Finger swelling near the nail
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This area is only about 10 mm in diameter if that, it is near the proximal end of the nail bed a few millimeters below my nail and cuticle, on the side closest to the ring finger. There is no redness, swelling, or irritation in the area or on my cuticle, and I have never to my knowledge injured the area, nor do I remember having an infection there. The nail and and cuticle appear normal to me. The joint nearest the area does not hurt at all when bending.
The index finger is burned on the area near the nail bed including the nail itself, the burn is isolated to the right side of the nail and finger. My question being what will a Doctor do to ease my pain and help the healing process? I am worried being a college student with no medical coverage, that they will simply ask me to keep the wound clean, and give me pain medication, things I can do myself without accruing debt.
The next day I visited the massage place to check her finger for cuts and I could see that she had a hang nail and the skin near her nail was chapped and rough, there was also some skin peeling near her nails. I also observed the mark of a healed cut about 2 mm long on the finger.
I have checked immediately with two of my Doctor friends (a general surgeon & a urologist) over the phone about this situation and whether I should take PEP.
My finger nail was crushed and halfway down the nail bed, the nail is torn and slightly poking into the cuticle. The nail is still attached to my skin at the top of the nail and in the bed at the bottom. This happened last night and my finger is slightly numb, swollen, and there is a lot of what looks like discharge (oily?). It’s been lightly bleeding. I can move my finger and curl it slightly with some pain. Do I need to go to urgent care or can this be taken care of at home?
about 3 days ago i noticed a slight tingle and redness in my right middle finger, and since then its got worse. the part around my nail has completely swollen and is really red. its sore to touch i can't put pressure on that part of my finger, i have also noticed little red dots around my hand and up that middle finger. it almost looks like a blister, the skin is stretched and shinny, but i literally have no idea what it could be.
It results from a breakdown of the protective barrier between the nail and the nail fold. The yellow discharge oozing out is due to pus in the cuticle.
Treatment includes warm water soaks of the affected finger 3-4 times per day,oral antibiotics, topical antifungals and surgical intervention in more severe cases. My sincere advice would be to consult a dermatologist.
I hope it helps. Take care and please do keep us posted on how you are doing. Kind regards.
As you have asked if it could be in ingrowing nail, I presume that it is on the edge of the finger nail. If that is the case, sometimes we get "back friends", little bits of dry skin and when they are pulled off an infection can occur. Sometimes can just happen. You will need an antibiotic cream to apply to that part of the finger.
Your doctor will decide whether an antibiotic cream will be OK, or whether you need a course of antibiotics.
I had a mishap at work in which my nail of my third finger was pulled out from under the cuticle area, but left attached to the nail bed. Emergency Doctor froze my finger, removed the nail surgically, stitched my fingertip back together, then reinserted the 'dead' nail (after thorough clean/disinfect) and stitched it in place to protect the nail bed and serve as a semi soft splint. I am on day 11 since my accident, and have been diligent in the care of my finger.
Recently, it stopped growing in size, the finger swelling and the pain both decreased significantly, but the black skin around the nail became more dark in color and VERY HARD.
I am not sure if this black hard tissue will heal without treatment as the doctor said and it is a normal thing to happen or I should revisit him.
THANK YOU.
The nail has hurt and is swollen (from over a year ago) and now the whole finger is turning crooked to the left and turning down. I have pain under the nail like a splinter is there and I can straigten out my nail. I recently went to an arthritis doctor and he did a SED test and everything was alright. He said it was osteo-arthritis evev when I kept telling him my finger nail was sore and I thought there was infection under the nail.
Thanks for your answer.
Hello,
I cannot confirm anything without examination but pain at the side of nail can be due to paronychia. It results from a breakdown of the protective barrier between the nail and the nail fold. Diagnosed by gram staining and KOH wet mounts from the skin and nail scrapings.
Treatment includes warm water soaks of the affected finger 3-4 times per day, oral antibiotics, topical antifungals and surgical intervention in more severe cases. My sincere advice would be to consult a dermatologist.
The soreness is over to the side in the soft part of the index finger between the first knuckle and the nail. It hurts if I type or if I press on it in anyway. It also throbs a little and feels hot. There is no detectable swelling or any sort of cyst of any type but the pain has become more bothersome over the last 24 hours. What could be causing this? Should I be worried? I wouldn't really be bothered except I am a guitarist and I don't want it to affect my playing.
5 wks ago, just sore on the inner knuckle, could not find any insect bites, no injury, no hang nail. Swelling went down after several days, then it came back with a vengence with severe swelling and lots of pain but this time only in the fingertip. The pressure was so intense that I tried to drain it, I know I shouldn't have. Nothing would come out. The pain was extreme and I did hot salt water soaks several times a day which was worse than any pain I have ever experienced!
i have hard, black brown color skin near lateral nail fold of right hand index finger which is painless(but sometimes can experience a small pain when the area pressed) and kindly check below link for image references.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uqBzaDS_R5NOkpUN1-oaEfgu0DFBopsY
i don't have any reason for treatment other than ugly hard black skin on my index finger and small pain sometimes.
3 hours before meeting the gal , I removed a nail from one of my finger using the nails of my other hand. while pulling the nail off, the skin below the nail was peeled off, size around 2mm . There was no sever bleeding but it became red with a layer of blood could be seen that time. I used the same finger for fingering for 2 minutes, before fingering I had a bath with that gal. After having oral sex for about 20 min, I did washed my hand with liquid soap.
Hi,
I went to get a massage at an asian massage parlour in Australia and am worried that I may have contracted hiv.
I received a massage from a Chinese girl and during the massage I inserted one finger about half an inch into her vagina. This went one for about 5 minutes.
I then left and I was driving away I noticed that I had dried up blood on the end of that finger and under the nail.
I have a wart thats on my index finger near my nail. it is slowly growing inside my nail. I have to cut my nail and cut the mushroom part of the wart out every few weeks. I dont know what i can do. I have gone to every Dermatologist and they have not been able to help me. they repeat the process and its expensive. my insurance does not cover it.
1. frozen.....only removes upper layer
2. cut..........it comes back
3. Used a lazer...
My daughter had this same problem. Finally I took her to the emergency room when she was in so much pain she couldn't take it. Well ended up she had some how cut the skin under her finger nail. And it had gotten infected and you couldn't tell because the finger nail was in the way. The doctor ended up numbing her finger and then draining the puss. He gave her a cream to put under her nail and also told us to do finger soaks and to keep it covered when at school.
Hi Dr,
Last year I had oral sex with a sex worker. After a week or so i had small pimple in my penis. My Dr suggest to do a blood test both for herpes and HIV. The result shows that i have herpes but negative for HIV.
Now i have herpes for sure . After 3 months i went for another test for HIV and the result was negative and i did another after 3 mths. They say after 6 mths of contacting the virus the ELISA test can detect the virus but it still negative.
The crucifixion is carried out by professionals who know where to drive the nail. The nail usually does not hit any major tendons and nerves, but still injures some muscles. The nerves that control the muscles, that in turn controls finger movements are located in the forearm and not in the palm area. So as long as the tendons of the muscles are not severed, finger movement may be preserved. Your concussion may have caused some damage in your cerebellum.
It has since continued up toward the top of the nail while changing brownish now puple with the uppermost tip is turning white. I have an appointment in October.It doesn't hurt and does not appear to look fungal according to my doctor. Is October to long to wait? I read that melanoma can develop under the nail.
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