What is Paronychia?

What is Paronychia?

• Paronychia: Skin infection of a nail.
• Paronychia: An inflammatory reaction involving the folds of the skin surrounding the fingernail. It is characterized by acute or chronic purulent, tender, and painful swellings of the tissues around the nail, caused by an abscess of the nail fold. The pathogenic yeast causing paronychia is most frequently Candida albicans. Saprophytic fungi may also be involved. The causative bacteria are usually Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or Streptococcus. (Andrews' Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p271)
  Source - Diseases Database
• Paronychia: infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Paronychia: Introduction

Types of Paronychia:

Broader types of Paronychia:

• Candidiasis
• more types...»

What causes Paronychia?

Causes of Paronychia: see causes of Paronychia

What are the symptoms of Paronychia?

Symptoms of Paronychia: see symptoms of Paronychia

Paronychia: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Paronychia.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Paronychia.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Paronychia: see treatments for Paronychia
Prevention of Paronychia: see prevention of Paronychia

Organs Affected by Paronychia:

Organs and body systems related to Paronychia include:

• Nail
• Toenail
• Fingernail

Name and Aliases of Paronychia

Main name of condition: Paronychia

Cellulitis of nail bed Source - Diseases Database

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Paronychia:

• Eponychia
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• Chronic paronychia
• Nail fold
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• Hyponychium

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