21 month old smashed toe against door and toe nail went in

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most worrying bit is bit of overlapping skin just before where nail begins has lifted so you can go underneath as such and go to where nail starts from foot even further

not outside edge - but edge attached to foot

so the bit where nail often has white bit ...skin lifted from it

hard to explain

what shall i do?

Poor little sausage I'd go to A&E or my out of hours doctor myself, it sounds nasty.

take her/him to A&E, it sounds like a nail bed injury so needs looking at.

Poor thing Give him/her a dose of ibuprofen now as it will be really painful.

it is the Eponychium that is lifiting - the cuticle - but only a bit

should i worry?

I'd take it and get it checked to be honest. The nail bed is right at the base of the nail.

meaning?...

A repair of the nail bed is a surgical thing, meaning theatre. It's just below the cuticle at the bottom of the nail, under the skin. If the nail is up/off then it needs checking. It's possible that she/she has a broken toe if she/he has smacked her/his toe with so much force that the nail has come off. This is what I mean in the truthful and blunt post that I didn't say earlier.

thanks fluffy

ok nail seems attached but is cuticle that has risen

no bruise which is odd

Seriously, I've seen some nasty fractures on patients who have done this. Bruising is just bleeding under the skin so doesn't always indicate a fracture. I really would get it checked. Your little one must have really whacked it. The nail bed is fragile, it doesn't take alot to break it.

shall i post a picture?

Go to A&E. Injury to nailbed can lead to horrible infection. Can you get there easily?

a and e have turned me dowen in past with baby crying and diarrhoea and huge fall to forehead on road - so wont go there!

toe looks perfectly normal from outside it is just cuticle that has detached form nail

nail not detached

look slike nothing - posted pic - but if you zoom in you can see cuticle clearly cut an dliftied form nail

honestly i think you should take him to walk in medical centre or docs at least. i would go to a+e.

and fluffy your opinion after lookng at pic?

bumbly, are you ok? everyone seems to have advised to go to a and e.

nail bed injuries nees to be seen
at least see your GP say you are worried abot nailbed injuries and that you have heard they need to be seen in hospital, so you should geta referral.

do not leave it

That needs looking at. The big toe's definately swollen, the nail bed needs looking at. I'm still advising you take the mite to A&E so they can have a poke. Still dose him with ibuprofen as it's gona hurt.

will post more later but looks identical to other toe

anyway no car and wya to get to a and e today

rang nhs direct and they said seems well but to ask a chiropodist

will see if canb get more advice tomorrow

will post picture of two feet

argh!! wlaks fine at home but after a while in shoe moans

update

two feet picture on but makes left foot look worse than actually is

perpesctive thing

walking around fine at home but not with shoes

no car tomorrow too

so no a and e!

nhs direct said to wait

sweetie, NHS can not see your child's foot through the telephone line. If he has broken his toe or needs surgery to repair his nail bed it's really not a good thing to leave it like this. It's going to be so very painful for him. Small children react to pain in many different ways. If you don't have access to a car then ask a neighbour/relative or call an ambulance if all else fails. The ambulance services have been called out for much worse then this so don't think you are wasting their time. What about a taxi?

gp said looked fine and hardly blinked though little one still refuses shoes

anyone so depressed now got even more probs