Stubborn toe infection

[LeonardoAcropolis]

Hello, has anyone else suffered one of these? Or can give advice?

DS14 had an ingrown toenail last year and was treated by having slivers of toenail at either side removed. It heaved nicely and all was good until March, when the same toe was trodden on and suffered another cut, which became infected 😩. He's had a few courses of antibiotics, including fusidic acid cream, but the damn bugger is not healing and the infections are not clearing up! We've tried Epsom salt soaks, magnesium sulphate cream, antiseptic cream, keeping it wrapped up, keeping it out in the fresh air during half term. He's seen a GP, a pharmacist and a paramedic (at the GP surgery).

He's wearing trainers to school because his school shoes pinched. I'm certain it's still infected after the more recent treatment as there's yellow pus under his toenail. There's also a fleshy growth protruding from next to the wound site.

I'm going to take him back to the GP tomorrow, providing I can get an appointment.

Is there anything else I should be trying?

Thank you, I'm really at a loss here

Bump

Self refer to your local Podiatry service, especially if they did the toenail op last year

Thank you, I shall do that

Podiatrist would be your best bet.
Unfortunately it might be recurring though, DDs is and has been told the only permanent fix is removal but she doesn’t want to do that

Uncover the infection by trimming the toenail back as far as possible so you see the puss and soak his whole toe in a bowl of dilute hydrogen peroxide. A few quid from boots or Amazon (not hair peroxide the medical grade one) The bacteria will fizz and oxidise killing it. I had both of my big toenails cut down at the sides and still got infected. This was the only thing that cleared it up. Completely painless and you don't flood the system with antibiotics.

I suffered similar after having a toenail removed. It was during Covid so I went to the only chiropodist who would see me. When the infection began I went through local GP and they couldn’t shift it, eventually traveled to same guy who removed nail and he sorted it straight away. Is paying privately an option?

He needs to see a podiatrist not a gp. Ring your surgery. They can usually refer without seeing a gp or nurse.

Podiatrist. Probably the nail has grown back and is triggering more infection.

Trainers won’t help (synthetic material) but I know it is tricky to do otherwise. Are his socks 100% cotton? My DS has recurrent infections in past and dabbed with hibiscrub before bed. I agree seeing a podiatrist before trying random things like this is best though!