Painful big toe, possible ingrowing toe nail.......

[Tortoise]

and i am going on holiday tomorrow with my 4 DC.
It hurts to walk and with a train journey tomorrow and walking in between dragging heavy suitcase, i am worried how i will manage.

Is there anything i can do to help it?
Currently have my foot in warm salty water!

You could try magnesium sulphate paste (from the chemist) which will help draw out any pus etc. You can also get from the chemist a sort of spongy toe cover (looks a bit like the end of a microphone but smaller) which will take the pressure off your toe. Warm salty water will help too. Hope it's eased a bit by tomorrow

Thanks KurriKurri. No sign of any pus, just pain. Can't get to the chemists today but will make a note in case gets worse! Salt water does seem to have eased it a bit. The toe feels sort of stiff and non squidgy!

You need to see a Chiropodist/podiatrist a.s.a.p. Try the yellow pages.

My son just had an operation (day surgery) for an ingrowing toenail problem. He'd cut it badly during exams and it never seemed right after that. The Chiropodist treated it a few times (cutting it and dressing it) but that just kept it under control. He had a small part of the nail bed destroyed under local anesthetic and it should be fine.

Other son had both big toes done as Day Surgery (at different times) and it hasnt' come back.

It's supposed to be inherited (partly due to the amount of curve of the toenails) but neither his Dad or myself have ever had the problem.

It's a fairly horrible problem. I wish you better.

It could be gout.

is it very red?