Have you ever hit your thumb on the leg of a table? If you did, you must have felt terrible pain at that moment. But there is one disease that doesn't require such a bump to make you feel the same way: your toes are swollen and sore.
Paronychia is a common infection around the nails, commonly seen in the fingers and toes. It is usually caused by bacterial infections, including Staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus. Causes of paronychia may include trauma to the nails, excessive cleaning, or excessive humidity.
Symptoms of paronychia include pain around the nails, redness, redness, discharge of pus, and local fever. If left untreated, paronychia can lead to more serious complications such as cellulitis or sepsis.
For paronychia, common treatments include topical antibiotic creams, anti-inflammatory drugs, and topical drying. In cases of severe infection, treatment with oral antibiotics may be required. In addition, it is also important to keep the nails clean and dry in a timely manner and avoid the related hygiene measures after trauma and medical treatment.
Causes of disease
Paronychia is caused by a bacterial infection, and common causes include Staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus and other bacteria. The causes may include the following:
1. Skin damage: such as dry skin cracks, wounds, cuts, etc., can provide a channel for pathogenic bacteria to enter the skin.
2. Poor hygiene condition: hands are not clean, often contact with articles or environments containing pathogenic bacteria, easy to cause bacterial infection.
3. Soak your fingers for a long time: Soaking in water or soaking in water containing chemicals for a long time may damage the skin's protective barrier, making it easy for bacteria to enter.
4. Long-term use of strong alkaline or acidic cleaners: These cleaners may cause irritation and damage to the skin and increase the risk of infection.
5. Excessive contraction of the skin around the nail: because the nail nail skin is not soft enough, it is easy to cause meat thorns inside the nail, which can cause infection.
Common symptoms
1. Redness, swelling, and pain around the nails
2. Inflammation accompanied by secretion of pus
3. Feeling local burning or tingling
4. Ulceration and ulceration of the skin around the nails
5. Bleeding or oozing of the nail groove
6. The skin near the nail groove feels hot
7. Limiting movement, affecting the function of the fingers.
Treatment
1. Local care: First of all, local care should be carried out on the affected area, such as soaking in warm water, cleaning the infected nail groove, keeping the affected area dry and clean, and avoiding friction and irritation.
2. Antimicrobial drugs: If paronychia infection is serious, consider using topical antibiotic creams or oral antibiotics.
3. Medicine: If the symptoms of paronychia are severe, oral antibiotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or antifungal drugs may be considered.
4. Surgical treatment: Severe paronychia may require surgical treatment, such as incision and drainage, deck separation and other operations.
Preventive measures
1. Maintain good hand hygiene by washing hands frequently and keeping them dry.
2. Avoid over-cleaning your nails to avoid damaging the skin around them.
3. Use the right size of shoes and socks to avoid shoes too tight or too much friction.
4. Avoid cutting your nails too short or pinching the skin around your nails.
5. Pay attention to keeping the skin dry and avoid long-term wet environments.
6. Pay attention to rest and relax your feet after standing for a long time .
7. Maintain healthy living habits, enhance immunity, and improve body resistance.
8. Seek medical treatment in time to avoid delay if symptoms of paronychia appear.
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