Treatment of finger inflammation. Finger felon treatment at home

Injuries to the fingers occur in almost all people: cuts, injections, abrasions, unsuccessful trimming of hangnails, etc. With timely treatment of the wound, a barrier is created for the penetration of pathogenic microflora.

Not all people try to quickly disinfect an open injury; it becomes a gateway for attack by pathogenic bacteria. Later, the site of the former wound turns red and festeres. People began to call this disease “hair”. In medical terminology, inflammation of the tissues located on top of the phalangeal bones is called felon.

The appearance of the disease indicates an invading infection in the soft tissues. After diagnosis, the doctor suggests surgical treatment of felon. However, treating felon on the arm at home is possible without surgery.

Types of disease

The variety of forms of the disease determines the use of different treatment methods. Let us note the variety of manifestations of panaritium:

1. Cutaneous. Found on the finger near the nail. The emerging redness and burning sensation in this area is replaced by the formation of bright red swelling and periodic pain. With a further increase in edema, the disease is expected to deepen and move into the next phase.
2. Periungual. Develops due to unsuccessful cutting of hangnails or injuries received during manicure. The inflammatory process becomes noticeable a week after microtrauma. Without manifesting itself morphologically, the progressive disease makes itself known by painful sensations in the area of ​​skin covering the nail. Gradually, the painful area turns red, swells, and, depending on the depth of the pathology, a streak of pus may become visible.
3. Nail. The cause of the formation of a purulent mass is the bad habit of gnawing on dead skin around the nails and the nails themselves. Pus can also accumulate as a result of a splinter or infection. Pain under the nail and emerging pus are noted against the background of swelling of the fingertips. The pain begins to subside when the nail begins to peel off under the pressure of pus.
4. Subcutaneous. The localization of this form of panaritium is found on the fingertip on the side opposite the nail. The purulent capsule, increasing in size, causes swelling and swelling of this area. The pus cannot be released to the outside due to the dense epithelium of the skin. The only direction for further increase in the focus of inflammation is bone tissue, tendons and ligaments. A sharp, constant shooting pain intensifies when you press on the finger.
5. Bone. An uncommon type of panaritium, as its causes are associated with an open fracture of the phalanges of the fingers and infection, or the consequences of untimely treatment of the skin type. The disease is detected by the onset of sharp pain, increased temperature, and general weakness. May be accompanied by headache and tachycardia. There are pronounced symptoms of intoxication of the body.
6. Articular. More often it occurs in conjunction with the bone, so the symptoms of intoxication and bone damage are fully manifested. Features of the manifestation of articular panaritium include difficulty in flexing the interphalangeal joints, which become red in color and swelling.
7. Tendinous. The most severe type of panaritium, since the consequences of the disease are dangerous for bone tissue, threatening its destruction. The sources of the disease are injuries to the tendons of the fingers or a consequence of the skin form. Attempts to move the finger result in acute pain, the finger hangs “like a sausage,” swelling and pronounced intoxication of the body are noted.

If the symptoms of panaritium are detected in time, the disease can be eliminated using alternative medicine. If signs of an ingrained disease are detected, treating felon with folk remedies is not enough.

Traditional medicine fights felon

You can treat felon at home either with antibiotics and other medications, or with “old-fashioned” methods that have a positive treatment dynamics. Let's first deal with alternative medicine; here are several ways to treat panaritium at home.

Ointments and oils

• Panaritium has a positive effect in the treatment Vishnevsky ointment, mixed with fir oil. This mixture not only helps to quickly open the abscess, but is also a good antiseptic. The mixture is applied to a gauze swab, applied to the affected area and wrapped over the top with a bandage to secure the bandage. Change the tampon 2-3 times during the day.
• Application from ichthyol ointment applied to the sore spot, wrapped with a bandage on the outside. Change the application up to 3 times a day. The ointment protects the affected area from pathogenic microflora, improves blood flow, relieves inflammation, easily penetrates the epithelium and dermis of the skin, causing a feeling of warmth in deeper tissues.
• If 5 parts butter mix with 1 part dried calendula flowers, ground into powder, this mixture can be used to treat felon. The mixture is applied for several hours, changing it periodically throughout the day.
• Heated in a water bath Castor oil, dip a cotton swab into it and lubricate the sore spot on the finger. After generous lubrication, tie a cloth around the finger and change the compress after 2 hours.

Baths

• Helps eliminate the disease copper sulfate solution. Several times a day, make baths of copper sulfate by dissolving a pinch of powder in a glass of warm water.
• Hot baths of a weak solution of potassium permanganate, table and sea salt, soda, fresh celandine, alcohol tincture of calendula, eucalyptus. If herbal infusions are used, then a small spoon of the product per glass of hot water is enough. The water temperature should be such that the procedure can be tolerated. The minimum time for baths is half an hour, the minimum is 5-7 minutes. The affected finger is treated with baths several times throughout the day.

Compresses and lotions

• Some of the folk remedies can cause allergic reactions in children; their skin is more sensitive to irritation. For this reason, it is necessary to use proven products with hypoallergenic components and irritating effects. Eg, baked onion compress stimulates the rapid maturation of the purulent capsule and the release of pus to the outside. To prepare a compress, a medium-sized onion is baked in the oven, divided into 2 parts, after which the warm half is applied to the affected area of ​​the finger.
• A similar effect has aloe leaf, cut in half and cleared of thorns on the sides. Aloe is applied with its pulp to the surface of the skin and secured with a bandage. The dressings are changed three times a day.
• Helped some patients chewing black bread with onions and applying the chewed crumb, previously salted, to the sore spot of the finger.
• Heal whitlow by applying hot wax, melted in a water bath. After the wax has cooled, the finger must be treated with alcohol or iodine (brilliant).
• Trying to heal the disease, in previous centuries they used improvised folk remedies. If the effect on the diseased organ was positive, the recipe was passed on to descendants. A recipe for fighting felon using a compress has survived to this day. from kombucha, which is applied at night.
• Compress with chopped beets applied after the finger has been steamed in a bath of potassium permanganate. The compress is changed 4-6 times a day.
• Cabbage leaf applied to the diseased organ after it has been thoroughly washed. In between applications, the treatment is supplemented with baths with any solution.
• Head of garlic peeled and grated. The collected pulp is poured with hot water and, overcoming the pain, the finger is steamed in it. Then filter the solution and apply the mixture to the diseased organ, wrapping it with a bandage.
• Bee propolis mixed in a 1:1 ratio with medical alcohol. The resulting heterogeneous mixture is stirred and applied to the affected area of ​​the finger, wrapped with polyethylene and a scarf on top. The compress is changed as soon as the contents dry out.
• Mix in a ratio of 1:1:1 honey, chopped baked onion and flour. The resulting mixture is applied onto a paper napkin and applied for several hours to the site of formation of the panaritium. Wrap a cloth or bandage over the napkin to secure it.
• Treatment of panaritium at home on the leg and arm is carried out alcohol lotions, sometimes a finger is dipped into hot alcohol for 2 minutes. The disease then recedes.
• Garlic is used not only in the form of a solution for baths, but also as a cake, applying it to a sore spot. Pre-rubbed laundry soap and in a 1:1 ratio prepare garlic-soap cake.
• During the flowering period white lilies You need to pick the petals, knead them and apply them to the affected area several times.

