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What kind of doctor?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
I have a callus on my second littlest toe. I dont really know what to do about it so I figure I'll just get it removed by the dr. But what kind of dr should I see? My normal one, a skin dr, a foot dr?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Start with your GP, they may offer this in the practice.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Man Of Kent wrote:
    Start with your GP, they may offer this in the practice.

    My gyno? Whats a GP?
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    my_name wrote:
    My gyno? Whats a GP?
    :lol:

    It stands for "general practitioner". I believe that's what the UK people call a doctor with no speciality.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    But what kind of dr should I see? A GP or a chiropodist, your GP might refer you to a chiropodist or you could go to a place like scholl.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    :blush: Ah jeez sorry its real early still. The thing is, I guess I forgot to mention this. I dont want to make multiple appointments. I know I can make one appt, go in and get it done right then and there. I dont want to go to one doctor, get a reference for another get a look at and have another appt and just take so much time doing it. Thats why I want to know my best guess for which kind to start out at. If my normal doctor is going to recomend I go to a podiatrist I'd much rather just make an appt with them in the first place. My current problem being though I dont know who would take care of this kind of thing.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sorry, forgot you are not UK based.

    Go to chiropodist then, as it's feet...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thank you very much :)
    Next question then, is it painful :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Depends on how it is done, but IME surgery usually hurts at some point because pain killers wear off...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Surgery! I assumed they would just numb it and cut it off like a mole. Oh now i'm nervous. Maybe i'll just try some OTC stuff before I go ahead with this now.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sorry you are getting health perspective. Any time an incision in needed it's surgery.

    Like I said though it will depends on who does it and how. Besides pain is subjective...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    God I'm dumb. You made "surgery" sound ok again :p And thank you again :)
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    When my grandpa had calli, I remember him just taking a pair of scissors and cutting them off... No bleeding or anything, and when I asked (I was about 4 at the time) he said it doesn't hurt because it's dead skin.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Chiropodists usually pare down a callus with a scalpel, no pain!

    http://www.thesite.org/healthandwellbeing/generalhealth/healthatoz/calluses

    "Calli" :lol:
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Panthro wrote:
    "Calli" :lol:
    Well I never took a latin class, but I think the plural of an -us word is -i.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Na, for -ius the pural is -ii

    Octopuses and Octopodes NOT Octopi.
    Radii for Radius.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What if they are not even callises... I think its what I described it to my dad and he said thats what he thought (without being able to see it) what is a callus? why does it form?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The formation of calluses is caused by an accumulation of dead skin cells that harden and thicken over an area of the foot. This callus formation is the body's defense mechanism to protect the foot against excessive pressure and friction.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Zalbor wrote:
    It stands for "general practitioner". I believe that's what the UK people call a doctor with no speciality.
    :eek:

    Don't let them hear you say that - they're specialists in primary care. ;)
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Panthro wrote:
    Na, for -ius the pural is -ii

    Octopuses and Octopodes NOT Octopi.
    Radii for Radius.
    Kentish wrote:
    :eek:

    Don't let them hear you say that - they're specialists in primary care. ;)
    Thanks to both, I'll try to remember.
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