Sore toenail - what to do?

Nails - it's horn formation, which protect a person's fingers, intended to prevent mechanical damage to the phalanx. Despite the apparent strength of the plates, they may still be susceptible to various diseases. Cases where people complain of pain in the nail is not uncommon in modern medicine. If you have time to consult a specialist, it can prevent serious disease in the early stages.
Which doctor should refer to?

   When the first symptoms should apply to such specialists: surgeon or dermatologist. In most cases, the appearance of pain in the toes caused by diseases such as arthritis, arthrosis, and a violation of the circulation of the blood. The most pronounced symptom of arthritis may be intermittent pain that occurs at night.
   However, if some form of arthritis occurs in any of the fingers, then the initial stages of the disease severity can be determined by visual inspection. For example, reactive and psoriatic arthritis manifested by pain in the thumb down. And all the other fingers can bother you with rheumatoid arthritis, and sometimes - and in the form of psoriatic disease.

   This disease, like for example arthrosis of the thumb, which people often referred to as gout, in fact, completely different diseases. In addition, we say that the present gout is more common in men, and osteoarthritis affects mainly women. Female sex has provoked osteoarthritis for many years, wearing dress shoes with a narrow nose. As a result, it can be said that the thumb is deformed, leans toward the second toe of the foot, in which the contact of the bones, which are also very much with the time warp.

   If the arthritis progresses, the finger so changes its original shape and mobility, it can be an irreversible process, and you will not even be able to return it to its original position. Constant friction can cause inflammation around joint capsules, it is called bursitis.
Possible complications

   Complication osteoarthritis thumb also that the deformed second and third finger - are combined deformation of the foot, which with great difficulty treatable. Morton's neuroma - a disease referred to by doctors as plantar fasciitis. Pain is caused too much pressure on the nerve that runs in this area. Women suffer from a disease more often than the stronger half. Morton's neuroma develops, due to regular recurring injuries....