So I dropped a wooden chair on my foot a few days. I've

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Is there a different hospital nearby?

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Excuse the grammatical errors yo. Thanks guys>>17451445

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There are a few urgent care facilities within my insurance network but they all want $50 co-pay for new patients and I don't have it. There is another better hospital but unfortunately they don't take my policy. So I'm conflicted with going back to the shitty hospital I've been to twice this past week. I'm also concerned they'll tell me it's fine and the blood is just "draining" or something...I honestly don't know why they didn't just remove it after failing to drain it

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The same thing happened to my thumb OP when it was slammed in a car door. Occasionally stick a needle under the nail to let excess blood flow out. You're going to lose the nail, and it's going to take a few months to grow back. Don't fear infection though. Just wear a few band-aids on it, and dress how you would normally.

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How do you even unsuccessfully make an hole in a nail? Are your nails made of adamantium?

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They drilled a hole in your foot and it still didn't work. You do not comprehend the laughter I have now.

I love the American health system.

My advise would have been just to let it heal by itself and the toenail would have probably fallen off. But with those holes in it can get infected now that it has an opening.

Should the toe nail fall, put hydrogen peroxide on it. It going to hurt but you need to disinfect it.

But I don't know, never stubbed a toe that bad. Good luck anon.

you should've just let it be

i dropped a 20 foot bench on my toe, looked exactly like yours before they drilled a hole in it

you're going to lose the nail, it's going to take months to grow back. drilling a hole in it was completely unnecessary and honestly might have exposed it to infection that it otherwise wouldn't have had

you dun goofed

In her teens my sister got hit in the thumb with a hockey puck and her nail/ thumb looked worse.

After what felt like hours in an empty A&E in England she had the hole made and it drained it, had to have a huge comical bandage over it.

I would personally go again. Wash with salt water to avoid infection.

Worst I had was opening fridge to have a heavy glass jar of Chicken tonight cooking sauce land squarely on my big toe, shattering it in the middle. Didn't go to docs/ hospital (don't know why thinking about it, I was screaming in pain and in agony for 24 hours with it affecting my foot for well over a week until I could almost walk normally)

Been there, done that, seen it done a lot at my job, too.

If the needle didn't work, pressure under the nail isn't an issue. It'll fall off on its' own eventually, no biggie. Anti-inflammatory meds- anaprox, ibuprofen, whatever, for a few days, bandage it lightly to remind yourself not to hit it on shit, keep it clean, and muscle through it. Hopefully the worse of the discomfort is well past. If the color darkens, or you get redness further down your thumb into your hand, markedly increased sensitivity, or other signs of infection, head to the doc.
If you're going to obsess and worry about it, go to the doc again. Might not, probably won't help much, but at least you won't be panicking.

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You need that hole in it. My sister had the same thing happen, she said the relief after the bloodletting was immediate, and I saw a story online of a guy who didn't have it done. Stayed huge and painful for weeks. You'll lose the nail either way, but it'll hurt the whole time if you don't let the blood out.