Ingrown Fingernail

They say you learn a lot about someone if you look at his or her hands. Carefully groomed nails are an important element in the art of seduction and beyond. Nails often reflect different personal habits, some positive, others less. Nature has endowed us with them to facilitate the handling of objects and to support the soft tissues of the fingers. They are only a small part of our body, but is able to reflect our state of health. Often observe changes in their properties, but not always signal a disease.First of all we should think the most common issues such as bad habit to bite one’s nails. It is most often a child’s tic, which disappears with age and was associated with anxiety states. But some can not unlearn this habit, therefore there are adults who nails and fruit. Sometimes your nail may separate from her bed, free portion became white.

Apparently a minor health problem, an ingrown fingernail may go unnoticed in early stages of its evolution. But the appearance of infection, a high nail in meat can cause great pain, unbearable even to the slightest touch. Ingrown fingernail is caused by high angle lateral edges of the nail in the soft tissues around it. The most often affected toenails, especially nails thumbs.

Signs of a fingernail growth in meat are:
- Increasing temperature affected finger;
- Pain;
- Leakage of pus if an infection;
- Redness and swelling of the finger.

Risks of a ingrown fingernail increase if:
- Have diabetes;
- You have traffic problems in the extremities;
- The edges of your nails are naturally curved inwards;
- Do your nails meat or let them grow too much;
- Wear fixed shoes;
- You have very thick nails;
- Are overweight.

What can you do to prevent the embodiment of a nail? First of all make sure to wear shoes that do not collect and is of good quality. Second, foot hygiene is important. You need to cut your nails regularly, without it cut too short. Persons with diabetes or blood circulation problems need medical advice in terms of cutting and nail care for the risk of complications is quite high.

What are the long-term effects? An ingrown fingernail can be very painful, but more worrying; in long term infection is possible. And when a person suffers from diabetes or circulatory problems, infections can be quite serious. Infection can be reached in the foot complications such as ulcers or septicemia (blood infection spread).

How is it treated? Surgery is the best solution to remove pieces of claw meat grown in the resort to minor. In places which have been extracted over the place special devices to prevent the nail to grow further in the same position. Doctors recommend antibiotics if an infection is present. The most difficult is for those whose nails are prone to a form that growth in meat. In such cases embodiment nail recur and more difficult to prevent. A new method of treating and preventing nail incarnation is the application on the nail of thin metal wire that helps to fix and correct the direction of nail growth, without need surgery.

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