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From this experience I have learnt to watch my toes carefully and to take numbness as a sign of a severe injury.
I am quite used to losing toe nails now and again - in fact I very rarely have a complete set! That does not worry me. But I do not associate that with numbness in my toes and that would be a cause for concern. I would want to find professional advice from a doctor or podiatrist if that happened for any significant length of time.
it was still numb, about a month later. She said I likely pinched a nerve in my back or in my foot, and that the feeling would return, ultimately, which it did, but it did take another month or two to do so.
I used Cross for my resting shoes. While putting them on in Roncecalles the toenail of my middle toe left foot caught in one of the holes and it peeled up. Now I had a flapper! I taped it down and continued on. Three days later (I washed it and changed the tape daily) it began to hurt. I trimmed the nail back and blood spurt out from under it. Never had a problem after that. It finally fell off about twelve days later.Hi,
as a result of my last camino I lost a toe nail. Now, 5 months later it has grown again.
But it was weird: Only a little blister at the bottom of the nail, nothing painful. I opened the Blister, desinfected it and thought it was okay. But after two or three days the nail turned grey and the toe felt a bit numb. Back home I asked I friend, who is a surgeon, to have a look at it. He advised me to bathe the toe in desinfectant liquid twice a day to prevent a possible infection from spreading. The numbness ceased quickly. After 4 weeks the nail fell off.
On the camino I worried more about my right big toe. The nail bed was red, inflamed - probably because of the shoes rubbing as the lining of the shoes had become worn. I would rather have expected to loose this toe nail as it was very painful. I even attempted to see the health service in Negreira on this issue, but gave up after waiting more than 2 hours in a crowded ambulance with new more urgent cases coming in every couple of minutes. As I was determined to continue to Fisterra and Muxia I did not want to hear that I should not walk with that any longer. However, Walking the next day did neither cause more pain nor make the appearance of the toe worse. So I continued and taped my toe for protection. I took off the tape and the walking shoes as soon as I reached my daily destination, allowed the toe air and freee space by walking about in my flip-flops. Back from my camino this toe healed quickly without any remarkable consequence.
From this experience I have learnt to watch my toes carefully and to take numbness as a sign of a severe injury.
BC
Alexandra
Hi,
as a result of my last camino I lost a toe nail. Now, 5 months later it has grown again.
But it was weird: Only a little blister at the bottom of the nail, nothing painful. I opened the Blister, desinfected it and thought it was okay. But after two or three days the nail turned grey and the toe felt a bit numb. Back home I asked I friend, who is a surgeon, to have a look at it. He advised me to bathe the toe in desinfectant liquid twice a day to prevent a possible infection from spreading. The numbness ceased quickly. After 4 weeks the nail fell off.
On the camino I worried more about my right big toe. The nail bed was red, inflamed - probably because of the shoes rubbing as the lining of the shoes had become worn. I would rather have expected to loose this toe nail as it was very painful. I even attempted to see the health service in Negreira on this issue, but gave up after waiting more than 2 hours in a crowded ambulance with new more urgent cases coming in every couple of minutes. As I was determined to continue to Fisterra and Muxia I did not want to hear that I should not walk with that any longer. However, Walking the next day did neither cause more pain nor make the appearance of the toe worse. So I continued and taped my toe for protection. I took off the tape and the walking shoes as soon as I reached my daily destination, allowed the toe air and freee space by walking about in my flip-flops. Back from my camino this toe healed quickly without any remarkable consequence.
From this experience I have learnt to watch my toes carefully and to take numbness as a sign of a severe injury.
BC
Alexandra
I didn't lose any toenails, but the big toe on my right foot went numb around day 12 of my camino. Although it was numb, I would press it and it would go white and then pink again very quickly, so I knew my circulation was fine. As it so happened, I had scheduled a physical with my doctor upon my return and mentioned it to her, as it was still numb, about a month later. She said I likely pinched a nerve in my back or in my foot, and that the feeling would return, ultimately, which it did, but it did take another month or two to do so. I'm just thankful that is the extent of the damage to my body after walking at least 25kms a day for 32 days -- I mean, I was expecting some sort of damage -- how can one pound the ground for hours and hours everyday, and not have something fun to show for it?!
Buen Camino
I'm on the Levante at present and have been experiencing toe numbness. Never had it last camino. This camino is a winter one so much more gear and that has made the difference. I ended up buying some gel plantar supports which add a layer of cushioning to the ball of your foot and the numbness is resolving .I had this exact same experience. My first Camino (10 days) my right big toe went numb on the 2nd day. Everything else about the toe looked normal at the time and after. But I saw a podiatrist when I got home anyway and he said not to worry, it was a nerve issue. Feeling did come back within a couple of months.
The following year I walked another 10 days, in the exact same style of shoe and no numbness. But I was some 80 lbs lighter, so that appears to have been the cause for me.
Or I just paint the nail bed to look like there's a toenail there... no one is looking that closely.I think I have to agree with @Bradypus. I'm losing a toenail from the Primitive right now. The base is already regrowing and pushing on the old dead nail, which I expect to pop off shortly. This is the second time this toe has done this. The previous loss was only a problem for my sons wedding!! Kinda have to go with very neutral nail polish when you don't have a complete set of them!!Ohh the problem we women suffer through!! But as @Albertagirl said they grow back and its not painful.
I've never had any numbness. That would be a cause for concern. Perhaps it's just from shoes that are a bit too short or tight? But worth getting it check out by a Dr.
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