{"id":2439,"date":"2022-05-04T19:13:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T17:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/?p=2439"},"modified":"2022-05-18T19:47:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T17:47:48","slug":"painful-and-infected-ingrown-toenail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/painful-and-infected-ingrown-toenail\/","title":{"rendered":"Painful and Infected Ingrown Toenail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TESTIMONY<\/strong> &#8211; Wilna injured her toenail, causing the one corner of the nail to tear and brake off.\u00a0 This developed into an ingrown toenail and an abscess.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She treated the ingrown toenail by lifting the nail corner slightly and inserting cotton between the nail and skin at regular intervals, and treated the infection with Phrasal. \u00a0The abscess and infection cleared away over 9 days and the toenail eventually grew out normally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Wilna this was a painful experience, but she is glad that she discovered Phrasal as a solution to curb the infection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>REMARKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can treat an ingrown toenail at home, but if symptoms aren\u2019t getting better with at-home remedies, see a healthcare provider. The following steps will help to control the infection and pain:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Soak the foot in warm water and Epsom salts twice daily.<\/li>\n<li>Keep the foot dry the rest of the time.<\/li>\n<li>Gently lift the edge of the nail and place some cotton or dental floss between the nail and the skin. Change the pad every day.<\/li>\n<li>Use Phrasal or an antibiotic cream to curb infections.<\/li>\n<li>Wear roomy shoes or sandals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEFORE \/ AFTER<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-image-carousel  su-image-carousel-columns-2 su-image-carousel-has-spacing su-image-carousel-crop su-image-carousel-crop-4-3 su-image-carousel-has-outline su-image-carousel-adaptive su-image-carousel-slides-style-default su-image-carousel-controls-style-dark su-image-carousel-align-none\" style=\"\" data-flickity-options='{\"groupCells\":true,\"cellSelector\":\".su-image-carousel-item\",\"adaptiveHeight\":false,\"cellAlign\":\"left\",\"prevNextButtons\":true,\"pageDots\":true,\"autoPlay\":5000,\"imagesLoaded\":true,\"contain\":true,\"selectedAttraction\":0.025000000000000001387778780781445675529539585113525390625,\"friction\":0.2800000000000000266453525910037569701671600341796875}' id=\"su_image_carousel_63e2366597e45\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-1.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Ingrown Toenail\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-1-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-1-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-1-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-1-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-4.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Wilna\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-4-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-4-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-4-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toon-4-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"su_image_carousel_63e2366597e45_script\">if(window.SUImageCarousel){setTimeout(function() {window.SUImageCarousel.initGallery(document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_63e2366597e45\"))}, 0);}var su_image_carousel_63e2366597e45_script=document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_63e2366597e45_script\");if(su_image_carousel_63e2366597e45_script){su_image_carousel_63e2366597e45_script.parentNode.removeChild(su_image_carousel_63e2366597e45_script);}<\/script>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do not neglect any nail when you first observe sensitivity at either side. Ingrown nails are common and early treatment may save you a lot of pain.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/shop\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-glass\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Phrasal\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:6px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none;-moz-text-shadow:none;-webkit-text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-medkit\" style=\"font-size:13px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i> Buy Online<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TESTIMONY &#8211; Wilna injured her toenail, causing the one corner of the nail to tear and brake off.\u00a0 This developed into an ingrown toenail and an abscess. She treated the ingrown toenail by lifting the nail corner slightly and inserting cotton between the nail and skin at regular intervals, and<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/painful-and-infected-ingrown-toenail\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[53,8,7],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phrasal.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}