What are the treatments for severe paronychia

Paronychia often occurs in daily life due to improper shoe wearing or lack of personal hygiene. Paronychia is a fleshy disease that is common in toes and fingers. If it is not handled properly or there is no proper care, it will cause serious diseases to your waist and cause pain that affects your life. So below I will introduce to you the treatments for severe paronychia.

Methods/Steps

The reason why the nail groove is infected by bacteria is mostly because there have been traumas in the nail and its surroundings, and these traumas are only small and tiny wounds. Therefore, you should pay attention to protecting yourself and avoid getting injured. Once a small wound occurs, do not be careless and use iodine to sterilize and disinfect it in time.

When it comes to toenails, you should usually pay attention to giving them some space. When buying shoes, don't be too picky about the size, and also pay attention to the style. Although narrow-toed shoes like peep-toe shoes will make your feet look smaller, they will cause the toenails to grow slowly into the flesh. So it is better to buy a looser style so that the toes are not too crowded.

For those who sweat a lot on their feet, they should be especially careful when choosing the materials of shoes and socks. Buy breathable leather shoes, wear sneakers as little as possible, choose pure cotton socks with good sweat absorption, change socks frequently, and dry the insoles frequently. Don't keep your feet stuffy for a long time, because foot sweat can easily breed bacteria.

Cutting nails is a sign of cleanliness, but some friends are too cruel and always cut their nails very short. In fact, this practice is not only easy to accidentally injure your fingers, but also makes it easy for the nails to drill into the flesh during the growth process. Therefore, you should know when to cut your nails; too short is not good either.

When paronychia first appears, pus often has not yet formed. At this time, you can apply ichthyol ointment around the affected area to reduce inflammation and swelling.

While applying external medications, you should also take cephalosporin antibiotics orally, taking a two-pronged approach.

If the inflammation is severe and suppuration has occurred, you should go to the hospital for incision and drainage while continuing to take antibiotics to drain the pus, which will help the inflammation heal.

When incision and drainage fail to improve the condition, the situation is more serious and you need to go to the hospital for nail removal. It is generally recommended to remove the entire nail to allow the disease to heal better.

I believe that after the above introduction, everyone also knows the treatment methods for paronychia. There are many ways to treat it, but you must get the best results by treating it according to your own situation. You should also pay attention to whether the size of the shoes fits your feet and your usual personal habits.