If you believe in occult remedies for panaritium, then you can use a conspiracy. There are many options for spell texts, each locality has its own. Even Siberian healers have different spell texts.

If there are medicines for panaritium in the home medicine cabinet

To prevent surgical intervention, felon should be treated immediately after its detection. When pain occurs when pressing on the nail or fingertip, the diagnosis of soft tissue inflammation is confirmed.

Treat panaritium on a toe in the same way as on a finger. If you have pharmaceuticals at home, you don’t have to resort to the services of traditional medicine and healers. These are the means:

1. In addition to Vishnevsky's ointment, there may be Dioxidine ointment, Levomekol, Netran, Levomethyl and other ointments with anti-inflammatory effect. You just have to carefully read the instructions for use, since some ointments are not recommended for a child (Dioxidine).
2. Prepare a solution of dimexide by diluting it in boiled water. Dissolve 1 part dimexide to 3 parts water. The resulting solution is impregnated with a sterile cloth and applied to the sore finger, wrapping the top with polyethylene and a fixing cloth. To enhance the therapeutic effect, the top of the gauze can be moistened with a solution of penicillin, and then wrapped in polyethylene and cloth.

You can treat different types of felon at home using different technologies and methods. In order not to harm your health, you need to remember one rule: warming procedures are carried out only in the initial stages. At the slightest suspicion of pus formation, thermal procedures should be stopped and, if possible, cold applied to reduce the intensity of pain. Hot solutions are contraindicated in a state of general poisoning of the body.

is an acute purulent inflammatory process localized in the tissues of the fingers (less commonly, toes) and occurring on the palmar surface of the fingers. Manifested by pain, swelling, redness, increased body temperature, and symptoms of general intoxication. Diagnosed based on complaints and the results of an objective examination. If a bone or joint form of the disease is suspected, radiography is necessary. In the initial stages, conservative treatment is possible. When an abscess forms, an opening and drainage is required; in severe cases, amputation is indicated.

ICD-10

L03.0 Phlegmon of the fingers and toes

General information

Panaritium is an acute suppuration of the fingers (less commonly, the toes). It is one of the most common pathologies in purulent surgery. It develops as a result of the activity of pyogenic microorganisms (most often Staphylococcus aureus) that penetrate the tissue through minor skin lesions. With panaritium, swelling, redness and pain in the finger area are noted. In severe forms, chills and fever are observed. The pain can be sharp, throbbing, and depriving you of sleep. In the early stages, conservative treatment is possible; in the later stages, surgery is necessary.

Causes of panaritium

The direct cause of the pathology is most often Staphylococcus aureus, which penetrates the tissue through wounds, abrasions, injections, cracks, splinters or hangnails, which sometimes go unnoticed or look so insignificant that the patient simply does not pay attention to them. Less commonly, panaritium is caused by gram-negative and gram-positive bacilli, streptococcus, E. coli, Proteus, as well as anaerobic non-clostridial microflora and pathogens of putrefactive infections.

External factors contributing to the development of felon include systematic cooling, humidification, vibration, maceration, pollution or exposure to irritants. Internal factors that increase the likelihood of felon occurring are endocrine diseases, hypovitaminosis, metabolic disorders and decreased immunity.

Panaritium is more often observed in children, as well as young and middle-aged people - from 20 to 50 years. According to statistics, three quarters of patients fall ill after microtrauma received at work. The most common localization is the 1st, 2nd and 3rd fingers of the right hand. The development of felon is promoted by both external (cooling, vibration, exposure to chemicals) and internal (weakened immunity) factors.

Pathanatomy

On the palmar surface of the fingers there are many important anatomical formations: tendons and tendon sheaths, nerves, blood vessels, joint capsules, etc. The subcutaneous tissue in this area has a special structure. Numerous elastic and strong fibers run from the skin to the palmar aponeurosis. In addition, longitudinal bundles of connective tissue are located in the thickness of the fiber. As a result, the fiber is divided into small cells, reminiscent of a honeycomb.

This structure, on the one hand, prevents the spread of inflammation “along”, on the other hand, it creates favorable conditions for the penetration of the purulent process deep into the tissues. That is why with panaritium, rapid progression is possible, involving tendons, bones and joints, or even all tissues of the finger.

Classification

Taking into account the location and nature of the affected tissues, the following types of panaritium are distinguished:

• Skin felon. The lightest form. An abscess forms in the thickness of the skin.
• Periungual felon (paronychia). The inflammation is localized in the area of ​​the periungual fold.
• Subungual panaritium. Develops under the nail plate.
• Subcutaneous panaritium. Occurs in the subcutaneous tissue of the palmar surface of the fingers.
• Bone panaritium. A distinctive feature is the involvement of bone in the purulent process.
• Articular felon. Develops in the interphalangeal or metacarpophalangeal joints.
• Osteoarticular panaritium. Usually occurs with the progression of articular panaritium, when inflammation spreads to the articular ends of the phalangeal bones.
• Tendon panaritium. Localized in the tendon area.

Symptoms of felon

Symptoms may vary depending on the form of the disease. However, in any form, a number of common manifestations are observed. In the initial stages of panaritium, there is redness, slight swelling and mild or moderate pain, possibly a burning sensation. Then the swelling increases, the pain intensifies, becomes intense, bursting, tugging, depriving sleep.

A purulent focus forms in the area of ​​inflammation, which is clearly visible in superficial forms of panaritium. The formation of an abscess may be accompanied by weakness, fatigue, headache and fever. Symptoms of intoxication are more pronounced in deep, severe forms of panaritium (bone, joint, tendon). In addition, each form of panaritium has its own characteristic symptoms.

Cutaneous panaritium

Usually occurs in the area of ​​the nail phalanx. The skin turns red, then a limited area of ​​the epidermis peels off in the center of the redness. A blister forms, filled with a cloudy, bloody or grayish-yellow liquid that is visible through the skin. At first the pain is mild, then it gradually intensifies and becomes throbbing. This form of panaritium is often accompanied by stem lymphangitis, in which red stripes form on the forearm and hand along the inflamed lymph nodes. With uncomplicated panaritium, the general condition does not suffer; with lymphangitis, fever, weakness, and weakness are possible.

