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Do you think it's infected?

On the morning of January 1st I accidentally kicked/bumped my foot on the faucet in my bathtub. I stubbed my 2nd toe's toenail on it. It hurt for a moment like I stubbed my toe but the pain went away a few seconds later.

That night I look at my toe and there was blood everywhere, the toe was cold to the touch and the blood looked gooey. I didn't even notice all day that it was like that.

A little bit later the nail started to throb and when I pressed on it pus oozed out which freaked me out so I quickly cleaned it with antiseptic whipes and covered the wound in a few bandaids.

I cleaned the wound and changed the bandages for the past 2 days. Last night it started throbbing again and now the toe is inflamed and my toenail hurts when I step down on that foot.

That whole toe was cold to the touch when I first discovered the blood, but it is just normal body temp now. not hot, or unusually warm.

I would also like to point out that I have had the opportunity to not wear socks or shoes for the past few days which means my toe was not incubating in my sweaty shoes all day.

I hope it's not infected but I've never had an actual infection before so I need some advice please.

it is now jan 3th btw to add a time frame.

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  • 8 years ago

    Sounds like infection, it could be going on its own after the pus leaked out, but it's always best to have a doc check it in person, if the infection gets into the blood it can become a dangerous condition called septicaemia. Much harder to fix.

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