Verrucas

[nat_84]

Just wondering...?

I have what i think is a verucca on the bottom of my big toe. I'm a female and have started playing football again after a few years out with injury to my knee. Anyway, when i took my boot off (after about 1 hour of football in blade style boots) there was an extremely large amount of blood over my sock and inmy boot - which seems to have come from the verruca... anyone know if this is normal??

Appreciate any help or advice.

Thanks

Nat x

[bloaterbum]

that sounds unlikely sounds more like a haematoma unless it was extremely vascular and was subjected to much friction

[nat_84]

The thing is - its only small and looks like a verruca. Just wasn't sure whether it was normal for it to bleed so excessively? I mean i was playing for a long time, and in new boots - so i orignally suspected that maybe it was just the friction... Didnt feel any pain during or after football, only noticed when i took my boot off at home.

Is it normal to get a haematoma on the bottom of your toe though? Dont know much about them.

[chazza]

I have had veruccas which have bled before but not to that extent. Have you tried looking on the nhs site to see if there is any help there?

[nat_84]

Just had a look onthe NHS website now. Can't really see anything about veruccas bleeding.

Although it does say "Verrucas often have a black dot in the centre, surrounded by a hard, white area. The dot is the blood supply to the wart" - so maybe the friction has caused some damage there.

Well i'm playin football again this evening, if it happens again to the same extent - i'll start to worry.

[nat_84]

Well i dont think i have the stomach to pick at mine, but i think i'll try some of that 'bazuka verruca' gel. If that doesn't work then i'll have to resort to the doctors.

If anyone else has had heavy bleeding from a verucca let me know what u done and why it happened. thanks.

Appreciate the help so far.

[fat rascal]

Hi Nat,

verruas don't bleed like that, so before you buy anything to put on it..please go get it checked out by your gp or a podiatrist.

good luck

[nat_84]

But i can't stand going to my GP - just find they're useless and always feel like i'm wasting their time when i go because i'm dying....

Anyway, played footy last night and it didn't bleed. However, there are black things inside and around the suspected 'verruca'. I think these must be blood vessels..

[nat_84]

I meant wasting their time because i'm NOT dying....

[fat rascal]

so might be worth getting an appt with a podiatrist instead of your gp,just to get it checked out..i'm sure they won't make you feel like your wasting their time.

hope it's better soon

xxx