Inflammation of the nail groove is usually difficult to heal by itself and should be incised and drained.
Nail groove inflammation often occurs in one side of the nail groove subcutaneous, the beginning of redness, swelling, pain, inflammation can be self or after treatment to subside, but also can be rapidly pus, abscess from the nail groove side can be spread to the root of the nail or the opposite side of the nail groove, the formation of semi-circumferential abscess.
If the abscess is not cut and drained in time, the infection spreads to the surface of the skin, causing the skin to break down and discharge pus, the inflammation can gradually subside and form a self-healing situation; if the infection spreads to the deeper layers, it can form a dactylitis or an abscess under the nail, which can be seen as yellowish-white pus under the nail, and the nail and the nail bed are separated, and if it is not properly handled, it can be developed into a chronic nail groove inflammation or osteomyelitis of the finger bone.
Nail inguinitis out of the pus can be under the guidance of the doctor at the nail groove longitudinal incision drainage, such as the nail bed under the accumulation of pus, should be removed from the nail, or the pus cavity on the nail clipping, in order to facilitate the full drainage of pus.
Nail groove inflammation patients should go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor standardized treatment, do not wait for its self-healing, so as not to delay the treatment.