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I have yellow pus coming out of my big toe then a thicker white pus, its right next to my nail?
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Ingrown nail: this sounds like an ingrown nail. what happen is that the incurvated border is cutting the skin. This is creating a infection/skin reaction. The recommended treatment is to begin a course of 5 days of oral antibiotic and get the incurvated nail border removed
Answered 10/4/2015
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Get the nail out.: What you have, young man, is a severely infected toe with the cellulitis beginning to spread. The proximal cause is probably the nail. The safest way to deal with this is to remove the nail border to allow the pus and cellulitic tissue to drain. A course of antibiotics is also given. Depending on the severity of the condition, other nail procedure options can be discussed.
Answered 10/4/2015
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