A nasal panaricium is an acute purulent disease. It usually strikes fingers. Legs from the disease are also not protected, but on the lower extremities, as practice shows, inflammation is much less common.
Manifestations of the nail felon
Most often from panaric people suffer middle and older people. All because the cause of the ailment is microcracks and cuts on the nail rollers. And if you believe statistics, it is this category of people who have to get the most microtraumas of the upper extremities.
The need to begin treatment of the subungual panaritium appears due to the activity of harmful microorganisms. Infectious factors include avitaminosis, immunodeficiency, diabetes, impaired blood circulation.
Treatment of a nail felon can be required when symptoms such as:
- redness;
- edema;
- swelling formation;
- the appearance of soreness (pain, as a rule, has a pronounced pulsating character and at some point becomes unbearable);
- discharge of purulent fluid;
- increase in temperature ;
- exfoliation of the nail plate;
- peeling.
Is it possible to treat a nail or subungual panic at home?
At home, you can treat the paronychia, but only at the initial stage - when the pain is practically not felt, and there are no swelling or puffiness. If the skin is palpated only by a small-sized compaction, it is advisable to consult a doctor for conservative treatment.
When the pain becomes unbearable, and the swelling is clearly visible filling of pus - get ready for surgery. It will not be possible to solve the problem differently. Worse, if you continually postpone the consultation, the inflammation will spread, and the therapy will become much more complicated.