--- title: Blog - Texas Foot Surgeons | Toenail Injury Infection description: Toenail Injury Infection | --- [![Texas Foot Surgeons](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/hubfs/exasfootsurgeons%20September2017/images/texas-foot-surgeons-logo.png "Texas Foot Surgeons")](http://texasfootsurgeons.com/) - [ Appointments ](https://www.texasfootsurgeons.com/appointments) - [ Patient Login ](https://4049.portal.athenahealth.com/) - For appointment call: [(936) 703-2069](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/tag/toenail-injury-infection#) ## Texas Foot FACS ### Recent Posts ## [Toe Pain And Discolored toenails](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/toe-pain-and-discolored-toenails) Posted by [Texas Foot Surgeons](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/author/texas-foot-surgeons) on Jun 15, 2018 3:34:03 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Toenail Infection](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/hubfs/Toenail%20Infection.jpg) ](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/toe-pain-and-discolored-toenails) #### Don't Be Embarrassed By Discolored Toenails.     **Dr. Eric Pack explains, **"Discolored toenails ranging from white, yellow, green, brown, black - any color except a healthy, pink nail bed through a translucent nail unit, means you have a medical condition that should be diagnosed and treated.  And the sooner the better. Abnormal looking toenails are usually a symptom of infection, a result of untreated trauma, and sometimes, most serious of all, a melanoma lesion." [Read More](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/toe-pain-and-discolored-toenails) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/toe-pain-and-discolored-toenails#comments-listing) Topics: [Toenail Fungus Treatment](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/tag/toenail-fungus-treatment), [Toenail Pain](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/tag/toenail-pain), [Bacterial Toenail Infection](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/tag/bacterial-toenail-infection), [Toe Pain](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/tag/toe-pain), [Toenail Injury Infection](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/tag/toenail-injury-infection), [Toenail Viral Infection](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/tag/toenail-viral-infection), [Discolored Toenail](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/tag/discolored-toenail), [Toenail Melanoma](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/tag/toenail-melanoma) ## [When To See A Physician After Painful Toenail Injury](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/when-to-see-a-physician-after-painful-toenail-injury) Posted by [Texas Foot Surgeons](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/author/texas-foot-surgeons) on Jun 14, 2018 8:59:21 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Hematoma under the toenail](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/hubfs/iStock-495842690.jpg) ](https://info.texasfootsurgeons.com/blog/when-to-see-a-physician-after-painful-toenail-injury) #### Risks of Infection from Toenail Trauma And When Its Time To See A Specialist A bacterial toenail infection resulting from toenail trauma occurs because the injury has lacerated the nail bed underneath the nail plate and exposed the nail bed tissue to bacterial contamination.  If there is an associated bone fracture with blunt force trauma to the toenail you may also be at risk for osteomyelitis (bone infection). 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