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Suggest Remedy For Red And Swollen Thumb
I am a 25 year old woman and I bite my nails. I pulled off a hangnail that came out of the side of my thumb from under the skin. Now, three days later; it is extremely swollen, red and hurts very bad to touch. I also have a red streak going up from my thumb up the inner arm to my elbow. It also hurts to even the slightest touch. Could you tell me what it is and what I should do?
Wed, 26 Aug 2015
Hi!! According to your history it is a case of inflammed nail fold due to your habit of biting nails.Yoy will have to take a course of oral antibiotic like amoxycillin clavulanic acid combination along with antiinflammatory medicines like serratiopeptidase aceclofenac combination for 5 days. Besides this you should go for hot fermentation of the thumb and the arm and try to leave the habit of biting nails.
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