Question: My toe has pink circular color. What do you suggest?
Did you hurt your toe a few days back/ Do you suffer from diabetes or have a family history of the same? What is your age? Does the lesion itch, burn or tickle? Do you have edema surrounding the discoloration? Do you see the discoloration of the nail bed along with the skin around?
The discoloration of the skin may be simply a Post inflammatory hyper pigmentation (PIH), which occurs around inflamed wounds. It is a natural response to inflammation. PIH may be associated with pink, purple, brown or black discoloration depending on your skin tone and the depth of the discoloration.
The raised pink toe discoloration is an indication of a fungal skin infection. Fungal infection may have occurred due to excessive moisture or lack of hygiene around the toe.
If you are a diabetic you should be more careful. It may have occurred due to an in grown of a toenail, which may be prompting the inflammatory reaction. It is possible that such an inflammatory reaction may not be accompanied with pain, as diabetics normally don’t feel pain due to degeneration of the nerves. If you are a diabetic, visit your family physician, as the injury may further lead to infection causing a diabetic foot.
Tips and treatments for discolored toe:
- Make sure you keep your toe well ventilated. Use foot wear which allow air circulation rather than closed shoes. Avoid using socks, if you perspire a lot in your feet
- Clean the spot regularly with Dettol and make sure you completely dry it before going to bed
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Hi, My problem is the large toe after surgery to straighten it with a pin the top of the toe is purple and the skin is hard could something have gone wrong? My surgeon is keeping an eye on everything but I am very concerned especially as I didn’t know he was going to perform surgery on my toes just straighten the ankle as I have severe Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Darkening of the toes and fingers is due to the hyper pigmentation of your skin. Hyper pigmentation of the skin occurs when the skin cells release more pigments, they are the indicators of some grave disease, take an opinion of medical doctor for the same.
There are few causes of hyperpigmentation of toes,
Addison’s disease, it is a rare hormonal disorder, where there is decreased production of certain hormone called adrenocorticosteroid.
Tenia fungal infection,
if you are a cigarette smoker the end arteries will constrict, giving rise to dark skin color to the toes and finger. It may also occur in diabetes mellitus, as a result of decreased circulation of blood in the finger and toes.
Exposure to sunlight may also produce dark pigmentation.
Raynauds disease, scleroderma, systemic lupus erythymetosus
You have to take certain precaution like;
- Quit smoking.
- Wear well fitted shoes, and cover your fingers with shocks.
Certain blood tests you can do are complete blood count, antinuclear antibody blood test, x-ray of finger joints and toes.
Treatment will depend on the underlying cause.
Pigmentation means your lips are not pink enough and they may be dark. If they are, take some honey on your finger and apply two times a day, for about two months continuously, it will make your lips more healthier, un-cracked and pink!