busybee32
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I had a elderly client come to me today for me to trim his toenails for him.
I was gobsmacked at what I saw.
His doctor has been advising him for years that it is due to his circulatory issues that he has his toenails have become thickened.
Bev posted a link the other day to Onchymycosis and I remember looking at something like his toenails.
He also has infection in between his toes and on the soles of his feet which look more than just dry hard skin.
I have advised him to go back to the doctor and refer him either to a dermatologist or a chiropodist, to confirm what I think it could be.
I advised him that I couldnt give a diagnosis but can tell him my thoughts and get it checked out.
Would you have done the same thing?
It makes me so angry that a lot of docs just glimpse at nails and sprout the thing that comes top of their heads, if it is a fungal infection this poor client has spent many years in pain while walking and sitting due to these awful nails, which a course of antifungals could have cleared up in 12 months.
Jen xxx
I was gobsmacked at what I saw.
His doctor has been advising him for years that it is due to his circulatory issues that he has his toenails have become thickened.
Bev posted a link the other day to Onchymycosis and I remember looking at something like his toenails.
He also has infection in between his toes and on the soles of his feet which look more than just dry hard skin.
I have advised him to go back to the doctor and refer him either to a dermatologist or a chiropodist, to confirm what I think it could be.
I advised him that I couldnt give a diagnosis but can tell him my thoughts and get it checked out.
Would you have done the same thing?
It makes me so angry that a lot of docs just glimpse at nails and sprout the thing that comes top of their heads, if it is a fungal infection this poor client has spent many years in pain while walking and sitting due to these awful nails, which a course of antifungals could have cleared up in 12 months.
Jen xxx
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