There are many causes of redness and swelling around the edges of baby toenails, which include trauma, onychomycosis, and ingrown toenails. Treatment includes general treatment, medication and surgery.
1. Trauma: such as wearing shoes wear, nail clipping injury, pulling barbs injury and other reasons, causing local soft tissue damage, thus causing redness, swelling and pain on the edge of toenail. If the symptoms are mild, local disinfection is enough, generally no special treatment. If the symptoms are serious, erythromycin ointment can be used externally for anti-infection treatment.
2. Nail groin infection: only redness and swelling can be soaked in iodine tincture, or topical mupirocin and other antibiotic ointment. If the redness and swelling and pus can be oral medication such as roxithromycin to strengthen anti-infection treatment.
3. Anti-nail: For patients with fungal infections and nail plate injuries that cause this disease, the above manifestations may occur. Vitamin A and other drugs can be taken to promote growth and maintain the normal function of epithelial tissue; external ketoconazole ointment antifungal infection treatment. Surgical treatment is feasible when necessary.
If the above symptoms are not relieved, or accompanied by other symptoms, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner, to clarify the cause and give targeted treatment. The above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor or pharmacist, avoid self-medication.