How is purulent phalangeitis treated?

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When I moved last year, my finger was stabbed on the furniture, causing purulent phalangeitis. At the beginning, I didn't care. I thought it was just common swelling and pain. Who knew that it became more and more serious later. I went to the hospital to find out that I had purulent phalangeitis. Has been torturing for several months, went to a lot of hospitals to gradually improve. Now I would like to share with you how to treat suppurative dactylitis.

How is purulent phalangeitis treated?

First: purulent phalangeitis is characterized by redness, swelling, heat and pain of the affected area, jumping pain, and aggravation when the hands are down. Because the subcutaneous tissue is directly connected with the distal phalanx, the purulent phalanx is easy to develop into the suppurative osteomyelitis of the distal phalanx. It should not be underestimated. In the early stage, when only fingertip pain is mild and there is no obvious swelling, hot water immersion, hot compress, raising the affected limb, external application of traditional Chinese medicine and application of antibiotics can be used. About half of the patients' inflammation can subside. When there are some symptoms of purulent phalangeitis, we must take precautions as soon as possible.

Second: when the finger has severe pain and swelling, it indicates that the disease has been some serious, so we need to cut the affected area for drainage, relieve the high pressure in the finger abdominal cavity, so as to reduce the pain of the affected area of the finger, and prevent the formation of bone destruction and osteomyelitis. After the drainage operation, the swelling of the fingers will gradually subside. The pain will also be alleviated. At this time, we should do some finger exercise to help the affected part of the finger recover as soon as possible.

Third: the treatment of purulent phalangeitis can use traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. In fact, at the beginning of purulent phalangeitis is not serious, fingertip pain, examination found that swelling is not obvious, can use hot saline soaking for many times. If it's serious, you need to see a doctor. The most important thing is to prevent, work and life should pay attention to protect the fingers to avoid stabbing, once stabbed to wash with clean water, keep the stabbed clean and dry, and apply iodine with disinfection.

matters needing attention

In case of infection, antibiotics should be taken in time, because there are abundant metacarpal facial nerves and lack of elasticity of subcutaneous tissue. After infection, blood vessels may be compressed, resulting in phalangeal ischemia and necrosis. There will be more serious consequences.