Ingrown Toenail (Sunday Scary)
Case: 5 yr old girl presents to the ED with toe pain. Mom states she saw that the toe was red and painful and looked like an ingrown toenail. First, this mom is really bad at cutting toenails! after performing this procedure tell patients to not cut nails straight across as it is more likely to grow into the lateral nail fold, to stay away from tight shoes, and address rotated digits or toe deformitiesSecond, if you have a patient with this, start soaking the foot before you sit down to do the procedure, it will make your lifeso much easier! Stage I --> erythema
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