Background and Objectives: Paronychia is inflammation of the skin that surrounds a fingernail or toenail. It may be acute or chronic and is most commonly caused by infection with either bacteria or fungi. Methods: this paper will look for the possible bacteria and/or fungi that cause Paronychia; 112 Patients with paronychia were subjected to questionnaire; cultures were done for swabs from pus ...

Paronychia is an inflammation of the folds of tissue surrounding the nail of a toe or finger. Paronychia may be classified as either acute or chronic. The main factor associated with the development of acute paronychia is direct or indirect trauma to the cuticle or nail fold. This enables pathogens to inoculate the nail, resulting in infection. Treatment options for acute paronychia include war...

Paronychia is an inflammation of the folds tissue surrounding nails a toe or finger. Women are 3 times more prone to men as they exposed water and irritants. can be classified either acute chronic. The main factor associated with direct indirect trauma cuticle nail whereas frequent exposure water, chemical irritants responsible for chronic Paronychia. Homeopathy system medicine play major role ...

Nail involvement in pemphigus vulgaris is rare. We describe 5 patients with pemphigus vulgaris presenting nail involvement. In this disease, nail manifestations present, by order of frequency, as chronic paronychia, onychomadesis, onycholysis, Beau's lines and trachyonychia. All our 5 cases presented with paronychia, and 1 of them also had Beau's lines. Treatment with prednisone and/or cyclopho...

Acute and chronic infections and inflammation adjacent to the fingernail, or paronychia, are common. Paronychia typically develops following a breakdown in the barrier between the nail plate and the adjacent nail fold and is often caused by bacterial or fungal pathogens; however, noninfectious etiologies, such as chemical irritants, excessive moisture, systemic conditions, and medications, can ...

To assess a possible association between antiretroviral treatment and paronychia, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of 288 human immunodeficiency virus-positive protease inhibitor recipients. Indinavir treatment-adjusted for age, sex, CD4 count, diabetes status and other antiretroviral drug exposures-was significantly associated with paronychia of the great toe (hazard ratio 4.7; 95% co...