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  • Home
  • About Us
  • Treatments
    • Nail and Skin Conditions
    • Diabetic Foot Screening
    • Children and Growing Feet
    • Ageing Feet
    • Verrucaes
    • Foot Orthotics
  • Common Problems
    • Athletes Foot
    • Verrucaes
    • Heel Pain
    • Corns and Calluses
    • Bunions
    • Ingowing Toenails
    • Plantar Fasciitis
    • Diabetic Foot Conditions
    • Hammer Toes
    • Fungal Nail Infections
    • Arthritis in the Feet
  • Prices
  • Contact Us

Ingowing Toenails

An ingrowing toenail develops when the sides of the toenail grow into the surrounding skin. The nail curls and pierces the skin, which becomes red, swollen and tender.

Symptoms include:

  • A build-up of fluid in the area surrounding the toe
  • An overgrowth of skin around the affected toe
  • Bleeding
  • Inflammation of the skin at the end of the toe
  • Pain if pressure is placed on the toe
  • White or yellow pus coming from the affected area

A number of things can cause an ingrown toenail to develop, including:

  • Badly cut toenails  – cutting your toenails too short, or cutting the edges, will encourage the skin to fold over your nail and the nail to grow into the skin
  • Wearing tight-fitting shoes, socks or tights  – this places pressure on the skin around your toenail; the skin may be pierced if it's pressed on to your toenail
  • Sweaty feet  – if the skin around your toenails is soft, it's easier for your nail to pierce it and embed itself within it
  • Injury  – for example, stubbing your toe can sometimes cause an ingrown toenail to develop
  • Natural shape of the nail  – the sides of curved or fan-shaped toenails are more likely to press into the skin surrounding the nail

Treating ingrown toenails

  • Keep your feet clean by washing them regularly with soap and water
  • Change your socks regularly
  • Cut your toenails straight across to stop them digging into the surrounding skin
  • Wear comfortable shoes that fit properly

Surgery may be recommended if your toenail doesn't improve, this may involve either:

  • Partial nail avulsion – removing part of your toenail
  • Total nail avulsion – removing your whole toenail

For further information

Please email us on alistair@ahparfitt-chiropodist.co.uk or to book an appointment call: 01202 528 942

 

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Diabetic Foot
Screening

People with diabetes may be at risk of developing foot problems. Therefore it is beneficial to be screened, at least annually, to detect the presence of neuropathy, ischaemia and/or foot deformities.

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Is a Chiropodist &
Podiatrist the same?

There is no difference between chiropody and podiatry. Chiropody is the old term for treatment by a foot health professional but the term podiatry is becoming increasingly used as it is a common term, used all over the world, for treatment by a foot health professional.

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HCPC Registered
Chiropodists

Your podiatrists are registered with the Health Care Professions Council and are members of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, with extended scope of practice for ‘Foot Mobilisation’ and local anaesthetic to carry out nail surgery.

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Common Foot Problems

  • - Ageing feet
  • - Athletes foot
  • - Bunions
  • - Heel Pain
  • - Ingrowing Toenails
  • - Verrucaes & Fungal Infections

Opening Times

  • - Monday 9.00 - 5.00pm
  • - Tuesday 9.00 - 5.00pm
  • - Wednesday 9.00 - 5.00pm
  • - Thursday 9.00 - 5.00pm
  • - Friday 9.00 - 5.00pm
  • - Saturday 9.00 - 1.00pm

Call us on: 01202 528 942

Email: alistair@ahparfitt-chiropodist.co.uk

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