Periungual felon

Paronychia, as a rule, develops after an unsuccessful manicure or is a complication of hangnails and cracks in the periungual fold in people who work physically. Initially, local swelling and redness are noted, then the process quickly spreads, covering the entire nail fold. An abscess forms quite quickly, visible through the thin skin of this area. Severe pain occurs in the area of ​​inflammation, disturbing sleep, but the general condition is almost unaffected. Lymphangitis with this form of panaritium is rarely observed.

Spontaneous opening of the abscess is possible, but its incomplete emptying can cause the transition of the acute form of panaritium to chronic. As the process progresses, pus can break through under the base of the nail, spread into the subcutaneous tissue of the palmar area, onto the bone and even the distal interphalangeal joint.

Subungual panaritium

It is usually a complication of paronychia, however, it can also develop primarily as a result of a splinter, a puncture wound in the area of ​​the free edge of the nail, or during suppuration of a subungual hematoma. Since the developing abscess in this area is “pressed down” by a hard and dense nail plate, subungual panaritium is characterized by extremely intense pain, general malaise and a significant increase in temperature. The nail phalanx is swollen, pus is visible under the nail.

Subcutaneous panaritium

The most common type of panaritium. It usually develops when small but deep puncture wounds become infected (for example, when pricked by a plant thorn, an awl, a fish bone, etc.). Initially, slight redness and local pain appear. Over the course of several hours, the pain intensifies and becomes throbbing. The finger swells. The patient's general condition can either remain satisfactory or significantly worsen. With ulcers under high pressure, chills and an increase in temperature to 38 degrees and above are noted. In the absence of treatment, insufficient or late treatment, the purulent process may spread to deep anatomical formations (bones, joints, tendons).

Bone panaritium

It can develop from an infected open fracture or become a consequence of subcutaneous panaritium when infection spreads from soft tissue to the bone. Characteristically, the processes of bone melting (osteomyelitis) predominate over its restoration. Both partial and complete destruction of the phalanx is possible. In the early stages, the symptoms resemble subcutaneous panaritium, however, they are much more pronounced. The patient suffers from extremely intense throbbing pain and cannot sleep.

The affected phalanx increases in volume, which is why the finger takes on a flask-shaped appearance. The skin is smooth, shiny, red with a cyanotic tint. The finger is slightly bent, movement is limited due to pain. Unlike subcutaneous panaritium, with the bone form it is impossible to determine the area of ​​maximum pain, since the pain is diffuse. Chills and fever are noted.

Articular felon

It can develop as a result of direct infection (with penetrating wounds or open intra-articular fractures) or the spread of a purulent process (with tendon, subcutaneous and bone panaritium). Initially, there is slight swelling and pain in the joint when moving.

Then the pain intensifies, movements become impossible. The swelling increases and becomes especially pronounced on the dorsum of the finger. Palpation determines the tension of the joint capsule. Subsequently, a fistula forms on the back of the finger. Primary felons can end in recovery; with secondary felons (caused by the spread of suppuration from adjacent tissues), the outcome is usually amputation or ankylosis.

Tendon panaritium

Purulent tenosynovitis, like other types of panaritium, can develop either through direct penetration of the infection or when it spreads from other parts of the finger. The finger is uniformly swollen, slightly bent, intense pain is noted, sharply intensifying when attempting passive movements. When pressure is applied along the tendon, sharp pain is detected. Redness may not be noticeable. There is a significant increase in temperature, weakness, and lack of appetite. Confusion and delirium may occur.

Tendon panaritium is the most severe and dangerous purulent inflammation of the finger. This is due to the fact that pus quickly spreads through the tendon sheaths, moving to the muscles, bones, soft tissues of the palm and even the forearm. If left untreated, the tendon completely melts and the finger loses its function.

Diagnostics

The diagnosis is made based on the patient’s complaints and clinical symptoms of the disease. To determine the shape of the panaritium and clarify the localization of the abscess, palpation is performed with a button probe. To exclude bone and articular panaritium, radiography is performed. It should be taken into account that, unlike bone panaritium, in the articular form of the disease, changes are not immediately detected and may be mildly expressed. Therefore, to clarify the diagnosis, comparative radiographs of the healthy finger of the same name on the other hand should be prescribed.

Treatment of felon

Treatment is carried out by purulent surgeons. With superficial forms, the patient can be on an outpatient basis; with deep forms, hospitalization is necessary. In the early stages, patients with superficial panaritium can be prescribed conservative therapy: darsonval, UHF, thermal procedures. In the later stages of superficial panaritium, as well as at all stages of the bone and tendon form of the disease, surgery is indicated. The opening of the panaritium is supplemented with drainage so as to ensure the most effective outflow from the fiber divided into cells.

Surgical tactics for bone or joint felon are determined by the degree of preservation of the affected tissues. In case of partial destruction, resection of the damaged areas is performed. In case of total destruction (possible with bone and osteoarticular panaritium), amputation is indicated. In parallel, drug therapy is carried out aimed at combating inflammation (antibiotics), reducing pain and eliminating the phenomena of general intoxication.

If you have an inflamed toe or hand, or severe pain that does not allow you to sleep, then most likely it is felon. Treatment of finger felon at home is often more effective than official treatment, but only in the first stages of the disease.
Here are reviews of how we managed to cure felon, taken from the newspaper “Bulletin of Healthy Lifestyle”.

What is panaritium
Panaritium is an acute inflammation of the tissues of the finger. Inflammation occurs due to minor damage to the skin.
This disease most often occurs in people who perform physical work that leads to microtrauma to the hands, with contamination of the hands with irritating substances. These are drivers, car service workers, builders, carpenters, mechanics, weavers, and cooks. It is especially dangerous if a person has endocrine diseases, works in conditions of high humidity and cold - these people have impaired blood circulation through the capillaries.

Causes of panaritium:
First of all, the cause is a violation of the immune system, i.e. a failure of general immunity and local (tissue) immunity. Therefore, in some people, inflammation of the finger occurs from the slightest injury, while others do not even know what felon is.

Types of panaritiums:

• cutaneous
• subcutaneous
• periungual
• subungual
• bone
• articular
• tendinous
• complete – when all tissues of the finger are affected.

Scheme of disease development
The causative agent of the disease is most often white or aureus staphylococcus, less often E. coli and other microorganisms. They are usually found on the skin, but as soon as a wound appears, they rush there, causing inflammation of the finger. The initial stage of the inflammatory process is quickly replaced by purulent-necrotic inflammation, since the accumulation of exudate in a confined space leads to impaired circulation, and therefore to ischemic tissue necrosis and purulent melting. Simply put, the finger festers and hurts.

Treatment of panaritium on the finger at home.

