Comments on: Subungual Hematoma – Black Toenail http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/09/12/subungual-hematoma-black-toenail/ Daily writings about fitness, diet, and health Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:51:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lauren http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/09/12/subungual-hematoma-black-toenail/#comment-212294 Lauren Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:31:02 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=914#comment-212294 <p>Hey there! Yea I just recently got a black toenail from moving. During the moving process I wore an old pair of sneakers that were a bit too snug. A few days later my big toenail started hurting really badly and I thought I had just dropped something on it without realizing it while moving the furniture. Well, sure enough it's about a week later and it's all black, blue, and red underneath... I let it drain out by poking a little hole under the toenail with a needle (it didn't hurt at all) and got all the "gunk" out then used a q-tip to get some peroxide under there. It doesn't really hurt at all anymore, but it's definitely hollow under there now... Yay... </p> <p>I'm not too worried about it though because I do a lot of hiking and I've lost (and re-grown) both pinky toenails and my "index" toenail several times from doing a lot of downhill hiking. </p> <p>For anyone else who gets a black toenail though, don't worry to much. Sure it will hurt a lot at first, but like someone else said in another post, it starts feeling better as it begins to look worse. If you want to try to drain the "blood clot" from underneath, just wait until it reaches the tip of the nail then get a steralized needle and poke a little hole and massage the fluid out. Kinda gross, I know, but it at least makes it "look better". Whatever you do though, DON'T cause yourself more pain by trying to pull it off or loosen it when it's not ready. Just leave it alone and nature will run its course. :)</p> Hey there! Yea I just recently got a black toenail from moving. During the moving process I wore an old pair of sneakers that were a bit too snug. A few days later my big toenail started hurting really badly and I thought I had just dropped something on it without realizing it while moving the furniture. Well, sure enough it’s about a week later and it’s all black, blue, and red underneath… I let it drain out by poking a little hole under the toenail with a needle (it didn’t hurt at all) and got all the “gunk” out then used a q-tip to get some peroxide under there. It doesn’t really hurt at all anymore, but it’s definitely hollow under there now… Yay…

I’m not too worried about it though because I do a lot of hiking and I’ve lost (and re-grown) both pinky toenails and my “index” toenail several times from doing a lot of downhill hiking.

For anyone else who gets a black toenail though, don’t worry to much. Sure it will hurt a lot at first, but like someone else said in another post, it starts feeling better as it begins to look worse. If you want to try to drain the “blood clot” from underneath, just wait until it reaches the tip of the nail then get a steralized needle and poke a little hole and massage the fluid out. Kinda gross, I know, but it at least makes it “look better”. Whatever you do though, DON’T cause yourself more pain by trying to pull it off or loosen it when it’s not ready. Just leave it alone and nature will run its course. :)

]]> By: Laura Moncur http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/09/12/subungual-hematoma-black-toenail/#comment-211228 Laura Moncur Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:11:56 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=914#comment-211228 <p>Jessica,</p> <p>It will fall off on its own. Don't hurt yourself any further by pulling it off early. I used ALOT of Neosporin on my toe to keep it from getting infected. I don't know if that helped or not, but it made me feel like I was doing something for it.</p> <p>Laura</p> Jessica,

It will fall off on its own. Don’t hurt yourself any further by pulling it off early. I used ALOT of Neosporin on my toe to keep it from getting infected. I don’t know if that helped or not, but it made me feel like I was doing something for it.

Laura

]]> By: jessica C http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/09/12/subungual-hematoma-black-toenail/#comment-211222 jessica C Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:47:40 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=914#comment-211222 <p>i have a black bruised toe nail on my right big toe. it hurts real bad and it basically falling off im just too scared to pull it off !</p> i have a black bruised toe nail on my right big toe. it hurts real bad and it basically falling off im just too scared to pull it off !

]]> By: Mark http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/09/12/subungual-hematoma-black-toenail/#comment-43965 Mark Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:33:05 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=914#comment-43965 <p>I lost my right big toenail a few years ago during a long, steep descent from the mountains. The coloration actually goes through the whole spectrum. I just ignored it until it turned green, and then I went to the doctor to have it pulled out.</p> <p>Last month I lost 3/4 of my "index" toenail after another mountain trip. The leftmost sliver remains.</p> <p>I hike in running shoes or trail running shoes, which are a bit hard to tighten up tightly.</p> I lost my right big toenail a few years ago during a long, steep descent from the mountains. The coloration actually goes through the whole spectrum. I just ignored it until it turned green, and then I went to the doctor to have it pulled out.

Last month I lost 3/4 of my “index” toenail after another mountain trip. The leftmost sliver remains.

I hike in running shoes or trail running shoes, which are a bit hard to tighten up tightly.

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