What to do if your baby’s toenail kicks off

The baby toenail kicked off belongs to the toe trauma, treatment methods include local disinfection and debridement, surgical treatment, drug treatment, etc., treatment methods should be based on the degree of injury.
1. baby toenail kicked off, if a small part of the injury, and did not cause local soft tissue tear, infection, etc., the symptoms of the lesser feasible local disinfection, debridement, bandage treatment can be. Be careful not to get wet, so as not to cause infection.
2. If the whole nail cap has fallen off, attention should be paid to protecting the wound, in addition to the above disinfection. For those who have soft tissue injury, local topical erythromycin ointment can be used to prevent secondary wound infection.
3. For those with soft tissue tears, surgical suturing is feasible.
4. For severe bleeding, hemostatic treatment is feasible, such as pressure hemostasis, hemostatic cotton or gelatin sponge hemostasis.
In the above cases, the affected limbs should be elevated to avoid localized stasis.
If the above symptoms are severe, the child should be hospitalized promptly. The above medications should be used under the supervision of a pharmacist or a doctor, and should not be used on their own.