Folk recipes from the newspaper Vestnik ZOZH 2003, No. 21, p. 14.
How to treat panaritium on a finger? If your finger is inflamed and hurts, throbs, and prevents you from sleeping, you should immediately run to the surgeon, but if medical help is not available, use the following means:

• ichthyol ointment or Vishnevsky ointment
• hot bath with potassium permanganate
• dressings with vodka, alcohol, cologne
• Salt a piece of black bread and chew it. Cover the abscess with this chewed bread and bandage it.

Treatment of felon finger at home.

Let's consider proven folk remedies.
To treat finger felon at home, effective folk remedies such as baked and raw onions, aloe, plantain, and black bread have always been used. Here are examples that prove these recipes work.

Finger felon treated with bread. Review.

Before washing the floors, the woman picked off a hangnail and brought the dirt under her nail. By nightfall, the finger became inflamed, swollen, red, festered, and there was severe pain. This went on for several days, and finally she went to the doctor. The surgeon said that we need to remove the nail and clean the bone. But it didn’t come to that, because the patient was advised a folk remedy for felon. Take a piece of black bread, add salt and chew until it forms a paste. Place a piece of bandage on the parchment, then the pulp, then cover the top with the other end of the bandage. Apply all this to the inflamed area and bandage it. By the morning the swelling had subsided, and there was pus and blood on the bandage - the wound was completely cleansed. (Folk method from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2002, No. 17, p. 20).

How to treat panaritium on a finger at home with bread.

If the finger under the nail is inflamed, suppuration has occurred, one healer does this: she makes the patient dip it 3-4 times in very hot water, then chew black bread with onions, and covers the sore spot with this paste and bandages it with a bandage. The wound clears up overnight. Then he washes the wound with pink manganese water and makes another dressing. And everything heals. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2001, No. 15, p. 18).

Treatment of felon finger with onion - reviews and examples of healing.

Panaritium of the finger - treatment at home on the hand with baked onions.

After an injury, a woman’s finger on her hand became swollen and inflamed, and then bone felon began. My whole arm turned red and an abscess the size of an orange grew under my armpit. She was told a folk remedy - treating felon with an onion. I baked an onion, put it on my sore finger and wrapped a towel on top. The pain quickly subsided, the woman slept for more than a day. But she woke up healthy, the bulb pulled out all the dirt and pus, even from under her armpit. (Review from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2004, No. 22, p. 17)

The finger near the nail is inflamed - How to treat felon with onion and soap ointment.

One day, a woman’s finger on her hand near the nail became sick and inflamed, it was terribly itchy, swollen, and an abscess appeared near the nail. I contacted a surgeon, he diagnosed felon, applied ointment to the abscess and sent me home. The abscess grew larger, the doctor removed the entire nail and applied the ointment again. Then remove the rest of the nail.
The patient went to visit her sister over the weekend. There, a neighbor gave her a folk recipe for ointment for various boils.
Ointment for felon:
Take equal parts laundry soap, onion, rosin, beeswax, butter, grate everything and cook, stirring until smooth. After cooling, apply the ointment to a bandage and apply to the sore spot.
After the first time, the wound was completely cleared. And the third time I applied the ointment for prevention. After the compress, I covered the wound with streptocide. Everything dried up, healing began, but the nail grew crooked for life. (Folk method from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2011, No. 2, p. 30)

Treatment of felon on the finger at home with garlic

Garlic acts similarly to onions, but it is a weaker remedy. Therefore, garlic can only be used at the initial stage of the disease. If your finger is inflamed and swollen, you need to apply a slice to it and secure it. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2013, No. 5, p. 33)

Treatment of felon at home with hot baths.

Hot water - treatment of felon on the toe.

A woman’s toe near the nail became inflamed and an abscess appeared. The doctor said that it was a panaritium and needed to be cut. But the woman decided to be treated at home. I made a hot soapy solution, the hotter, the more effective. I dipped my finger into the solution, counted to three, but couldn’t stand it until three, only 2 seconds. I drank until my heart began to protest. And in the morning there was no abscess. There was no need to cut. (Review from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2005, No. 18, p. 10)

Prevention of felon with a hot bath.

With the help of hot water you can also prevent the development of the disease. As soon as a splinter gets under your nail, you need to pour hot water into a mug, add salt to it, and dip your finger in it. Then cut the nail short, clean it and disinfect it with alcohol or cologne - there will be no inflammation. (Folk treatment from the newspaper “Bulletin of Healthy Lifestyle” 2003, No. 4 p. 4)

If your finger is inflamed - what plants will help you? How to treat panaritium on a finger?

How to treat felon on a finger with aloe

Review. Aloe for panaritium on the finger.

The man had an inflamed finger on his hand, he was in the hospital for a day, on the third day he had surgery, the scar still remains. After some time there was a relapse. A purulent abscess appeared near the nail, and a throbbing pain began. Then the man preferred to treat felon with folk remedies, chose aloe: He took an aloe leaf, cut it lengthwise and bandaged it with the pulp to the abscess, changed the bandage before going to bed, the pain did not bother me at night. Aloe was changed every 12 hours. On the third day, the skin under the bandage was white and wrinkled, dead. He cut off this skin and smeared the wound with Vishnevsky ointment. After a few days, only a trace in the form of a dot remained. Then this folk remedy helped him several more times. (Review from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2008, No. 18, pp. 31-32).

Review. Treatment of felon near the nail of aloe.

The woman pricked the skin near her nail with a fish fin. After some time, an abscess formed. Neither ointment nor pills helped. The pain from the abscess was so severe that I couldn’t sleep at night until I came across an aloe plant on the windowsill. The patient cut off the leaf and applied it to the inflamed area and bandaged it. An hour later the pain subsided and I managed to fall asleep. In the morning there was almost no pain, and the abscess had decreased. I used this folk remedy two more times, and after two days there was no trace left of the wound. (Review from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2007, No. 23, p. 32).

How to treat felon with plantain

Panaritium near the nail - treatment at home on the hand. Review

The woman's nail on her little finger became inflamed. Three times they opened an abscess on one side of the nail, and the next day it appeared on the other side. The hospital offered to remove the nail, but the woman refused. A friend advised me to pick plantain, wash it and make a compress for a day. For the first time in a long time, the patient fell asleep peacefully, and after 3 days the wounds healed. It was possible to cure felon without surgery. (Folk remedy from the newspaper “Bulletin of Healthy Lifestyle” 2011, No. 6, p. 39)

Review. Treatment of bone panaritium at home.

