For more invasive disease, confirmation of onychomycosis is needed prior to initiation and to obtain insurance coverage of treatment, which is expensive. Terbinafine 250 mg daily over a period of six ...

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.

Problematic nail conditions range from nail psoriasis (NP) to paronychia, which are commonly seen in clinical practice and result from infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic and traumatic etiologies. A ...

Paronychia, also known as nail infection, refers to an infection that affects the skin around the nails, both toenails, and fingernails. It is the most common nail problem and is mostly caused by ...

Rockwood — Assistant in Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue," page 308.

Medically reviewed by Chris Vincent, MDMedically reviewed by Chris Vincent, MD An infected hangnail is a form of paronychia, a condition in which the skin next to the nail is infected. If you have a ...

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 ...

Rockwood — Assistant in Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue," page 308. Copying failed.