
- TOE NAIL CUTTING
- THICKENED NAILS
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Toe Nail Cutting
Can't I just cut my own nails?
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If you have the capacity to do so, then the answer is yes'.
Why visit a podiatrist?
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Patients that visit a podiatry clinic come for many different reasons:
They may need specialised care in diagnosing the state of their nails and how their nails need to be cut; they may have an underlying health /nail condition or they simply just can't reach their feet.
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Thickened / Painful nails are unsightly; embarrassing and restrict the type of footwear required for the season. Thickened nails can easily be drilled down and formed into a more presentable state. In doing so, there is usually less pressure on the nailbed resulting in lesser or no pain.
What type of nails are there
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Black nails (discolouration of the nail plate) (Brown, Black, Red, Purple)
(Subungal haemotoma - Bleeding / Bruise present under the nail)
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Blue nails
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Dystrophic nails (Imperfect nails / interrupted nail plate growth) Beau's lines
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Half and half nails (Proximal half the nail appears white, and the other half appears pink/brown
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Hippocratic nails (Nails which appear curved from side to side and the front (anterior to posterior) / (capping clubbed digits)
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Onychauxic (Nail Thickening) Overgrowth and thickening of nail
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Onychocryptosis (Ingrown nails / Involuted) (Nails that become ingrown. (The sides of the nail curve inwards digging into the skin)
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Onychogryphotic (Rams horn shaped nails) - Overgrowth of nail
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Oncholysis (Detachment of nail) from the nail bed, starting at its distal and / or lateral attachment
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Onychomadesis - Idiopathic (unknown) shedding of nails beginning at its proximal end = Trauma
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Onychomycosis (Fungal nail) Fungal infection of the nail
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Onchophosis (Corn under the nail) feeling of a presence under the nail when pressure is applied to nail.
