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How To Treat A Pus Filled Sore Toe Due To Wearing A Steel Toe Shoe?

My husband wears steel toe boots, when he does he gets a sore between one of his toes. It's gotten deep, and puse is comming out. The toe has turned red and I'm sure it's infected. If we soak it in warm water and take some antibiotics, think we came fix this? It's about a Half inch circle that's pretty deep. I put gauze between it to soak up the puse.
Tue, 4 Mar 2014
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM,
With the history and the symptoms it looks like your husband is having infected toe nails. As the pus is coming out of the wound it suggests that your husband is having bacterial infection.
It requires a course of broad spectrum antibiotics and to maintain proper wound hygiene by daily dressing of wound.Your husband should protect the wound by avoiding friction caused by the steel shoe and injuries by other means.
The wound will take some time to heal as there is a loss of tissues because of infection, with proper drugs and wound dressing the symptoms will improve.
Thank you.
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How To Treat A Pus Filled Sore Toe Due To Wearing A Steel Toe Shoe?

Hello, Welcome to HCM, With the history and the symptoms it looks like your husband is having infected toe nails. As the pus is coming out of the wound it suggests that your husband is having bacterial infection. It requires a course of broad spectrum antibiotics and to maintain proper wound hygiene by daily dressing of wound.Your husband should protect the wound by avoiding friction caused by the steel shoe and injuries by other means. The wound will take some time to heal as there is a loss of tissues because of infection, with proper drugs and wound dressing the symptoms will improve. Thank you.