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Smashed fingertip. Looks bad. Not sure if i should see a doc. The blood bruising is starting to come out the tip of the nail and on the side of my finger

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Treatment depends on the type and severity of injury...Do direct online consultation by sending photos for accurate diagnosis and treatment. ...  Read More

I smashed my pinky fingernail while using a carpenters hammer and it turned black after several minutes what should I do?

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Wait for few weeks and it should go. ...  Read More

I have it in all of my fingernails and NOTHING WORKS I need help I don't want to have this for 6 months to a year.

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Need to see whether it's fungal infection of nail.... Please send photos for accurate diagnosis and treatment.. Consult for detailed information and prescription. ...  Read More

My 2.5 years daughter smashed her little finger in door. It has a cut in middle of nail and bleed for 2-3 min then we applied dettol liquid and it stopped bleeding. We gave her 3.5 ml paracetamol drop for pain relief. Please suggest us long term treatment

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If finguer movents are fine no need to worry ...  Read More

I have a wart/verruca like growth in the corner of my fingernail and i have tried several over the counter treatments in the last few months for warts but none have worked. If it's not a wart what else could it be?

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I need to see it for better advise I suggest you to connect to me for further better advise after knowing some more important history that's required in your case ...  Read More

I have smashed my finger in bathroom door 2 days ago. And I had prickling pain that night while sleeping. My finger nail turned black and is swollen. Now the pain has reduced a lot. What should I do?

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Homoeopathic medicines Arnica200 and Belladonna 200 twice a day helps reducing swelling and inflammation. But blackened nail will eventually fall off. Just take care that it doesn’t get entrapped in c ...  Read More

I got smashed head...suddenly iam gets a flash on my head...two three days later small pain or skmething happends in ma brain i dont know how i can sag that...is that a big problem...?

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Consult physician to check up ur Bp,pulse etc. May be cervical spondylosis or low bp ,low sugar causes this symptoms. ...  Read More

I smashed my thumb in my car door 3 days ago and now my thumb nail is blue and black and very swollen I can barely move it

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Treatment Depends on the severity of injury.. send photos for proper diagnosis and treatment ...  Read More

I smashed my left middle and ring finger, from the furthest joint to the tip is very dark, swollen to where the finger tips are hard, what can I do to relieve the pressure?

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Urgently go to hospital ...  Read More

Want to remove Splinter under fingernail. Which doctor or clinic we should approach to? Can we remove at home ?

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Dermatologist. .... Do direct online consultation by sending photos, otherwise meet me at my clinic, for accurate diagnosis and treatment ...  Read More

I've had swelling in the area adjoining my fingernail for the past couple of days. It hurts when I touch it. What is this? How can this be treated? Please help me.

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Paronychia Nail bed infection Consult for appropriate treatment ...  Read More

While giving money to beggars near temple, I got fingernail scratch from one of them due to heavy crowd. Later I realised that blood too came out. I'm so worried as I don't know the condition of that person's nail whether he was having any nail infection or dirty nails. The scratch is not deep but yes it was bleeding. What should I do?? Should I ta

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No need to worry.specific treatment is available.it depends on severity of the disease . Complete medical history is required.. Pls do online consultation with Dermatologist for detailed prescription ...  Read More

I accidentally smashed my nail on car door. Its 5th day. But still its hurt. swelling around my nail. The black colour turns faded white. I am taking Aceclofenac and trypsin Bromelain trihydrate tablets. But there is no improvement. Please help !! I enclosed the pictures of my nail

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You might have to go through nail extraction as evidently there is a collection of blood clot beneath the nail bed which may elevate that nail. Redness is a sign of inflammation that means healing is ...  Read More

I got a scratch from fingernail from one of my friend while playing basketball on my skin. Do I need to take a tetanus shot?

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It depends upon your previous shots of TT injection ...  Read More

My father's age is 80. Having co moralities. He is suffering from pus in one fingernails of hand and foot.can I give him antibiotic like dilam? What oinment is best?

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If clinical pictures would have been provided then it would have been better. If pus is beneath nail bed, then removal of the nail will be required for better management. ...  Read More

Icepacking since 10hrs after getting smashed on the eyrbally while playing badminton. There is slight discomfort n little red veins near the pupils. Anything to worry?

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Please consult an ophthalmologist nearby immediately. ...  Read More

Sir/madam, My son is having horizontal ridges on his fingernails. Is it a serious issue? Shall I take him to a doctor? What is the cause of this condition?

