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A member asked:
Underneath both big toenails keep turning purple/brown looking near the cuticle.. what is this?
5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Fungus or hematoma: You may have a chronic fungal disease of the toenails. Your shoes may also be jamming the big toes because they are too short. This may cause hematomas or inflammation at the cuticles.
Answered 6/10/2017
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Was there any trauma: How long and how often does this happen? Banging the toe or dropping something on it can cause that discoloration. What you're describing sounds like bleeding under the nail.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Could be : A subungual hematoma which is a collection of blood under the nail or cuticle which comes from trauma...Do you work out? Jog? Or it may be fungus. Since, we don't see it hard to know but those would be my first two thoughts.
Answered 6/10/2017
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