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What's the worst that could happen if I dont see a doctor about an ingrown toenail?
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You could go into surgery like 2 of my friends had that done they did complain about the pain -trix
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INFECTION.....my cousin has an ingrown toenail and its starting to get INFECTED. Sorry, I have to emphasize the word INFECTED so you go see a doctor before it gets really bad.
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The WORST? Hmmmmmm......can you say GANGRENE?
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I am definately the person to ask about this one. I have had 7 operations over the course of a year on multiple ingrown toenails.Some of them weren't too bad but the first one,because I left it alone for a while got so bad that I was bursting into tears several times an hour from the pain,usually when I stubbed it or someone trod on it,and I don't cry easily.
Go and see your doctor,NOW!!!!
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Definitely see a doctor about it before it gets too bad. If it's not quite bad yet you may be able to use an over-the-counter medication to help with it. Ultimately though it can get seriously infected and in the worst-case scenario gangrenous and will need to be amputated. Even the more likely results are pretty bad. I've had a number of unpleasantly pus-filled ingrown toenails before. Things that filled with pus each day and hurt terribly. At one time the ingrown portion actually grew up forming a channel in the skin with a small pillar of nail sticking up through it.
So yeah, see a doctor about it if it's getting bad or gets worse or try an over-the-counter medication if it's just in the early stages.
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Why, it will explode, of course!
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Ooo... I know about this one! The toenail can get infected and grow into the skin. It will eventually get all pus-y and hurt REALLY BAD. Infected toenails will bleed quite a bit too for no apparent reason. Go see a doctor right away, they'll take out the ingrown toenail with almost no pain whatsoever. If you wait until it gets infected, the toe has to be drained of the infection and it's kind of painful.
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