For all things related to the foot and ankle, Your Podiatry Room has you covered. From ingrown toenails, foot and ankle pain and fungal nails, we offer a diverse range of services tailored to your requirements. With due care and attention given to each and every patient, we assess your needs, diagnose the matter and treat a range of conditions.We can rehabilitate your foot or ankle, manage/assess your diabetic foot and provide orthotics. We can also help you in the area of footwear and take care of your child’s lower limb.
The team at Your Podiatry Room ensure that you understand what the diagnosis is, how we will treat it and why it has happened; we take the time to teach and explain the information to you. Registered with the DVA and Work Cover we are well-equipped and highly-qualified to service your foot and ankle matters. Furthermore, we are local to you in Winston Hills and Baulkham Hills, New South Wales.
The team at Your Podiatry Room ensure that you understand what the diagnosis is, how we will treat it and why it has happened; we take the time to teach and explain the information to you. Registered with the DVA and Work Cover we are well-equipped and highly-qualified to service your foot and ankle matters. Furthermore, we are local to you in Winston Hills and Baulkham Hills, New South Wales.
Ingrown Toenail Treatment
An ingrown toenail is one that grows into the skin and the area becomes red, hot, swollen, infected and irritated. Because the nail has grown into the skin and created an opening, it is prone to infection and can be rather painful, becoming worse as the inflammation increases.
There are a few reasons why people may suffer from an ingrown toenail:
1. It could be due to an incorrect nail-cutting technique where a piece of nail is left in the skin fold of the nail and as this grows, it pierces the skin creating an opening.
2. You may have experienced damage to the nail from and injury or accident. As a result, the shape of your nail has been altered which then causes the ingrown toenail to occur.
3. The hereditary factor which means some people’s toes just have a natural predisposition to developing an ingrown toenail.
There is good news though. The pain and inflammation don’t have to continue to remain that way; there are ways to treat it. Antibiotics are one effective way to treat the infection but it won’t repair the nail issue itself.
If you want to explore your options, give us a call and one of our friendly Podiatrists will assess and determine what the best approach is for your specific concern.
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