(07-09-2020, 11:28 PM)somethingelseishere Wrote: A couple years ago or so I had an issue with my left middle finger.You can die from infection from an ingrown nail.
It was a tiny sliver of fingernail left from cutting them and it was to the
side of the nail, down in the quick. I made the horrendous mistake of
pulling it out, it hurt. While I've done that millions of times before, this
time things got fucky.
It remained very sore for several days. Then, it got red. Then swollen.
It kept getting worse until the first joint of my left middle finger was
bigger than my thumb! That's when it started to scare me. So I began
doctoring it with coconut oil laced with tea tree oil and rubbing on
powdered turmeric. Wrapping that in a little gauze. It helped but didn't
go away. So I finally went to the doctor and got antibiotics. As much as
I hate to go that route, it did help and by the end of the week my finger
started to reduce in swelling and the pain slowly disappeared.
So yeah, be careful with ya nails!
I almost did once.