The woman developed an abscess on the second phalanx of her finger and her finger was swollen. At the hospital they cleaned her bone, but not very successfully. Repeated surgery was required. But the patient decided to treat the bone felon at home using the Nosal method - repeated wrapping of the abscess with plantain. The patient picked plantain leaves, washed them well, dried them, tied them to the incision, after steaming the wound in salt water. It helped quickly. Now this cut is not even visible. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2010, No. 17, p. 33)

Treatment of felon on the toe at home with celandine

The woman had an inflamed big toe on her right foot near the nail. Then a panaritium appeared on the left toe. The pain was so severe that it was impossible to walk.
And since she had diabetes, these abscesses worried her very much. She brewed a strong infusion of celandine (1 tablespoon of herb per 1 glass of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, leave for 2 hours). She soaked cotton wool in the infusion, applied it to the panaritium on her toe, a film and a bandage on top, and did the same with the second leg. Already in the morning I felt relief. The treatment lasted a week. Every morning and evening the patient changed the bandage and lubricated the skin on her legs with nourishing cream with chamomile, since celandine is very drying. Soon everything healed, the redness went away. (Review from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2006, No. 13, p. 8, 2003, 323, p. 25)

Celandine juice will help even better. You need to moisten a cotton wool in the juice and wrap it around your finger, with a fingertip on top. Change the cotton wool several times a day. The inflammation will go away very quickly. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2004, No. 9, p. 22)

Bone panaritium - treatment with a golden mustache

The woman was cleaning perches and pricked her index finger under the nail with a fin. Soon the pain subsided, but three days later a sore appeared on the nail, resembling a black and blue ball. The surgeon removed the nail, but it did not improve. A few days later the finger swelled, turned black, and stopped moving. Diagnosis: “bone panaritium”.
Neither antibiotics, nor ointments, nor procedures, nor baths prescribed by the doctor helped. It was then that an article about the healing power of the golden mustache plant caught her eye. She made a tincture: she grinded the whole plant in a meat grinder, poured in 500 ml of vodka, and left it for 10 days, instead of the prescribed 21 days, because there was no time to wait.
I started making compresses with this tincture at night, and during the day I smeared my finger with this tincture several times a day. I also took 1 tsp of the tincture orally. in the morning on an empty stomach, adding a few drops of aloe juice, I also lubricated the abscess with a strong infusion of St. John's wort. The treatment lasted 20 days. The finger became as before, the nail grew clean and even. But she suffered for 8 months. (Folk treatment, recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2006, No. 16, p. 30)

If your finger is inflamed, herbs will help.

An ointment made from these herbs will help get rid of any pustular diseases - fistulas, boils, abscesses, ulcers. To prepare this ointment for inflammation and ulcers, you first need to prepare calendula oil. To do this, place 1.5 cups of calendula flowers in a stainless steel pan and pour a glass of vegetable oil at a temperature of 80-100 degrees, stir. When it cools down, transfer to a glass jar and leave in the dark for 40 days, strain.
Preparation of ointment. Fresh calendula flowers - 2 parts, yarrow - 2 parts, sweet clover - 1 part, dandelion roots - 2 parts, horse sorrel roots - 1 part, tansy inflorescences - 1 part. Wash all these herbs and pass through a meat grinder. Add 1 part of Vishnevsky ointment and 1 part of ichthyol ointment to the herbal gruel. Dilute this entire mixture with calendula oil prepared in advance to obtain a homogeneous elastic mass. Store the resulting ointment against abscesses in the refrigerator.
You should treat felon like this: steam your finger in hot salty water, wipe it with cotton wool and alcohol and apply this ointment overnight. In the morning, repeat everything, change the bandages 2 times a day.

A woman used this ointment to treat a bitch's udder: she applied a napkin with ointment for the whole night, and changed it in the morning. By the evening, all the nodes had enlarged, the heads of abscesses appeared, and on the 3rd day all the pus began to come out. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2006, No. 18, p. 31)

Treatment with eucalyptus
If you have a purulent inflammation of the finger, then you need to finely chop eucalyptus leaves, cover the sore spot with them and secure with a bandage. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2003, No. 7, p. 13)

How to treat panaritium on a finger - the simplest folk remedies

• How to treat panaritium on a finger with potatoes
  To cure purulent inflammation of the finger, you need to grate a raw potato and apply the pulp to the abscess. Secure with bactericidal plaster. Healing occurs very quickly. This folk remedy has been tested on many people. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2005, No. 14, p. 29)
• Needle injections - a simple folk remedy
  Inflammation of the finger near the nail is a very unpleasant disease, the finger twitches and does not allow you to sleep. This remedy will help: with the tip of a thin needle from a sterile syringe before going to bed, pressing lightly, prick the entire area of ​​redness with crosses. There will be no inflammation in the morning. (Home method from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2006, No. 2, p. 31)
• Treatment with furatsilin
  Crush the furatsilin tablet into powder, pour it onto wet cotton wool, wrap the cotton wool around the abscess, with polyethylene and a bandage on top. Leave it like this all night. If it doesn’t help the first time, repeat the procedure the next night. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2004, No. 5, p. 26)
  If your finger is inflamed, baking soda will help.
  A soda solution helped a woman cure whitlow on her finger. 1 tbsp. l. Soda should be brewed with 1 cup of boiling water, stir. When it cools down to a warm state, put your finger in there. Do this procedure several times. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2004, No. 12, p. 7)
• Panaritium of the toe in children. Regular iodine helped
  A 13-year-old girl constantly suffered from felons on her big toes. The ingrown nail plates were constantly bleeding, and I had to walk in rag slippers rather than shoes. She had plastic surgery on her nail beds twice, but it didn’t help. Regular iodine helped. 3 times a day she smeared the affected areas with iodine until they turned dark brown. She did this for only 4 days. The skin peeled off in some places from the chemical burn, but since then this problem has not returned. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2003, No. 3, p. 25)
• Treatment of felon on the finger with cabbage.
  A woman pricked her finger with a needle while sewing. The finger became inflamed and began to itch. A cabbage leaf was tied to the abscess, changing the bandage 2 times a day. On the 4th day everything healed. (Review from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2002, No. 3, p. 18)
• How to treat finger whitlow with grease at home
  The woman was pricked with a wire. Dirt got in and my finger became inflamed. I didn’t go to the hospital, but applied technical grease. After 2 hours the pain subsided, and by evening the abscess opened. I applied solid oil again, and all the pus was drawn out overnight. In the morning I washed the wound with potassium permanganate and applied a Kalanchoe leaf. Everything has healed. In the village where the author of the letter lives, many residents use this remedy for panaritium and abscesses. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2005, No. 3, p. 8)
• Clay compresses - an effective folk method
  If the panaritium on the finger does not heal for a long time, clay compresses will help: you need to mix clay with urine until creamy, apply it to a gauze pad and apply it to the inflamed area. The same compresses will help if you have a growing bunion near your big toe. (Folk method of treatment from the newspaper “Bulletin of Healthy Lifestyle” 2010, No. 16, p. 10)
• Traditional treatment of felon with iodine
  The woman got a splinter on her finger, took the splinter out, but the wound did not heal for a long time. There is redness around the nail. A week later, the woman woke up from severe pain in her finger; it was very swollen, turned white, and filled with pus from the inside. She took iodinol, moistened a bandage in 3 layers, tied it to the abscess, and wrapped a towel on top. In the morning, the bandage was dry, the pus had resolved, but did not come out, and the tumor remained. After another three days of such compresses, the swelling also went away. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2006, No. 23, p. 2)
• Traditional treatment for inflammation of the finger with chalk
  The following folk remedy helps a woman cure panaritium: she lubricates the skin with camphor oil and sprinkles it with crushed chalk, tying it with woolen cloth. After three days it gets better. The pain goes away, the pus flows out. (Review from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2008, No. 14, p. 30)

