painful big toe

[puppydogeyes]

 

i've had a really painful big toe over the last couple of days. Its keeping me awake at nights and is so bad i cant bend it and i'm favouring my other foot as i dont want to put any pressure on my toe. I've rubbed volterol cream into it and also taken painkillers but it still hurts! I havent bashed it, as far as i know havent got my mate mr arther itis in it...so could this be gout? What is gout? How can it be treated if it is gout?

Thanks all xxxx

[Gobe]

Think you should take the mr. big toe to the doc Rosie!

 

[Bev]

Hope you and Mr Big Toe are feeling better soon....and like Gobe said if he's not better by Monday off to the Doctors with him

[solar]

  Hmm painful big toe, oh dear Rosie don`t know much about gout isnt it some sort of crystals or something that form in the joints, I know my son had it and it was very painful can`t remember what treatment he had, must agree with others go visit the docs, hope Mr big toe is better soon
                                           solar

[puppydogeyes]

Mr Big toe is feeling a lot better today...still twinging but not as painful. Actually able to walk on it today so i think its on the mend! Yeeha! So panic over for now....just got to get my referal sorted for the rhuemy here in wales...before i go up the mountain and throw myself off it!  

[Hvns]

Hi Rosie sorry to hear about your toe     I have one buggin me as well, but it just a ingrown nail. Take of yourself sweetie  

Hvns

[puppydogeyes]

Hi Rosie sorry to hear about your toe     I have one buggin me as well, but it just a ingrown nail. Take of yourself sweetie  

Hvns

i had an ingrown toenail the other week and was going to see someone about it but decided to have a dig about instead first. Hurt like heck but i got the little blighter in the end!!! Hope you get yrs sorted out soon Hvns...painful aint it!  

[Celery Peach]

  Same here Hvns & Rosie, with the ingrown toenail, ouch they dont half hurt for such a little thing dont they ?  

[Fluffy]

I had gout a while ago the doc told me it is to do with red meat / rich foods and red wine and as i had drunk about a gallon of rose wine on honeymoon i had to put it down to that

I was put on a course of anti inflamitarys and it went ina couple of weeks  Hope it feels better for you hun

[Hvns]

Your not kiddin there CP and Rosie hurt like the dikkens! I just go as long as I can and than I get busy and dig it out  


Hvns

[SF]

ouch!!!! hvns!!!! digging your toe nail doesn't sound like fun.

hope your toe is feeling better too rosie.

[Hvns]

Thanks SF  

[Celery Peach]

  Hvns, the problem I seem to be having with it, is that it has gotten so tough and thick, that it is hard to cut a clean edgee straight across, even with the special heavy duty clippers I bought, what next ? the angle grinder ?  

[Hvns]

I know! Okay this is what I do (keeping in mind mine are not thick)


1) soak foot for 30 min this allows the nail to soften and mind

2) my "took kit" encludes big clippers-small clippers with the thing on it-tweezers-push pin

I clip off a big area and use the rest for all the fine digginin and getting way down to where the nasty bit that causes all the ruckuss. I just alternate "tools"
That is it, that is my method  

[Celery Peach]

  I'll give that a go then Hvns, I have been putting it off so long now cos it hurts so much   what a big baby eh ? It does seem to have lost some of the redness, I think the spikey bit has grown past the bit where it sticks in. Got some lovely nail varnish for my tootsies yesterday too, so theres incentive, but argh my right arm bad again today  

[puppydogeyes]

i always use TCP afterwards to clean up the area...all that digging around could cause infection...i hate the smell but better than my toe getting manky!

[Hvns]

Your welcome CP    I'm glad you said something Rosie about what to do afterwards! Oh yes I just got some new polish as well, it is a metallic pink/lavender.


Hvns

[Celery Peach]

  sounds lovely Hvns, mines a deep cherry colour called MINX !   makes a change tho from my usual black   If only we were closer we could have a slumber party ! and do each others nails  

[Hvns]

That would be cool! One day I will get your way, Val has deemed it Hvns UK Tour  

Hvns

[puppydogeyes]

sounds lovely Hvns, mines a deep cherry colour called MINX !   makes a change tho from my usual black   If only we were closer we could have a slumber party ! and do each others nails  

oooh a girlie slumber party sounds fab!!!