How Do I Treat an Ingrown Fingernail?

Nails are prone to hide dirt and bacteria. Therefore, many people are used to cutting their nails very short. As everyone knows, this will not only protect your fingers, but also have a counter-productive effect. Nail cutting is a very common thing, but do you really understand nail cutting?

Nail care common sense

Nails are prone to hide dirt and bacteria. Therefore, many people are used to cutting their nails very short. As everyone knows, this will not only protect your fingers, but also have a counter-productive effect.

The nails are cut too short, and the nail bed is easily injured during work or housework. Front of the finger

Therefore, the correct way to cut your nails is to cut the middle first and then trim both sides, so that you can easily control the length of the trim and avoid cutting the corners too deep. no

Human fingernails grow at an average speed of 0.7 mm per week, and it is recommended to cut them once a week; toenails grow relatively slowly, and can be cut once or twice a month. The appropriate length for cutting nails is that the top of the nail is flush with or slightly longer than the top of the finger, leaving a small white edge. While cutting your nails, you can also do some simple hand and finger massages to help promote blood circulation to your fingers and provide sufficient nutrients for your nails. You can also choose some nutrient oils for your nails to keep your nails shiny and tough. In addition, you should wash your hands frequently, and cutting nails alone cannot fundamentally guarantee personal hygiene.

If the nail edge becomes red, hot, or painful, you may have paronychia. At this time, it can be relieved by hot compress and erythromycin ointment. When you feel pain, you can apply 75% alcohol or iodine tincture, take antibiotics, or add some traditional Chinese medicine that clears heat and detoxifies. The inflammation will improve or resolve by itself. If the treatment is not timely, white spots will appear on the lesion. When paronychia becomes pus, in addition to antibiotics, surgery is also required. For unilateral subcutaneous abscesses, drainage can be made incision next to the paronychia; bilateral subcutaneous abscesses require bilateral drainage.

For the abscess at the nail root, simply lifting the skin is often difficult to fully drain, and it is necessary to separate and remove part or even the entire nail. Do not use red or purple drops. These two topical agents are highly toxic and carcinogenic, and are now clinically banned.

The main components of nails are protein and calcium. If the nails are found to be fragile and easy to peel off, most of them are caused by poor iron or calcium, resulting in poor health or lack of protein in food. It may also be due to impaired kidney function and blood circulation. Poorly caused. Such people should eat foods high in calcium. Similarly, excessive dryness can also make nails fragile and fragile, so apply nail polishes every morning and evening to massage your nails.

If the surface of your nails is not smooth enough, and there are obvious vertical lines on your fingernails, it means that you are too tired and you should pay attention to rest. In addition, if there are stripes on the nails, and the stripes are small and numerous, it means that there may be chronic digestive diseases, such as gastroenteritis, colitis, and stomach problems. If there are very deep horizontal lines, it means that there is a very serious gastrointestinal disease, the deeper the more serious. Raised stripes indicate a problem with the heart or liver.

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