Acute
paronychia
Definition
- It occurs in subcuticular area under the eponychium.
- Minor injury to finger is the common cause.
- Suppuration occurs very rapidly.
- It tracks around the skin margin and spreads under the nail causing hang nail or floating nail.
- Organisms are Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes.
- Quantity of pus is very less around 0.5 ml but it should be drained to relieve symptoms.
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Homoeopathic
remedies for paronychia
- Antimonium crudum
- Silicea
- Graphitis
- Bryonia alba
- Fluoric acid
- Belladonna
- Causticum
- Mercurius solibus
- Nitric acid
- sulphur
Antimonium
crudum
Charactersitic
particulars
- It is a good medicine for paronychia of hand
- It is helpful in treatment of fungus causing distorted nails and toenails.
- It is suited to a person who is very irritable and has thickly coated white tongue.
- Symptoms are worse by heat and cold bathing.
- He has tendency to grow fat.
- It is given when nails are brittle and grow out of shape
Modalities
< - heat , acids, water
> - open air , warmth
Silicea
Charactersitic
particulars
- It is a useful medicine incase of paronychia of hand
- Silicea is very helpful for nail fungus with pus, infection and sharp pains in toenails.
- It is given to patient who has affection of finger nails.
- It is given especially if white spots are present on the nails.
- It is very good remedy for ingrowing toe nails.
- Patient has icy cold and sweaty feet.
- Patient has suppurating sensation in finger tips.
Modalities
< - new moon, morning, from washing, during
menses, uncovering
> - warmth, wrappin up, summer, wet humid weather
Graphitis
Charactersitic
particulars
- It is good medicine for paranoychia of hand
- Graphites is given when patient has nail fungus when nails crack.
- It can also be given when patient has stiffness and contraction of toes.
- His nails are brittle and breaks easily.
- It also treats when patient has deformed
nails which are painful, sore, thick and crippled.
Modalities
< - warm climate, humid weather
> - cold climate
Bufo
rana
Charactersitic
particulars
- It is good medicine for paronychia of hand
- It is given when patient has pain in extremities.
- It is given when patient has fungal infections of the nails and toenail which appear bluish or blackish in colour.
- It is given when patient has swollen skin around the nails and has pus.
Modalities
< - warm room
> - bathing , cold air
Fluoric
acid
Charactersitic particulars
- It is also a good medicine for paronychia o hand
- It assures positive results in cases where the nails grow very fast and are crippled with fungus infection.
< - warmth
> - walking
Belladonna
Charactersitic
particulars
- It is a good medicine for paronychia of hand
- Very useful for nail infection when onset is sudden with throbbing pain, red hot inflammation.
Modalities
< - touch, jar, noise, after draught
> - cold application
Nitric
acid
Characteristic particulars
- It is a good medicine for paronychia of hand
- Nitric acid may also come in suppurations about the glands, especially the inguinal or axillary, in syphilitic subjects
- and when the discharge is offensive, excoriating and of a dirty, greenish yellow colour.
- Suppurations is mastoid process
Modalities
< - evening , night , cold climate, hot weather
>
- while riding in carriage
Sulphur
Charactersitic
particulars
- It is also one of the good medicine for paronychia of hand
- Is also a remedy which may be used with the greatest benefit in abscesses and suppuration
- especially is it useful in chronic cases where the discharge is profuse, accompanied with emaciation and hectic fever.
- Abscesses in scrofulous persons, where there is a marked psoric taint and a tendency to boils, correspond to Sulphur.
- The pus is acrid and excoriating.
- Crops of boils in various parts of the body indicate the remedy well.
Modalities
< - bathing , morning 11 am , warm
> - open air , cold application
