This article provides an in-depth exploration of subungual abscess, covering its definition, pathophysiology, clinical significance, diagnosis, and management strategies.

Significant erythema or an abscess, necessitates use of systemic antibiotics. Surgical management in AP is reserved for a well-formed abscess, failure to respond to medical …

A subungual abscess is a party gone wrong between the nail plate and the nail bed. It may form as a complication to a paronychia. If you suspect an abscess, most likely there will be pus …

It is characterized by acute or chronic purulent, tender, and painful swellings of the tissues around the nail, caused by an abscess of the nail fold. The pathogenic yeast causing paronychia is …

Oct 24, 2025 · Definition — Acute paronychia is an acute inflammatory process, with or without abscess formation, that involves the proximal and lateral nail folds and that has been present …

May 15, 2021 · Diagnosis involves careful clinical examination assessing for erythema and fluctuance around the nail with discoloration/hypertrophic changes of the nail. Treatment …

Jul 1, 2017 · Paronychia is inflammation of the fingers or toes in one or more of the three nail folds. Acute paronychia is caused by polymicrobial infections after the protective nail barrier …

Nov 30, 2023 · If a subungual abscess results in a floating nail, remove a portion of the nail or trephinate the nail to allow for complete drainage. Elevation of the eponychial fold with a No 11 …

The most common bacterial infections of the distal finger are paronychias and felons. We describe two patients with an unusual subungual bacterial infection not involving the nail folds or distal …

Acute paronychia develops rapidly over a few hours, and usually affects a single nail fold. Symptoms are pain, redness and swelling. If herpes simplex is the cause (herpetic whitlow), …