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I have a infected big toe i am also diabetic and have tried to get help from my regular doctor unsuccessfully can i help me to have it seen to it is starting to smell and painful?

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Dr. William Kimlinger answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Go to ER now: Foot infections in people with diabetes can be dangerous and can cause complications including foot amputation and worse. This is a serious matter. Go to the emergency room now for an evaluation.

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Infection?: If you think it is infected as in draining pus, red swollen painful and smelly they you should go to the ED to get it checked out because as a diabetic this can cause serious problems for you.

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If you cant get in: touch with your primary care - I would advise a podiatrist, this afterall is their specialty. If you can't find one, I would recommend you go to an ER or urgent care as diabetes makes you a high risk patient when you have a foot infection. You definitively need antibiotics and may need some type of procedure depending if this started from an ingrown toenail or ulceration.

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Dr. Edward Hellman answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Urgent care: Infection in the tie of a diabetic needs to be treated very seriously. To not do so can run the risk of losing the toe or spread of infection. I would present to an urgent care clinic or Er if you can not very quickly be seen by a specialist to get it taken care of. Don't delay.

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Dr. Scott Keith answered

Specializes in Podiatry

Time for a change.: On the way to the emergency room you might be thinking about changing doctors.

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