It's one of the most common infections of the hand that nail biters are all too familiar with. Better known as a hangnail infection, paronychia is an infection of the skin folds around the toe and ...

In the case of a severely infected great-toe paronychia, does it matter whether or not you start antibiotics before you perform partial nail removal? —Gregory H. Tuttle, MD, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Paronychia is inflammation of 1 or more nailfolds located on the fingers or toes. Two forms are recognized based on duration: acute and chronic. 1 Acute paronychia are most commonly induced by ...

According to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), paronychia is among the most common infections of the hand. Paronychia is more common in women than in men, with a female-to-male ratio of 3 to ...

In the Majengo area of Nyeri town, Jane Muthoni washes her dishes with a lot of pain. One of her fingers is swollen and turned red. "I finished washing my children's clothes using a detergent sold by ...