Treatment of felon with folk remedies - a few more recipes

Panaritium on the toe - folk remedies helped

One day, a friend told a woman a recipe for a folk remedy for panaritium, which helped her save her leg. The fingers were already about to be amputated, but this method helped in 2 days. The recipe was dictated by:

1. Keep the limb in a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate for 30 minutes
2. Keep calendula tincture in the solution for 30 minutes - 100 ml per 1 liter of water.
3. 30 minutes - in a solution of eucalyptus tincture - 100 ml per 1 liter of water.
4. In the same eucalyptus solution, moisten a bandage folded in 8 layers, squeeze it out, wrap it around the sore spot, and secure it with a bandage. Do not use film or compress paper here.

This recipe was useful to a woman three years later in a more serious case. Her husband’s fingers were crushed by a weight so that all the muscles and skin burst, and dirt and fingerprints immediately got there. He was able to get to the hospital only after 2 hours. The surgeon immediately said that it was 99% amputation, and he bandaged it. The woman immediately remembered the recipe for felon and suggested that her husband be treated with folk remedies, but he refused. The next morning, all the bandages were soaked in blood and pus. When they made a new dressing, these bandages were removed without soaking and pain relief, he almost lost consciousness from the pain. Then he agreed to be treated according to his wife’s method.
He held his hand in the first solution without removing the bandages; in 30 minutes they soaked well and came off. That night there was no more pain or twitching. The next day, the bandages came off well - there was no pus, and the wounds were clean with new skin. After the 4th procedure, the hand was no longer bandaged. After some time, the man met his surgeon, he asked why he didn’t go for dressings, and when he saw his hand, he was simply amazed. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2006, No. 18, p. 9)

Treatment of felon finger with smoke
This very simple folk remedy helped cure felon and avoid surgery for many people; previously, on the battlefields, even gangrene was treated with this remedy. You need to take a fabric made of natural cotton, flannel, flannel, roll it into a flagellum and set it on fire at one end so that smoke comes out, fumigate the inflamed area with this smoke for 1-3 minutes. If after some time the pain resumes, fumigate again. 2-4 procedures are enough. It is better to do them outdoors to protect the apartment from the smell. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2006, No. 25, p. 8,)

Nail felon - folk treatment with soap and protein
The beginning of felon nail can be cured at home with the following ointment: grate laundry soap and add it to the beaten egg white until a paste is obtained. The consistency should be viscous, plastic, but not liquid. Apply this paste to the inflamed finger, on the sore spot, including some healthy skin. It is advisable to let the paste dry and set in the air, then bandage it. Walk like this for a day or two. After removing the bandage, you will see that the sore has broken through and pus has come out of it. If necessary, make a bandage with soap ointment again (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2002, No. 12, p. 17)

Ointment for all occasions.
Take pine resin, medical tar, butter, aloe leaf pulp, and flower honey in equal proportions. Place this mixture in a water bath and heat, stirring, until the mixture becomes homogeneous. If it turns out very thick, dilute with vodka. This ointment helps with any non-healing fistulas or suppuration. bone tuberculosis, abscesses, helps cure subcutaneous and bone panaritium, furunculosis. You need to smear the inflamed area, cover it with plastic and wrap it with a bandage. (Recipe from the newspaper “Vestnik ZOZH” 2003, No. 3, p. 25)

The skin of our hands is very delicate, and it often develops wounds, cracks and cuts, which can easily become infected by various types of infections. As a result, many different ailments arise, one of the most common is felon.

Panaritium is an inflammation of the skin on the arms and legs, which is very often accompanied by the appearance of purulent discharge. The main locations of this disease are:

• skin on hands and feet;
• tendons;
• joints;
• nails;
• bones.

In medical practice, there are two main types of felons: superficial and deep. Superficial panaritiums arise from the outside, and in turn are divided into:

• cutaneous;
• periungual panaritium or paronychia.

Deep felons form inside under the skin and are also divided into the following types:

• subungual;
• subcutaneous;
• articular;
• tendinous;
• bony panaritium.

Very often, people do not pay attention to the wounds on their hands and do not treat them properly with antiseptics. As a result of this, a panaritium of the finger appears on the hand. Immediately after the onset of the disease, we begin to worry about the question of how to treat panaritium. This is done in order to quickly get rid of it and prevent it from developing into a chronic form.

Treatment of this disease should begin at the initial stage of its occurrence. To do this, you should contact a medical institution, where a qualified doctor, after a certain series of procedures, will prescribe the correct and effective course of treatment.

Therapy will be aimed at:

• getting rid of inflammatory processes;
• restoration of impaired functions of fingers or toes;
• avoiding the appearance of purulent formations;
• preventing the occurrence of sepsis.

This disease can be diagnosed after examining the affected areas by a surgeon. If there is a suspicion of internal panaritium, x-rays are prescribed, as well as a blood test, which can reveal inflammatory processes occurring in the human body. Treatment methods depend on the location and stage of development of the disease.

Subcutaneous

Treating subcutaneous panaritium at home is allowed only at the initial stage of the onset of the disease, when there is no severe tissue swelling and pain is insignificant. However, you need to be careful, because bacteria could get inside and begin to damage the tissue.

A conservative method of getting rid of the disease is often used, which includes a number of measures to help overcome subcutaneous panaritium as quickly as possible.

For this purpose, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medications are prescribed, which help reduce pain and improve the general condition of the patient. The following drugs are widely used:

• ciprofloxacin;
• ceftriaxone;
• nimesil;
• aertal;

Treatment of panaritium is also carried out using 10% ichthyol ointment. Quickly penetrating the skin, it improves blood flow and relieves inflammation. The ointment should be spread in a thick layer and wrapped with a bandage. It is recommended to wear this pad for no more than 10 hours.

