 um though those spots tend to be like red and swollen but they don't tend to get red away from there it's just like local inflammation if you start seeing red away from there that can be cellulitis or infection all right so it's not uncommon for it to be tender and a little angry looking but right where that that toenail is that's part of that body's process of trying to get rid of that problem but if it starts getting red away from that site i would be worried for infection