What symptom does paronychia have?

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Paronychia is a very common skin disease, in life, many people will have, but the degree of different. It's not just the fingers that get paronychia, it's the toes that get it. Both sides of the nail tissue swelling, pain is the most typical symptoms of paronychia, the following is a detailed introduction of the symptoms of paronychia.

What symptom does paronychia have?

Paronychia is more common in adolescents or women, it can occur in the fingers, can also occur in the toes. Paronychia usually occurs in: bad habit of gnawing fingers, caused by secondary infection of ingrown nail.

At the beginning of paronychia, the tissue on one side of the nail was red, swollen and painful, and further developed into suppuration. The pus spread from one side of the nail to the opposite side through the subcutaneous root of the nail, forming a semicircular abscess. If not treated in time, subungual abscess will be formed, or chronic paronychia and chronic phalangeal osteomyelitis will be developed, with chronic sinuses and granulation tissue protruding from the ostium.

Paronychia usually occurs first in the subcutaneous side of paronychia, showing swelling and pain. Generally no systemic symptoms. If treated as soon as possible, the inflammation may be improved and subsided. Otherwise, the lesion becomes pus, and there are wave motion and white spots in the red and swollen area, but it is not easy to break out pus. Inflammation can also occur at the heel of nail or extend to the other side of nail groove. When the infection worsens, there are often systemic symptoms such as increased pain and fever. Because the nail blocks the discharge of pus, the infection can spread to the deep and form osteomyelitis.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to the maintenance of fingers at ordinary times, and wipe some Vaseline or skin cream after washing hands and before going to bed, which can enhance the disease resistance ability of the skin around the nail groove. In case of slight finger injury, apply 2% iodine alcohol and bandage with bandage to prevent infection.