Paronychia is a bacterial or fungal infection of hand where nail meets the skin. It could start suddenly called acute paronychia or it gradually called chronic paronychia.. It is usually common in diabetics. Acute paronychia usually occurs in bacterial infection whereas fungal infection causes chronic paronychia.
Symptoms: Usually the first symptom is painful, red swelling around the nail, often at the cuticle or at the site of hangnail or other injuries. Pus filled blisters can also be found specially in bacterial infection.
Treatment: Paronychia can effectively be treated with antibiotics like cephalexin or dicloxacillin. Topical antibiotics can also be used. When there is pus in loculi we need to drain it. Sometimes partial nail is also removed.
Fungal infection tends to heal slowly taking a period of around 4-6 weeks.
Symptoms: Usually the first symptom is painful, red swelling around the nail, often at the cuticle or at the site of hangnail or other injuries. Pus filled blisters can also be found specially in bacterial infection.
Treatment: Paronychia can effectively be treated with antibiotics like cephalexin or dicloxacillin. Topical antibiotics can also be used. When there is pus in loculi we need to drain it. Sometimes partial nail is also removed.
Fungal infection tends to heal slowly taking a period of around 4-6 weeks.
Prevention:
- Care for nail and and skin around the nail properly.
- Do not bite or pich the nai
- Protect nails from damage
- Bring your manicure tools.
- Avoid gatting damage to flaps.
how to identify that infection is Acute or Chronic??
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