INGROWN TOENAIL- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Research Papers, Yoga & Pranayama

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
  • Tenerezza
  • Gonfiore
  • Redness around the toenail

    CAUSES OF INGROWN TOENAIL

  • Wearing tight shoes – exerts pressure on the toe
  • Infezioni
  • Lesioni
  • 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

  1. ESAMI
  • Inspection – swelling, redness
  • Palpation – tenderness, warmth
  1. INDAGINI
  • Raggi X

TREATMENTS FOR INGROWN TOENAIL

  • Medications – Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, Analgesic.
  • Chirurgia

PROGNOSIS OF INGROWN TOENAIL

  • Curable, but recurrence is common.

COMPLICATIONS OF INGROWN TOENAIL

  • Chronic pain
  • Infezione
  • 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
  • Lesioni

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF INGROWN TOENAIL

  • Pain and tenderness in the toe

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF INGROWN TOENAIL

  • I dosha vata, pitta e kapha si muovono attraverso tutti i canali di circolazione. A causa della natura sottile di vata, esso spinge gli altri due dosha.
  • Il vata aggravato, avendo provocato questi due dosha, si esacerba e riempie i canali vuoti e si muove notevolmente al loro interno o facendosi avvolgere dagli altri dosha.
  • 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

  • Applicazione di lepa antidolorifica
  • 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

  • Trayodasanga guggulu
  • Mahayogaraja guggulu

 AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR INGROWN TOENAIL

  • Virechana – purgation (reduces pitta)

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR INGROWN TOENAIL

Amministrazione interna

  • 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

  • Evitare gli alimenti che producono uno squilibrio dosha, come i cibi freddi e secchi, difficili da digerire. Perché lo squilibrio dei dosha aggrava i sintomi.
  • Consumare alimenti facilmente digeribili, latte vaccino
  • Patients with diabetes avoid sugar in the diet

YOGA FOR INGROWN TOENAIL

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam - calma la mente e dà sollievo ai dolori.

Il paziente deve essere seduto in posizione meditativa con la testa e la colonna vertebrale erette e il corpo rilassato. Il paziente deve chiudere una narice (ad esempio la sinistra se si usa la mano destra e viceversa) con il pollice ed espirare completamente attraverso l'altra narice. Di nuovo, dovrà inspirare profondamente attraverso l'altra narice mentre la narice opposta è ancora chiusa con il pollice.