Ingrown Toenail

Oct 18, 2017, 8:38 PM

Have you ever had an ingrown toenail? It can be a pain in the ### toe. I had one as a young boy but remember it as not being a terrible thing, just an inconvenience. Went to the doctor and don't remember a thing it did so I mark that up as a not so special event. My other ingrown toenail occurred during WW2.

We were on field maneuvers at Camp Crowder, MO, a short time before we were to ship out to Europe. I had a toenail that was giving me fits and roaming around in those woods was no picnic. I went on sick call to the infirmary which served our area at Camp Crowder. The Doctor looked at my toe and asked, "when do you want to go to the hospital"? Go to the hospital for an ingrown toenail? I thought that was an in-house job. The Doctor explained that many guys were getting infections after the procedure and it was now customary to go to the hospital and be there for three or four days. Well., I had to go back in the woods to get my gear so I made arrangements to go to the hospital the next morning.

Arriving at the hospital, I was ushered to a huge ward filled with GIs who were awaiting surgery or had already been under the knife. Looking around, I saw several beds with a tent like device at the foot of the bed. I soon learned those beds were occupied by GIs who had foot surgery, mostly for ingrown toenails. The tent like devices kept the covers off of their feet.

My procedure was schedule for the next morning. After the evening meal, here came the prep crew, two nurses aides and two GI Orderlies. Both of my legs were washed, shaved and sanitized up to my knees. I began to think there was a mistake in my problem and I as going to have both feet amputated.

The next morning was the day of reckoning. In came two nurses aides with a gurney, which they placed at the side of my bed. They discretely lifted the sheet so I could slide onto the gurney. Apparently, they thought I did not have on my pajama bottom because I threw the sheet back and they shrieked.

Safely on the gurney, I was wheeled about one-half mile to the operating room. I was completely covered with only my face showing. As we passed people standing or walking in the hallway I could sense their wondering if I was going to live.

The procedure went well and I spent four days in the hospital doing absolutely nothing while my buddies were out in the field spending 20 hours each day and night playing soldier. After my discharge from the hospital I was placed on light duty which meant I didn't have to participate in the final stages of the maneuvers.

But I still don't want another episode of an ingrown toenail.

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Yes, few days back I was suffering from the same issue but my ingrown toenail situation was not severe and so I tried some home remedies suggested by some people. If your ingrown toenail is not so severe then you can try such remedies and get rid of ingrown toenails easily.
• You can take little but equal amount of water and apple cider vinegar and soak your feet in it for at least half an hour for some regular days.
• Make use of Vaseline with the help of cotton swab, apply it on your infected ingrown toenails.
You need to apply only these two remedies for some regular days and soon you will notice that your ingrown toenails are repaired or corrected. You can also look for more remedies for several toenail infections at CuretoenailFungus.Info

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so as a dermatologist I'm compelled to ask..

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Thanks Joe ...Most of us .....

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