How is finger paronychia treated

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Paronychia is a common nail disease. If paronychia is not treated in time, it will lead to onychomycosis, even onychomycosis. So how should paronychia be treated? Let's get to know.

How is finger paronychia treated

First: if the symptoms of paronychia appear in the early stage, you can use Iodophor to soak and disinfect in time before suppuration. Generally, you can use Iodophor to smear more than three times a day, or directly soak in Iodophor for 20 minutes. This can kill the bacteria of local infection and control the development of paronychia.

Second: when it is more serious, you can apply some traditional Chinese medicine with the effect of clearing away heat, inflammation and detoxification to the affected area. The most common one is external application of ichthyolith ointment or Sanhuang powder. In general, there is no dressing change, continuous application for a week can be cured.

Third: if it eventually leads to suppuration, you need to go to the hospital for incision and drainage or pull out the nail. After pulling out the nail, you can fully drain, and then after the serious elimination of the wound, you can grow new nails in one to two months.

matters needing attention

After the occurrence of paronychia, early diagnosis and early treatment should be carried out, so as not to cause suppuration and damage to the limbs. The disease should be mainly prevented by keeping the hands clean, cutting nails should not be too short, strengthening labor protection, preventing the first injury, paying attention to any minor injury of the hands, disinfecting with iodine tincture and bandaging with sterile gauze after the injury, so as to prevent infection. In case of mild infection of the hands, the doctor should be consulted as soon as possible.