In addition to drugs, subcutaneous panaritium is treated using. Apply them to the affected area several times a day, for 20 minutes, they help relieve swelling and relieve pain.

Salt baths

Using salt baths will help relieve inflammation. To prepare the solution, dissolve a tablespoon of table salt in a glass of warm water, then carry out the manipulation twice a day, for 30 minutes.

Physiotherapeutic procedures are also used, namely. They help reduce pain, improve blood circulation and metabolism.
With timely treatment and implementation of the above measures, in most cases it is possible to cure subcutaneous panaritium without surgery.

Paronychia

Paronychia is an inflammation that occurs along the edge of the nail plate. According to statistics, paronychia is a female disease. The main cause of the disease may be an incorrectly performed manicure and hangnails on the periungual fold.

If the disease is detected in a timely manner, treatment begins with the use of hand baths using soda and potassium permanganate. At the same time, antiseptics are used, which can be purchased at any pharmacy. This may be Vishnevsky ointment and Chlorhexedine solution. When paronychia was caused by various types of bacteria, a course of antibiotics is prescribed to get rid of them.

Common medications are:

• Clindamycin;
• Erythromycin;
• Ciprofloxacin;
• Ceftazidime.

The surgical method of treatment is used mainly when the inflammatory process from the cushion has passed under the nail. For the operation, local anesthesia is used, and then the panaritium is opened near the nail and the damaged nail plate is removed. The wound is treated well and a bandage is applied with syntomycin or furatsilin ointments. After a certain time, a new and healthy nail will grow.

Paronychia can quickly turn into a chronic form of the disease; in this case, you need to avoid prolonged exposure of your hands to water, as well as contact of detergents and chemicals with the skin.

Bone

Bone felon does not occur very often, but when it occurs it causes many problems and can lead to unpleasant consequences. The cause of the appearance is, which damages tissue and transfers to the bone. Bone panaritium is treated mainly by surgical methods, since the use of compresses and baths is impractical and ineffective.

To prevent amputation of the phalanx, an operation is performed in which the area where the bone panaritium has formed is opened, cleaned of dead tissue and suppuration, and then placed. The drainage system is used to further wash the wound in order to speed up the healing process as much as possible.

At the end of the surgical procedure, a sterile pre-lubricated bandage is applied to the treated area, such as:

• Betadine;
• Gentamicin;
• Levomikol.

The treatment period, which allows you to completely overcome bone panaritium, ranges from 3 to 6 weeks.

On foot

This disease occurs on the legs much less frequently than on the arms. Treatment of felons on the toe occurs in the same way as on the hands, and largely depends on the type and degree of development of the disease. The main location of the disease is the area of ​​the thumb. This disease occurs due to wearing uncomfortable shoes, which leads to injury to the skin.

Traditional methods

Treatment of panaritium can also occur at home using traditional methods. Before using them, you should definitely consult a doctor, since improper use can lead to negative results. In folk treatment, there are many different recipes that are used in the form of lotions, compresses and baths.

Aloe

Take a leaf of the plant, wash it well with water and cut off the spines. The resulting pulp must be ground well to form a paste with aloe juice. The resulting mixture should be applied to the affected area, it will help relieve the inflammatory process.

You can also use lotions with aloe juice. Squeeze the juice from the leaves of the plant and soak cotton wool in it, then apply it to the site of formation of the panaritium.

Celandine

Place one spoon of herb in a saucepan and pour half a liter of warm boiled water. Place on the stove, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for another 15 minutes. Remove the solution and cool slightly, after which you can take baths with it. Keep the affected finger in the broth for 15 minutes, do this manipulation 3-4 times a day.

Eucalyptus

Buy eucalyptus tincture at the pharmacy, then dilute two teaspoons in a liter of hot water and use the resulting solution in the form of baths.

Dry eucalyptus grass is also used and decoctions are prepared from it. To do this, pour two teaspoons into half a liter of water and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. After cooling, dip your finger into the solution and hold for about 15 minutes. It is advisable to perform this procedure three times a day.

Onion

The whole onion must be peeled and then baked or boiled in milk. After cooking, divide the vegetable in half and apply it to the site of formation of the panaritium, be sure to secure it with a bandage. After four hours, change the dressing. This procedure promotes the maturation of felon.

Beet

Grate the beets, add one spoon of sour cream to it and mix everything well. The resulting mixture is applied in a thin layer to the inflamed area and wrapped with a bandage on top. This compress is done at night; it will help draw out the pus.

Prevention

There are a number of preventive measures that will help avoid the occurrence of the disease. The main ones are:

• hygiene of hands and feet, they must always be clean;
• the right choice of soap care products that should not dry out the skin;
• do not use other people's manicure devices;
• When doing manicure and pedicure, try not to injure the periungual fold;
• treat wounds and cuts with antiseptic agents;
• Use rubber gloves when working around the house or garden, they will help protect your hands from injury.

The main thing to remember is that early detection of the disease will help you get rid of it quickly. Treatment will be carried out with the help of ointments, compresses and tinctures; this will not allow the panaritium to move into a more complex stage and it will not have to be opened.

Content

A splinter or finger injury can easily fester to the bone. In medicine, such an inflammatory process is called panaritium. Pathology occurs because pathogenic microorganisms enter the body through damaged integuments. In the absence of proper disinfection, purulent inflammation develops, which can spread to tendons, bones, muscles, joints and even lead to necrotic processes.

What is a panaritium on a finger?

A purulent acute inflammatory process, which is localized on the fingers of the upper extremities, less often on the lower ones, is called panaritium. Inflammation on the back of the hand is not related to this disease. Most often, men and women from 20 to 50 years old suffer from panaritium. This is explained by the fact that at this age people often receive microtraumas to the skin on their hands. Diseases associated with injuries at work develop in 75%, at home - 10%, and in all other cases only 15%.

The palmar surface of the fingers contains many important anatomical structures: joint capsules, vessels, nerves, tendon sheaths and tendons. The subcutaneous tissue in this area also has a special structure - multiple strong and elastic fibers go from the skin to the palmar aponeurosis. In its thickness there are longitudinal bundles of connective tissue.

As a result, the fiber is separated by small bridges, reminiscent of a honeycomb. This structure not only helps prevent the spread of inflammation, but also creates favorable conditions for the purulent process to penetrate deep into the tissues. For this reason, during the development of the disease, bones, tendons, joints and other tissues of the hand can quickly become involved in the pathological process.

Panaritium on the finger develops as a result of the spread of pyogenic microorganisms (usually Staphylococcus aureus) in the tissues. During the development of the disease, redness of the affected area, swelling, and pain are noted. In severe cases, there is an increase in temperature and chills. At an early stage of the inflammatory process, conservative treatment is prescribed, at a later stage, surgical intervention is performed.