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Can be a sign of nail disease. Need to see it. Please send photos using online consult option for proper examination diagnosis and treatment ...  Read More

It started out like a common cold had a bad cough progressively got worse over 3 weeks. I went to the ER told me I had a bacterial lung infection Mike Austin three things getting better but now the tips of my fingers underneath my fingernails has turned Orange

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I am having warts on right hand ring fingernail since last 5 year, I have done laser band electric burning, applied salicylic acid and taken some homeopathic medicine but no use. Please help me.

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Without seeing can't comment.... Do direct online consultation by sending photos, otherwise meet me at my clinic, for accurate diagnosis and treatment ...  Read More

I have ecxess skin under my fingernail on my thumb i thinks its half a year in my thumb

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It may be a fungal infection please send a picture ...  Read More

Fingernails have started curling around the end of my fingers. They r flat on top then follow the end of my finger. They also have a white patch in the centre of them and pinky/red around it. Sometimes it goes away sometimes not.

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Hi Thanks for your query. Clinical photographs would have been helpful to suggest a diagnosis or remedy. You could be having some form of deficiency. Show a Dermatologist personally. ...  Read More

I bit my fingernails loads and they're really short and ugly. I want to know how I can stop this habit and what's the best way to go about it quietly.

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Start wearing gloves , all of your problems will solve. ...  Read More

I have been having this problem with the side of my fingernail. I have this dry skin i guess or piece of skin it started off regular color then dark red maybe because i kept bumping into stuff and now it looks black and i need help figuring out if i beed serious help for it or any home remedies

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Thanks for the query. Thats a very limited description to make any comments. I suggest you to see a dermatologist for a diagnosis and treatment plan. Delaying may not be a good option unless you know ...  Read More

I read somewhere that having no moons on fingernails means hypothyroid. I don't remember if I had any moons before but now I can't see any except on my right thumb. Please clarify.

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Hello there. I can understand your concern. I haven't read anything like this anywhere. . If you still have some doubts, get your thyroid profile done. If you have any thyroid abnormalities, it wil ...  Read More

I had a wart near my right thumb fingernail. I didn't know it was a wart. Slowly I developed a similar thing near my index finger as well. I consulted a dermatologist and he advised a laser treatment. However in a few websites it is mentioned that it vanishes on its own within a few years. I don't want to do a laser treatment. What should I do?

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Warts can be removed through radiofrequency cautery by a dermatologist. No scarring after procedure. Safe and permanent ...  Read More

I smashed my finger in the door , and I felt the pain like 10 seconds later , later that day my fingertip turned numb , been that way for four days now. And u started to feel some pain in it last night , and it's tingly and numb. I looked up some stuff and it said it could be that the blood isnt flowing to it. Please exaplin

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Hi . any injury to the body will have some basic responses like inflammation because of that pain is normal. until you get healed naurally without medicines all these symptoms are natural. don't worry ...  Read More

I smashed my finger in december and my finger nail turned black because of the blood. And I started to pick at the nail and I'm making it decrease in size. Will my nail grow back to normal length?

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Yes, It will grow back. No need to worry, it's only a question of time before it will be normal. Have patience and all the best ...  Read More

My mother accidentally smashed her fingers while closing the bedroom door. It happened while closing the door when she mistakenly put her thumb on the door hinge and closed it. Happened last night, I immediately put some ice on handkerchief and wound it around the thumb and kept that way for an hour or so. After that I asked her whether she was a

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Hello,, it would have been much better if you would have attached a photo of injured hand here. It's OK,,, if the wound is only skin cut and the pain is tolerable then no need to worry,, it will heal ...  Read More

My mother accidentally smashed her fingers while closing the bedroom door. It happened while closing the door when she mistakenly put her thumb on the door hinge and closed it. Happened last night, I immediately put some ice on handkerchief and wound it around the thumb and kept that way for an hour or so. After that I asked her whether she was a

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Putting ice was the correct decision. A painkiller would help too. If there's no excessive selling and symptoms are subsiding take it easy. Nothing can substitute a physical examination though. If pai ...  Read More

I don't have cold hands.. I don't feel tingling sensation.. But I feel I have purple fingernails. Is this circulation related problem or am I having delusion. Kindly help.. I've been diagnosed with c5c6c7 disc bulge with mild impingement of c6 nerve

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Well.. You do not have any purple nails...its just that around your nails you have pigmentation... I don't think it's circulation related problem .it's just that you are having nutritional deficiency. ...  Read More

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