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Nurse Teaching on Causes and Risk Factors for Toenail Development-2

Patient/caregiver was educated on causes and risk factors of ingrown toenail development as follows: Frequent fungal toenail infections: Individuals with history of frequent toenail infections can present with thickened or hypertrophic toenails. Trimming these inappropriately grown toenails can result in left out sharp edges, leading to development of ingrown toenails. Abnormal gait: Individuals with history of foot drop can present with hanging foot and toes pointing down causing the toes to scrape the ground during [...]

Nurse Teaching on Causes and Risk Factors for Toenail Development-1

Patient/caregiver was educated on causes and risk factors of ingrown toenail development as follows: Acute damage or injury to toenail: Individuals who move around bare-footed can be at increased risk for exposure to frequent toenail injury. Repeatedly injured toenail can grow abnormal and become thickened over time. Trimming the inappropriately grown toenails can result in left out sharp edges, leading to development of ingrown toenails. Toenail injury and ingrown toenails can also be frequent with [...]

Pathophysiology of Ingrown Toenail Development

Patient/caregiver was educated on pathophysiology of ingrown toenail development as follows: Ingrown toenail is a condition in which the sharp edge or side of an improperly grown or inappropriately cut or trimmed toenail grows into the soft flesh of the toe. The sharp nail growing into the flesh on the edge of the toe can exert pressure on the toe edge, thus injuring the toe. This can lead to inflammatory changes of the toe and [...]

Complications of Shingles-3

Patient/caregiver was educated on complications of shingles as follows: Facial paralysis: Involvement of the facial nerve with shingles can result in facial paralysis, with inability to blink the eye on the side of face affected, drooping & angulation of mouth on the involved side of face, slurred speech, and drooling. Hearing loss: Shingles can also involve the auditory nerve helping for hearing and balance, leading to ear pain, ringing sensation in the ears, vertigo, balance [...]

Complications of Shingles-2

Patient/caregiver was educated on complications of shingles as follows: Reactivation of shingles: Strong and intact immune system can help keeping the virus latent, thus preventing it’s reactivation. The latent virus has the potential to get reactivated in future, especially under conditions of compromised immune system, resulting in a fresh episode of shingles. Postherpetic neuralgia: The shingles activation is mostly self-limited, with the burning pain and itching continuing for two to four weeks, until the rash [...]