It is recommended to go to the hospital in time to have the splinter removed by a professional.
After local disinfection by professional doctors, it is feasible to remove the splinter surgically. However, sometimes after local anesthesia, the splinter may travel from the local area to other parts of the body, which makes the operation difficult. In this case, the splinter may not be extracted for a while, so that it can be discharged through the reaction of the foreign body or form fibrosis, and the splinter can be removed after the fibrous adhesion formed in the surrounding tissues and the splinter is fixed.
After the splinter is removed, the site of the splinter may appear red, swollen, hot, painful, as well as pus phenomenon, therefore, the wound should be cleaned, changed and other treatments, disinfected with iodine volts, and then use sterile gauze to bandage the wound, and then pay attention to disinfection every day, waiting for the wound to be repaired naturally.
If you can’t get the splinter out of your fingernail, you should go to the hospital in time and have the splinter removed surgically by the medical staff and treated with medication.