In ingrown toenail, the edge of the toenail curves and grows into the surrounding tissue. It is also known as onychocryptosis.
- SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- CAUSES OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- DIAGNOSIS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- TREATMENTS FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- PROGNOSIS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- COMPLICATIONS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- INGROWN TOENAILAND AYURVEDA
- NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- HOME REMEDIES FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- YOGA FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- Pain
- Tenderness
- Swelling
- Redness around the toenail
CAUSES OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- Wearing tight shoes – exerts pressure on the toe
- Infections
- Injuries
- Improper nail cutting
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INGROWN TOENAIL
Due to the above-mentioned causes, the toenail grows inwards leads to the inflammation of surrounding tissue.
DIAGNOSIS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- EXAMINATIONS
- Inspection – swelling, redness
- Palpation – tenderness, warmth
- INVESTIGATIONS
- X – rays
TREATMENTS FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- Medications – Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, Analgesic.
- Surgery
PROGNOSIS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- Curable, but recurrence is common.
COMPLICATIONS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- Chronic pain
- Infection
- Complications may arise in patients with diabetes
INGROWN TOENAILAND AYURVEDA
- In Ayurveda, ingrown toenail falls under kshudra roga(kunakha)
NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- Infection – agantu factors
- Trauma
- Injuries
PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- Pain and tenderness in the toe
SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- Vata, pitta and kapha dosha move through all channels of circulation. Due to the subtle nature of vata it impels the remaining two doshas.
- The aggravated vata having provoked these two doshas, exacerbated and fills up the empty channels and moves greatly inside them or by getting enveloped by the other doshas.
- The aggravated vata resides in the toe produce distorted growth of the toenail. Along with pitta and rakta it causes inflammation produces pain.
LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- Toda – Pain in the toe
- Sopha – Swelling
- Daha – burning pain
AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF INGROWN TOENAIL
- Difficult to cure – krichra sadhya ( Need surgical management)
- Symptoms are manageable with ayurvedic medicines
CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
Ayurvedic local treatment for ingrown toenail
- Pain-relieving lepa application
- Local massage with panda taila, jatyadi taila
- Application of neem oil with turmeric powder
- Sathadaudha Ghritha Ointment
- Jathyadi Ghritha Ointment
AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- Guduchyadi kashayam
- Avipatti churna
- Laksha guggulu
- Gulgulupanchpalam Tablet
- Trayodasanga guggulu
- Mahayogaraja guggulu
AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- Virechana – purgation (reduces pitta)
COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
Internal administration
- Guduchyadi kashayam
- Avipatti churna
- Laksha guggulu
- Trayodasanga guggulu
- Mahayogaraja guggulu
HOME REMEDIES FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- cold application on the affected area by a towel dipped with cold water
- Wearing good-sized shoes
DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- Avoid food items which produce dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
- Consume easily digestible food items, cow’s milk
- Patients with diabetes avoid sugar in the diet
YOGA FOR INGROWN TOENAIL
- Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind and gets relief from aches and pains
The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.