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What Cause The Nail To Turn Yellow Color With Foul Odor?

Hi, I m 28 year male. My big toe finger nail got fungi infection, its turns yellow in color and from right side of the nail its get eaten(broken), it smell bad and earlier I had some pain and redness in the side skin of nail also but now no more pain. What medicine should I apply in it to recover from it and get healthy nail again or at least stop it from getting worse. Kindly give your valuable suggestion and recommend some medicine which I should use for getting healthier nail. Thanks in advance
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Dentist 's  Response
Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..

As per your complain it seems that the symptoms of its turns yellow turning of nail and breakage from right side of the nail with bad smell and history of some pain and redness in the side skin of nail also occurs commonly due to causes like bacterial or fungal infection..

This condition is known as PARONYCHIA..

It can occur due to conditions like traumatic injury to the side of the nail like while washing clothes or dishwashing, injury while cutting nail, nail biting habit etc, overzealous manicure etc..

I would therefore suggest you to consult a General Surgeon and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation is generally sufficient for diagnosis..

You can be advised to apply a combination of steroid, antibiotic and antifungal ointment over it..
If it is painful topical application of numbing ointment and taking anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen can help..
Do cool compresses over it..
For better growth of nails take multivitamin supplements..
Massage the nails with olive oil or vitamin E gel..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.
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General & Family Physician Dr. MIR OSMAN ALI's  Response
the best advice right now is that you need to take atleast a month of a course of oral antifungal treatment along with topical application of clotrimazole cream.If the nail still doesnt heal than get it out pemanently,otherwise it will spread to the neighboring toes
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What Cause The Nail To Turn Yellow Color With Foul Odor?

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns.. As per your complain it seems that the symptoms of its turns yellow turning of nail and breakage from right side of the nail with bad smell and history of some pain and redness in the side skin of nail also occurs commonly due to causes like bacterial or fungal infection.. This condition is known as PARONYCHIA.. It can occur due to conditions like traumatic injury to the side of the nail like while washing clothes or dishwashing, injury while cutting nail, nail biting habit etc, overzealous manicure etc.. I would therefore suggest you to consult a General Surgeon and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation is generally sufficient for diagnosis.. You can be advised to apply a combination of steroid, antibiotic and antifungal ointment over it.. If it is painful topical application of numbing ointment and taking anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen can help.. Do cool compresses over it.. For better growth of nails take multivitamin supplements.. Massage the nails with olive oil or vitamin E gel.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.