Suggest Remedy Fro Painful Red And Swollen Middle Fingers

Posted on Mon, 23 Feb 2015

Question: It seems I have an infection in in the top left side of my Middle Finger, it is swollen, red, and extremely painful, especially if it is touched or brushed against. It is getting worse (about 4 days now.) Is it possible to have an infection under the skin?? There was no open cut or wound in the area. I did cut what appeared to be a piece of skin with nail clippers, and then the pain started approximately the next day.

Answered by Dr. Ilyas Patel (57 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Most probably paronychia

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Welcome to HCM...

You have swelling on side of nail in middle finger of left hand,right? And the swelling is reddish and extremely painful. You gave history of skin trauma while nail clipping.
This much history clinch the probable diagnosis of paronychia. It is a bacterial infection of nail fold caused by staphylococci after trauma to nail fold skin. Still, I would like to have look to photo of your lesion. Please post the photo immediately, so that I might give proper advice.

And I would like to know your general status. Do you have any internal disease like DM,anaemia or immunocompromised condition? Do you take any medicine?

Thanks..

Awaiting your reply.

Dr. Ilyas Patel MD

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