Paronychia
Alternative names:
infection of the skin around the nail
Symptoms:
- skin lesion located in the skin around the nail, often at the cuticle or at the site of a hangnail or
other injury - painful
- onset sudden (bacterial) or gradual (fungal, mixed infection)
- may persist (fungal, mixed infection)
- may be acute or chronic
redness, localized swelling, localized pus-filled blisters (especially with bacterial infection) swelling of the finger or the cuticle nail changes- discoloration
- distorted shape
- detached
Signs and tests:
The health care provider primarily bases the diagnosis on the appearance of the skin lesion.
Aspiration and culture of pus or fluid from the area may reveal the organism causing the infection.
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