What medicine is used for children's paronychia

The main cause of paronychia is that the nails are cut too deeply, or there are barbs on the nails, or it may be caused by nail injury. However, if a baby suffers from paronychia, there will be redness, swelling and pain, and there may also be abscesses. Therefore, parents must pay attention to it and take the baby to a regular professional hospital for treatment in time. Parents must not apply ointment to the baby indiscriminately, and must use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.

What ointment should be used for baby's paronychia

You can use nail disease cleaning essence or some anti-inflammatory ointment.

Treatment of paronychia

1. Add 1 gram each of green tea leaves, black sesame seeds and fine salt, add 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.

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.

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, changing the dressing once in the morning and evening every day.

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.

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 side 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.

6. Apply or soak the affected toe with iodine 4-6 times a day for 15-20 minutes each time until the skin turns white. Use the disinfecting effect of iodine to corrode the diseased skin tissue and allow it to regrow to prevent paronychia.

Diagnosis of paronychia

1. Examination of surface symptoms : There is generally no special diagnostic method for paronychia. It can be diagnosed and examined based on the symptoms of paronychia. The proximal end of the nail groove on one or both sides of the nail becomes red, swollen, and painful, followed by the appearance of pus spots. Granulation tissue can be seen after the pus discharge. When the infection spreads to the nail bed, local pus accumulation can cause the entire nail to float or fall off, which can be easily diagnosed through examination. If not treated in time, it may become chronic paronychia or chronic phalangeal osteomyelitis. In chronic paronychia, there is a small pus sinus opening next to the nail groove, with granulation tissue protruding outward. Chronic paronychia may sometimes be followed by fungal infection.

2. White blood cell count and differential count : In unilateral paronychia, there is generally no obvious change in white blood cells. After the formation of subungual abscess, when systemic poisoning symptoms appear due to absorption of bacterial toxins, the white blood cell count and neutrophil count will increase significantly.

3. Bacteriological and mycological examinations : The main pathogenic bacteria is Staphylococcus aureus, so bacteriological and mycological examinations are also needed to detect the degree of infection. Swab secretions for bacteriological and mycological examination and, if necessary, patch testing. Specific bacterial infections are diagnosed by special smears or cultures. Tuberculosis and other granulomatous infections should also be considered.

4. X-ray examination: This type of examination has a greater radiation effect on children, so you should decide whether to have an X-ray examination only under the doctor's advice. Severe paronychia may lead to osteomyelitis or osteonecrosis of the terminal phalanx, but such serious events are relatively rare and phalanx osteomyelitis can be ruled out by X-ray. If an abscess persists for a long time, a biopsy should be done to rule out cancer.