Causes

In addition to staphylococcus, felon can be caused by streptococci, Proteus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other pathological microorganisms. The infection penetrates the skin through small cracks and abrasions on the palmar surface of the finger. A person gets wounds during a manicure, skin punctures due to fish bones, wood chips, metal shavings and other sharp objects. The infection also penetrates through a burn on the finger, which occurs due to the careless use of fire or hot objects.

Some wounds sometimes go unnoticed or look insignificant. The patient does not pay attention to them until the first symptoms of panaritium appear. Internal causes of the disease include hypovitaminosis, endocrine pathologies, tissue nutritional disorders, and a decrease in general immunity. Panaritium on the fingers can also develop due to external factors. These include:

• systematic hypothermia;
• violation of the innervation of the finger, hand;
• maceration of the epidermis (swelling and/or loosening);
• skin contamination;
• exposure to irritants;
• disruption of the blood supply to the hand, which is carried out by the radial and ulnar arteries;
• excessive moisture of the skin.

Classification

Taking into account the nature and location of the affected tissues, doctors distinguish the following types of disease:

• Skin felon. The mildest form of pathology is when an abscess forms in the epidermis.
• Subcutaneous panaritium. Purulent contents appear in the subcutaneous tissue located on the dense palmar surface of the fingers.
• Periungual felon (paronychia). The inflammatory process develops in the area of ​​the periungual fold.
• Subungual panaritium. Suppuration occurs under the nail plate.
• Articular panaritium. The pathological process develops in the metacarpophalangeal or interphalangeal joints.
• Bone panaritium. The bones are involved in the purulent-inflammatory process.
• Tendon panaritium. The disease is localized in the tendon area.
• Pandactylitis. The most severe form of the disease, in which a purulent-necrotic process of all tissues of the finger develops.

Symptoms

Depending on the level of damage and location of the injury, the symptoms of panaritium have several varieties:

Complications

It is not advisable to take independent measures to treat purulent inflammation of the finger. To avoid serious consequences of panaritium, you should definitely consult a doctor. If the purulent-inflammatory process is started, it can lead to complications. Treatment should begin at the first signs of the inflammatory process, otherwise pathologies such as thrombophlebitis, osteomyelitis, lymphadenitis, phlegmon of the hand, and joint contracture may occur. Deep purulent-inflammatory lesions often lead to blood poisoning and sepsis.

A pregnant woman must be extremely careful when performing a manicure, because the infection can pass to the child if infected. It is better to refuse salon services altogether while expecting a baby. When infected, felon can lead to bone phlegmon, which can only be treated with surgery. The disease in an advanced stage often causes the development of chronic osteomyelitis with a relapsing course. As a result of this pathology, you can partially or completely lose the mobility of your finger.

Treatment of felon

Therapeutic methods are adopted, depending on the type of panaritium:

Treatment at home

You need to treat this pathology yourself, based on the doctor’s recommendations. First, surgical and/or drug therapy is indicated, and when the wound begins to heal, folk remedies can be used. Vishnevsky ointment is effective for panaritium. To get rid of an abscess, you need to apply a layer of liniment to the affected area of ​​skin and apply a compress on top. The medicine should be used at night and the wound should be disinfected in the morning. The procedure must be repeated until the pus is completely removed.

Dimexide gives a good effect for panaritium. The solution has a healing, antimicrobial, analgesic, anti-inflammatory effect. Dimexide should also be used at night as a compress. If felon occurs on a child’s finger, then baths with salt or soda (2 tsp per 2 glasses of water) and Levomekol ointment, which should be applied under the bandage at night, will be effective.

Drug treatment

Antibiotics for felon are prescribed if the disease is caused by staphylococcal or any other infection. Antibacterial drugs from the group of penicillins (Amoxiclav), fluoroquinolones (Levofloxacin) or macrolides (Josamycin) are used. As a rule, intramuscular administration of antibiotics is used, but in case of bone or joint pathology, treatment is carried out using intraosseous infusions.

To remove pus and heal wounds, Oflomelid, Levomekol, Dimexide, Vishnevsky ointment or Ichthyol are used externally. They have antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, regenerating effects. To remove purulent fluid, these drugs should be applied to a sterile bandage and applied to the site of inflammation up to 3 times a day.

In the postoperative period, the wound is treated with antiseptic solutions (Chlorhexidine, Chlorphyllipt). To suppress further inflammation, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Diclofenac, Nimesil) and UHF therapy are prescribed orally. Physical therapy is effective after reducing inflammation. It helps improve local blood circulation, remove swelling and pain. The average number of procedures is 3-7. Duration – from 5 to 20 minutes.

Traditional methods of treatment

With the permission of the attending physician, you can use folk recipes in the treatment of purulent inflammation on the finger. The most effective:

• Aloe. Cut off both sides of the plant leaf, leaving only the pulp. Apply it to the sore spot and wrap it with a bandage. Do not remove the compress for 5 hours. Repeat the procedure every 4 hours until the condition improves.
• Calendula. Soak gauze with alcohol tincture of the plant's flowers, wrap the sore spot, and cover with polyethylene. Keep the compress for 3 hours, then replace it with a new one. Carry out the procedure several times a day.
• Potassium permanganate. Warm baths will help at the beginning of the purulent process. Dilute 1 granule of manganese in a glass of hot (tolerable) water. Soak the sore finger in the solution for 15 minutes. Repeat the procedure several times a day until inflammation decreases.

Autopsy of a panaritium

Surgery is the most effective method of treating panaritium. The operation is prescribed by a doctor after blood tests and other laboratory tests. Local anesthesia according to Lukashevich-Oberst is mainly used: a tourniquet is applied to the base of the finger, a puncture is made on the lateral phalanx with a needle to the bone and 2 ml of lidocaine solution (2%) is injected. The same manipulation is carried out on the opposite side of the phalanx. If the process involves the palmar bones or joints, the operation is performed under general anesthesia.

An autopsy is performed in different ways, depending on the type of pathological process:

• Subcutaneous. Longitudinal incisions are made, which are performed with great care so as not to damage the nerve bundle.
• Tendinous. Incisions are made on the anterolateral surface of the finger.
• Subungual. The edge of the nail is excised wedge-shaped or the nail plate is trepanned under the site of accumulation of pus. If complete suppuration and detachment are observed, then it is completely removed.
• Articular. Two lateral incisions are made on the back of the hand, after which the cavity is washed with an antibiotic or antiseptic.
• Bone. The nail phalanx is cut in the form of an arc and washed. If it needs to be removed, a Gigli saw is used.

Prevention

The main preventive measure is clean hands, but we must not forget that skin that is overdried by detergents quickly becomes covered with microcracks through which pathogenic bacteria easily penetrate. To avoid infection, you should always remember about prevention:

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