The flesh next to the toenail is swollen

Many people do not pay much attention to personal hygiene in their lives, and sometimes the shoes they buy do not fit their feet very well. Especially when the shoes do not fit well, the toes will be squeezed and it will be very painful. This will cause some damage to the toes for a long time. If the toes are injured at this time, the flesh next to the toes will bulge, and when fungi cause infection, the toes will easily suffer from paronychia.

Paronychia

Also known as nail carbuncle, it is a purulent infection of the tissue around the nail caused by minor local injury. At first, one side of the nail or the root of the nail will be red, swollen and severely painful, and then gradually fester. When pus accumulates under the nail, it forms a subungual abscess. After rupture, it often becomes a chronic inflammation due to poor pus drainage.

Several proven recipes for external treatment with traditional Chinese medicine .

Method 1.

Add 1 gram each of green tea leaves, black sesame seeds and fine salt to a little saline solution and mash into a paste. After routine skin disinfection, apply the medicine to the paronychia. Change the medicine once a day and use it continuously for 2 to 4 times. Do not let the affected area get wet during the application of the medicine.

Method 2.

Take equal parts of Coptis chinensis and Rhubarb, pick them clean, dry them, grind them into powder and set aside. Before use, mix it with vinegar (if used for children, the vinegar can be diluted), apply it to the affected area, and change it after cleaning every day.

Method 3.

Remove the thorns from 50 grams of fresh cactus and mash it into a paste. Add 2 grams of salt and 6 to 8 drops of safflower oil. Mix well and put in a container for later use. Prepare on the same day. During treatment, apply an appropriate amount of the above ointment to the affected area and bandage it with gauze. Change the dressing once in the morning and evening every day. 4 days constitute a course of treatment.

Method 4.

Wash an appropriate amount of fresh verbena, mix it with a little salt and mash it, apply it to the affected area and bandage it. Change the dressing once a day. Generally, the symptoms will be relieved in 1 to 3 days and the disease will be cured in 5 days. Verbena can clear away heat and detoxify, reduce swelling, relieve blood stasis and discharge pus, has inhibitory effects on many kinds of bacteria, and has rich medicinal sources.

Method 5.

Take black plums, wrap them with a wet towel, take out the flesh and remove the core after it is moistened, apply the inner surface of the black plum flesh to the affected area and fix it, change the dressing once in the morning and evening. Most patients can recover within 1 to 3 days. If pus has formed, you can use anti-inflammatory drugs first, and then use the above method after the pus is drained. Comparison of the treatment methods for paronychia: iodine tincture and smearing. As long as the toes are slightly injured or damaged, iodine should be applied or soaked in the affected toes, 4 to 6 times a day, each time for 15 to 20 minutes, until the skin turns white. The disinfecting effect of iodine will corrode the diseased skin tissue and allow it to regrow to prevent paronychia.

Chinese medicine compress

Chinese medicine plaster is a kind of conservative treatment method. Its function is to reduce swelling, relieve pain and detoxify. It is suitable for patients with early paronychia.