Toe Nail Fungal Infection

Toe Nail Fungal Infection

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RegMolehusband

Original Poster:

3,965 posts

258 months

Friday 12th February 2010
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I stubbed my toe and damaged my big toe nail a few weeks ago. Now I have the start of that fungal infection where your toe nail goes soft and brown.

It's only affecting about 20% of my nail at the moment but I want to nip it in the bud before I get an unsightly totally brown nail - yuk!

Does anybody know of a good fix for this? I've read that some people find Tea Tree oil is effective.

Thank you

NDT

1,753 posts

264 months

Friday 12th February 2010
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go to the doctors.
There's a drug for this.

dealmaker

2,215 posts

255 months

Friday 12th February 2010
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And dont be too hasty - I dropped a wooden log on the end of my toe and after a week or so thought I was also getting a fungal nail infection - in the end it was nothing to do with the dreaded fungus - but simply by toe repairing itself and the nail bed by rejecting the toe-nail. My toe nail eventually dropped off and there was a nice healthy nail underneath!

Lemmonie

6,314 posts

256 months

Friday 12th February 2010
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hmm the brown is quite possibly dried blood and the softness more likey the nailplate having come away the nailbed.


Rach*

8,824 posts

217 months

Friday 12th February 2010
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Tea tree oil! Twice daily massaged in, be patient.