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Suggest Treatment For Pain And Toe Nail Infection

my both toe nails were infected. I got severe pain. presently i am applying "SCOLLS NAIL SOFTNER DROPS". my toe nails are very thick and hard. one of my toe nail (left side) got bend but now no pain. My right side toe nail got severe paid. what is the treatment. please help me doctors in chennai, south India
Mon, 2 Feb 2015
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Hi,

A picture of your infected toe nails is needed to give a more precise answer.

The very first thing is to determine the type of infection as medications prescribed depend on the type of infection. For this, it is important to know:
- if the bed of toe nails are red, swollen and with pus coming out, then, you might need to apply antibiotic cream at the nail bed
- if the bed is not affected, but only the toe nail, then, I advise to:
wash with warm water and salt
apply gentian violet solution on the nail and on the surrounding soft tissue
apply anti fungal cream locally.

All the best!
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Suggest Treatment For Pain And Toe Nail Infection

Hi, A picture of your infected toe nails is needed to give a more precise answer. The very first thing is to determine the type of infection as medications prescribed depend on the type of infection. For this, it is important to know: - if the bed of toe nails are red, swollen and with pus coming out, then, you might need to apply antibiotic cream at the nail bed - if the bed is not affected, but only the toe nail, then, I advise to: wash with warm water and salt apply gentian violet solution on the nail and on the surrounding soft tissue apply anti fungal cream locally. All the best!