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Ingrown toenail that may have become something worse

I've had an ingrown nail and I lifted it and cut out a bit of the ingrown part. I've been doing epsome salt soaks and putting peroxide on after then washing that off and putting on neosporen. The area where the nail is gone now has this bubble from the side of the skin that is filled with blood. Today I did something dumb and stuck it with a skewer it began to pour blood and I stuck my foot in the hot water let it bleed then put in cold water stop bleeding and I bandaged it swollen/ hurts now.
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  • Male | 25 years old
  • Complaint duration: 7 days
  • Medications: Clindamycin

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You have an infected ingrown toenail. You should visit a podiatrist to have it removed. This has to be done under local anesthesia.
Kelvin A. Barry, Sr.
Many times ingrown toenails have a blood/pus blister attached. The blood is a candy store for bacteria, so I would soak with warm salt water twice daily for an hour. After soaking, dry the skin, and apply topical antibiotic and bandaid. Make the first available appt with a podiatrist to check it out. Dr Rich Blake
Richard Blake
You should see a local podiatrist for possible permanent removal of the ingrown toenail. If you self treat, they may get infected.
Kelvin A. Barry
As long as you don't have any other illnesses that would slow down your wound healing, making you more prone to infection, just keep it clean, and should heal just fine. This obviously bothers you enough where you resorted to self care. Go to a podiatrist and s/he can remove that side of the nail permanently.
Jenny Yu
See your local Podiatrist we deal with this on a daily basis. He/she will take good care of you. Stop the self help surgeries. A skewer?, thats a new one for me after 26 years.
Flavio Cordano
Wow thank you everyone who replied! I'm typically squeamish but I was able to attempt to do toenail stuff thinking I could fix it. Clearly I have no idea what I'm doing. My brother is diabetic and sees a podiatrist I'm going to check and see if he takes my Insurance and go asap. If not I'll find a dr that does and can get me in quickly. I had my nose cauterize as a kid and it was the worst pain ever but with my foot I doubt I'll feel much. Once again thank you everyone!
Poster
Yes, a podiatrist can solve your problem with a simple procedure done in the office. The condition will worsen even with continued soaking and antibiotics. This is something podiatry deals with on a daily basis.
Jacob Goldstein
Excess granulation tissue, which is the body's attempt to heal itself, and is really an overgrowth of blood vessel tissue is probably what you are dealing with now. If it is not already infected, it will get that way eventually. Even if you do nothing to it to cause the problem, an infection in this area is very common. You really need to see a Podiatrist for this. It is typically a very easy fix to not only get rid of the pain, ingrown toenail, and infection, but in most cases it can be made PERMANENT so you wont have to deal with it again!
Richard Eby
Go to your podiatrist NOW. No more bathroom surgery. If you keep trying to dig it out, it's going to become infected. Get yourself to a foot specialist before this gets worse.
You have done a number of incorrect things to yourself. Go to a podiatrist right away and have this addressed correctly.