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Nail redness
Erythema of the keratinized structures overlying distal digits.
Dr. Heidi Fowler reviewed this
27 year experience in Psychiatry
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Nail redness?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is nail redness a sign of an ingrown toenail?
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A 47-year old female asked about a 17-year old male:
My big toe had one week ago had some pain and swelling until some pus drained from it. The pain and swelling went away but my toe around the nail is red . I do epson salt soaks and neosporin but the redness doesnt go away. No pain at all?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Noticed I have vertical ridges on my nails & red bands at top of nails. And no lunaes. Could be covered by cuticles. What is wrong with me?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I have an infected toe I think this an ingrown nail its all red and hurts what can I do to reduced the pain and redness?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Something between the nail bed and nail plate. They look like small blisters, no pain, no redness. What can I do?
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A 33-year old male asked:
I removed a nail and en though swell g and redness is going down around the toe inside where the nail grows developing I'm on keflex ?
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A 36-year old male asked about a male:
My son who is 3 has redness under both eyes about the size of your thumb nail what is it? He is not unwell
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A 27-year old female asked:
My big toe nail isn't growing and there is a redness around the nail origin, I took anti-biotic pills but it still the same.
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A 22-year old female asked:
For about a week now my right thumb nail is really tender and painful, no injury. It worsens when cold, no swelling. Some redness, possibilities ?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Can nails hurt inside the wall of labia minora and cause redness? I have small red dot no pus! But more than a month Ive been noticing it. What can it be? Its very very small doesnt hurt but sometimes i feel burning sensation that come and go?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Pain, swelling and redness of big toe. Was diagnosis w/ spider bite on big toe, no visible mark & nail didn't grow for a year after. Could it have been gout?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Hello, I just pushed my foot on a rusty nail, but there is no pull on my leg or even redness. should I fear for tetanus?
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A 50-year old asked:
What to do if I have a scab on my big toe from an ingrown nail i had. I got the nail out but there is still pus and redness?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I have an open wound beside my toe nail about above where an ingrown grows, it produces pus and there is redness in it. It is painful especially when it's hit. I soak it in water daily. Is it okay if I put an amoxicillin powder directly in it? Tnx?
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A 47-year old male asked about a female:
Volar toe redness, distal phalanx both long toes, also swollen, nail normal. One sore. Presume mechanical irritation. Any other suggestions?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Second toe of right foot has been numb for 5 months. Only on the top between the nail and where the toe meets foot. That toe is longer than the others. I used to have on-off pain in that area. No redness/swelling. I walk 6 miles/day. Ideas?
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A female asked:
Did my ingrown toenail develop into a skin abscess? I've always had irritation from ingrown toenails. Lately, I have even more redness and swelling on my toe near the nail. I clipped the nail several days ago there is still swelling. I actually went to my
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A 24-year old female asked:
Could a manicure cause itching in throat and all over body- no rash. Allergic reaction? No rash or redness at the nails or hands or feet though.
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A 51-year old asked:
On the sides of my nail is red around edges what is that?
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A 36-year old female asked:
What does it mean if half my nail is red other half white? Even if i push down on my nail it stays redish light brown. Almost like terry's nails
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A 24-year old female asked:
I've got two tiny dark spots under my big toenail, around it the nail is red and there's pain when pressure is applied, what could it be?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I dropped a 60 pound log on my left big toe and now the nail is purple and the area just below the nail is red and swollen. is it broken?
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A 21-year old female asked:
If the base of the thumb nail is red (usually a white band is near the base only), what may this be a symp tom of for a 50yo mother?
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A 39-year old female asked:
It feels like a possible infection on my finger and I am not sure how i picked it up.It feels tender around my finger nail, lightly red, swollen.
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A 31-year old female asked:
I have sores on my nail beds my nails are red, my hands are red in places . I feel dizzy and having body aches my speech was off this morning . ?
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A member asked:
I hurt my toe on a fence today and its really sore my nail was red but to gone a bit but its still dire when i move it please help its sop painful?
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A 44-year old female asked:
I have tingling feeling going threw my body i losr feeling. My finger nails are red and have migrains 3 times a day having pain on my lower back side?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I stepped on a rusty nail outside tonight, I dont think it broke the skin b/c it didnt bleed at all. The area on my foot that I stepped on the nail is red, and I can see a small mark. Ive had a tetanus shot in the last 10 yrs, is that adequate?
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A female asked:
I bite my finger nails and i just saw that near my cuticle it is green and ther is puss under my skin. I also can't feel my finge my nail is red and green its swollen and i can't feel it
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