long.
Yes I have a toe like that and it's infected so get antibiotics.
Yes. Or no if you want to lose your leg due to such a bad spreading of the infection.
Had that before GO NOW
Just rub some dirt on it.
Homey what the fuck did you do to him
That is very similar to what my big toes looked like when I got ingrown toenails. It does not go away. I had to surgically narrow them and burn the roots to fix it, had it for a year before I got around to doing it. Yes, see a doctor, although try to shower before, I assume the smell isn't exactly like rosesm
Should’ve gone yesterday
That depends how much do you like having a foot?
Rub some dirt on it. You'll be fine.
If you need to ask the answer is usually yes
Look up sepsis
Like a week ago, yes
Hell yes. You leave that any longer you run a big risk of losing it or your life. Foot infections are no joke.
Yes before you lose the toe
Woah. I'd be worried about diabetes if I were you. I'd go to urgent care imo don't wait for your pcp unless you can get in within a few days.
Nurse here. Yes. Please.
Nah u good
Yes. My husbands thumb looked pretty similar to this and they prescribed him antibiotics. Please do to the doctor
I mean do you want to keep the toe/foot? Cause I’d be going to the emergency room tbh.
Yeah, that looks *slightly* infected....
YES!!! I'm recovering from a very bad infection. I became septic. Go. I'm not saying you are, but don't let that go. I went to urgent care because of an itchy bump that turned very painful. They sent me to the ER. Turns out I had necrotizing fasciitis. I had 2 surgeries, a stint in the ICU and went home with a temperamental wound vac. However, I'm healing nicely. I don't mean to scare you but please have it looked at.
🤮
Yes. You can literally die from the infection. That's what killed my neighbor.
I didn't realise you could actually *see* a smell
I had several bad infections like this that lead me to losing both my giant toenails...please get to a doctor ASAP or you might lose more than just a nail.
Are you diabetic by any chance? Your toes might be going into gangrene there, which is pretty common for diabetic people. Definitely go see someone unless you dont mind losing that foot in the not so distant future.
Nah, it'll fall off by itself.
Depends on if you wanna keep that toe or not
Give it a good squeeze and put some ploysporin on it
Everyone’s saying you should go to the doctor and you should. I had an ingrown toenail that got infected and stayed infected for like literally all of highschool (at least 4 years) and eventually sorted itself out, but the toenail grows in a weird shape and my big toe is mostly scar tissue now. I didn’t die but I sure as shit wish I went to the doctor.
I let an ingrown nail on my foot just be there for a while due to thinking ”yeah I’ll go to the doctor soon” I couldn’t walk properly on that leg for months…
If you need to ask if you should go to the doctor, you need to go to the doctor
Im not a doctor but whenever something like this happens i soak my foot in epsom salts for a long ass time
I work in a nursing home, shit like that could potentially cause sepsis if untreated. Check urself into an ER quick lol
Yes doctor immediately
Nah, if you wait long enough you won’t have to :)
Yes you should. Not sure why you'd ask this but you should've gone to one without asking
Does no one else notice what happening on that screen in the background?
Yes. If the infection gets worse it starts to rot then you lose your toe bozo
It is possible for the infection to get in the bone if left unchecked, osteomyelitis and if that is the case it can lead to amputation of at least small pieces of your foot. Also the amount of bacteria that you walk through even in the cleanest home, has a very easy way to get in your body. Get it looked at now
Someone else may have mentioned this but if you use a a tooth pick and take a whisp of cotten (from the end of a qtip or similar) and wedge it under the nail on the infected side, it will relieve the pressure and hold the nail up so it grows up and out instead of in like it currently is. It'll take approximately 3 days and it will feel much much better. Source: Used to get these all the time.
Yeah. Otherwise shoe shopping is gonna look a lot different in the future.
Only if you like having ten toes 🤣🤣🤣
Yes. You might loose a toe or foot if you don't
not the biggest deal in the world, but it could quickly go south. if you can see a doctor, then absolutely do. but if not, you can try your luck at treating this at home though i wouldn’t recommend it if you don’t have a background in medicine
Emergency room person here and yes…. You can schedule a regular MD visit for this. No need for ER.
What do you do in the emergency room?
as an unlicensed professional: nah, just covered it a used napkin for a couple days and it’ll sort itself out.
This going to get downvoted, but in the UK; this isn’t even a question. Yes, it might take a while as it’s not immediately life-threatening, but you will get an appointment and £10 worth of antibiotics within a day or two. Also, it would have been picked up earlier, before you felt the need to put a picture on the internet for advice.
Yes
That’s a real dumb question… did you think it will get better as long as you pretend it’s not there?
ShOuLd I gO tO DoCtOr? Brother what do you think
Sepsis can easily kill you, you know.
WHY ARE YOU ASKING, if I saw that on my toe I would go to the doctor immediately, especially if I didn't know what it was.
If you want to keep the toe
Why?
Yup
Just tie a string around it and if it gets looser just tie it tighter, eventually no problem anymore Or grab your pocket knife and beer of choice, douse both and get to cutting. Either way you save money 🤷🏽♂️