Hi, Marti. I recently participated in a 3-day, 60 mile walk for breast cancer. Luckily for me, I escaped without any blisters on the bottoms of my feet. However, the nail on my big toe and the second toe on my left foot were a bit tender for the next couple days following the walk. I remember, while at camp during the walk, I overheard a lady saying she got a blister under the toe nail and she ended up losing the nail. Does this always happen?? I did not pop either blister, but yesterday, the big toe nail one did pop and some sticky, yellow goo started coming out from under the nail (gross!). There is a tiny, tiny, tiny amount of blood at the small opening of the blister. And, on the sedcond toe, nothing has popped yet, but it looks like the nailbed is bruised. I do not think the nail, itself, is purple, but under the nail is. Which has me wondering if it's a blood blister, or just a big bruise. Also, my shoes were one full size larger than my normal shoe and I did not feel any bunching of my toes during the three days.
What should one do in this case? Someone at work suggested going to a podiatrist to have the nail punctured so air can get in so I don't lose the nail. The nail on the big toe seems to be lifting just a bit where the blister is. I don't want to try to lift it, myself, to see how far it's lifting.
HELP!!!
Thank you.
Amy
Hi, Marti. I recently participated in a 3-day, 60 mile walk for breast cancer. Luckily for me, I escaped without any blisters on the bottoms of my feet. However, the nail on my big toe and the second toe on my left foot were a bit tender for the next couple days following the walk. I remember, while at camp during the walk, I overheard a lady saying she got a blister under the toe nail and she ended up losing the nail. Does this always happen?? I did not pop either blister, but yesterday, the big toe nail one did pop and some sticky, yellow goo started coming out from under the nail (gross!). There is a tiny, tiny, tiny amount of blood at the small opening of the blister. And, on the sedcond toe, nothing has popped yet, but it looks like the nailbed is bruised. I do not think the nail, itself, is purple, but under the nail is. Which has me wondering if it's a blood blister, or just a big bruise. Also, my shoes were one full size larger than my normal shoe and I did not feel any bunching of my toes during the three days.
What should one do in this case? Someone at work suggested going to a podiatrist to have the nail punctured so air can get in so I don't lose the nail. The nail on the big toe seems to be lifting just a bit where the blister is. I don't want to try to lift it, myself, to see how far it's lifting.
HELP!!!
Thank you.
Amy
I've also recently noticed the area under the nail isn't pink like the rest of my nails. It is almost white. I can still see some of the liquid (or whatever it is) under the nail. I have an appointment to see a doctor next Wednesday, but in the meantime, I am interested to see what you have to say, Marti.
I've also recently noticed the area under the nail isn't pink like the rest of my nails. It is almost white. I can still see some of the liquid (or whatever it is) under the nail. I have an appointment to see a doctor next Wednesday, but in the meantime, I am interested to see what you have to say, Marti.
Thanks.
Amy
Anytime someone walks that far and does not do it as a 'sport', they will expereince some sort of trauma to the toenails. The white area you are seeing is where the nail plate has separated from the nail bed due to the stress places on the nails from walking. Regardless of if the shoes were too big, the toes still 'hit' the top of the inside of the shoe. this is still considered 'trauma'. Please do see your doctor so he can rule out infection. I doubt if he will puncture the nail plate unless the bruise to the nail bed is causing you a lot of pain and the nail bed is bleeding.
Anytime someone walks that far and does not do it as a 'sport', they will expereince some sort of trauma to the toenails. The white area you are seeing is where the nail plate has separated from the nail bed due to the stress places on the nails from walking. Regardless of if the shoes were too big, the toes still 'hit' the top of the inside of the shoe. this is still considered 'trauma'. Please do see your doctor so he can rule out infection. I doubt if he will puncture the nail plate unless the bruise to the nail bed is causing you a lot of pain and the nail bed is bleeding.
Due to the separation, does that mean I will definitely lose the nail/s?
Due to the separation, does that mean I will definitely lose the nail/s?
Thanks for the info.
You might - it depends on if the nail was damaged at the matrix. If the matrix was compromised, the damaged portion of the nail will separate from the new emerging nail plate cells and could 'fall off' as it gets pushed forward by the new nail plate.
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