A layer of soft flesh growing inside the fingernail may be a symptom of a nail pterygium, subungual wart or pyogenic granuloma, which needs to be analyzed specifically according to the symptoms.
1. Nail pterygium: Nail pterygium is generally associated with onychomycosis, and many of them are the result of repeated stimulation of the skin at the edge of the nail by inflammation, which causes daily growths to appear in the nail crevices. The main manifestation is the appearance of a red soft mass on the edge of the nail, usually without obvious self-conscious symptoms.
2. Subnail warts: they are caused by HPV virus infection, which causes abnormal local skin keratinization. The manifestation is the appearance of one or more soybean-sized or larger gray-brown, brown or skin-colored papules on the edge of the fingernail or under the nail, the surface is rough, and may be papillomatous hyperplasia.
3. Purulent granuloma: most of them are caused by trauma, mainly manifested in the nails around or under the edge of the nail appeared bright red soft pimples, pimples often have pus secretion on the surface, easy to touch the bleeding.
Fingernails inside a layer of soft meat, there may be other reasons, it is recommended to timely to the hospital, after a clear diagnosis, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.