Friday, May 15, 2015

Home Treatment For ingrown toenails of the foot

When the skin surrounding the nail appears red and inflamed, and it is annoying or painful to the touch, we are possibly suffering an ingrown toenail and we could even have an infection.
In this article you will learn what they are, why they arise and some natural remedies that will help you to treat them at home.


Home Treatment For ingrown toenails of the foot

1- What are the ingrown toenails?

When we see that he reddens us the skin is on the edge of the nail, and that even infects us, it is possible to have one that is we have embedded in the flesh that surrounds it. The most common is that we pass in the big toe, but actually may happen on any finger.
We then review why this occurs.

2- Why does it occur?

There is a single cause of ingrown nails. The most common reasons are as follows:

Improper shoes that we tighten or that do not fit well, especially if we do sports or activities that require us to move or be standing often.
Nails that have not been properly trimmed.
Foot physical issues, like deformations or special shapes of the fingers, causing additional pressure on other toes. Must be taken into account that some people, for genetic reasons, they are already born with the nails of the feet too big, curved or a tendency to grow down. So there are people who often suffer from this problem despite bring suitable footwear and watch carefully cut fingernails.

3- When you go to the doctor:

But then we recommend a home and natural treatment, people suffering from diabetes, injuries to the feet, ankles, or legs or poor circulation in the feet should first go to the doctor, Podiatrist or dermatologist. We should also go when we perceive that there is pus under inflammation, since infections should treat them as soon as possible.
Finally, if nails are us usually embodied, and we have not found the cause, a doctor will also help us to solve this annoying problem.


Home Treatment For ingrown toenails of the foot

4- How to cure with  natural treatment:

This is a home, simple and natural method to treat ingrown nails:

We immerse the foot affected in water several times throughout the day, at least three hot. Leave it to a couple of minutes and then dry the foot well.
We massaged gently the affected area, with the help of a bit of olive or almond oil. If we have a tendency to infections, we can also add a drop of tea tree essential oil, since it has antibiotic properties.
We'll take a piece of cotton or FLOSS, moisten it and try placing patiently under the nail.
When we notice that the area has softened after performing several times this process, we will also repeat these steps and cut the nail gently, with a totally clean, sharp Clippers.
Cut the straight way, leaving it square and cut out it too. Avoid areas that are more red, so they are slowly improving.

5- Water thyme:

The anterior technique may still be more effective if instead of using only water we use infusion of thyme.
Thyme is a medicinal plant with multiple benefits. Among them, helps us to fight inflammations, infections and pain, which makes it an ideal remedy to treat ingrown nails.
We will prepare an infusion with a cup of water and two tablespoons of thyme. We surrounded for five minutes and let it stand five others. We will use this infusion as we have pointed out in the previous point.


Home Treatment For ingrown toenails of the foot

6- Remedy of lemon and salt:

If did not work us the anterior technique, we can also test an old remedy very effective and economical, since you will only need half a lemon and a pinch of salt. We will make a hole in the center of our half a lemon, We will miss him a little bit of sea salt and introduce the affected finger. So leave it for 20 minutes, and we will do it daily until the finger is healed.
Both the lemon and salt also act as disinfectants and reduce Inflammation.
Try these easy and useful homemade tips.your comments will highly appreciated.

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