Ingrown Nail Problem

Monday, May 5

I have been trying to clean my toe nail the other day and thank God it turned out good. But I noticed recently, that whenever I bumped or hit my toe nail, it hurts even more. Seem like there's something inside of it. I thought probably it's a nail that grew inside of my big toe. It is quite not so normal, though. It is very unusual since if you hit your big toe that much, it is not going to be as painful as I have been experiencing. So, I checked it last night, and yes, I noticed some ingrown in it, but don't know how to get it. I am sure it's going to be painful. So, I just let it be but hubby told me, what if you get an infection, now, I begun to worry a little bit. I don't know how to fixed it. Taking some medication? or antibacterial drugs, anti- infection or whatever doesn't make me feel fine, I guess. Since they were just calming the problem area but not healing it. I wish it's going to be fine.
Lately, I was looking for some ways of how to heal the ingrown toes. And here I found some tips online.

Soak the afflicted digit in a mixture of warm water and Epsom salts and applying an over-the-counter antiseptic. This might allow the nail to grow out so it may be trimmed properly and the flesh to heal. Note that infection may be somewhat difficult to prevent in cleaning and treating ingrown nails owing to the warm, dark, and damp environment in shoes.
Peroxide is immediately effective to help clean minor infections but iodine is more effective in the long term as it continues to prevent bacterial growth even after it is dry.
It is also advisable to walk around barefoot so that air has a chance to circulate. Infections often become more painful when they are not exposed to air because bacteria grows more quickly in warmer conditions e.g. when the foot is impacted tightly in a shoe.
One should never apply any of the new types of spray-on bandages to ingrown nails that show any discharge - preventing drainage will likely cause intense swelling and pain.
Removal of spray-on bandages can be achieved with common rubbing alcohol.

I will try to do some of what they said I have to do, just a home care remedy, in case, it will work for me.