<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.I am having throbbing pain on the side of my big toe. Yesterday it only hurt very slightly when the area was touched. A tiny part of it was green, so I soaked it in Epsom salt and sprayed it with hydrogen peroxide twice. This drained the pus out but it still remained a little red and swollen. After I soaked it I forgot it even hurt. Until it was touched then there was very slight pain, but it would go away instantly. Everything went fine the rest of the day, but I woke up tonight with throbbing pain. The pain won t stop. It constantly hurts without being touched, and the redness and swelling is worse than it was yesterday. I am currently soaking it in Epsom salt. It is taking the edge off the pain. The swelling and redness have gone down a little, but it is not giving full relief. The swollen area hurts constantly, and the toenail hurts only when touched. I pulled aside the skin and didn t see a hangnail, and it seems like it is too far down the side to be an ingrown toenail.  <response>: Hello, Your toe the surrounding area is swollen, red with pus it hurts; you have infection due to either injury or ingrown toenail. You are suggested to get it physically examined. Neglect will result in abscess formation. You need a tetra injection antibiotics ampilox-500. Your treating doctor will get the wound cleaned Chat Doctor. Sometimes a minor surgery is needed to help you get relief from the discomfort. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. 