Pregnant woman has paronychia and suppuration

Pregnant women are a special group of people. If they unfortunately suffer from paronychia, they must go to the hospital for treatment in time. If paronychia becomes purulent, they must take it seriously and never apply medicine indiscriminately. They must receive treatment under the guidance of a doctor. They also need to clean and disinfect the purulent area in time. If they need to take medicine, they must take it under the guidance of a doctor.

What should pregnant women do if they have paronychia?

1. If polyps have water discharge, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination and treatment. This method can be tried when the redness, swelling, pain and inflammation are just beginning and not serious. Normally it can be cured at home, saving a lot of trouble. Be careful not to get it wet when wrapping, and be careful not to get dirty water on it when washing your face or taking a bath. Keep the affected area clean and dry.

2. You can also soak it in it for a while, about 1-2 minutes. Be careful not to soak healthy skin. After treatment with iodine, there is no need to use alcohol to deiodine as it will evaporate on its own. Repeat this process three to two times, and increase the number of times if necessary depending on the severity of the condition.

3. Paronychia is mostly caused by damage to the nail groove, usually resulting in infection from pulling out the fleshy thorns near the nail. Therefore, pay attention to the health of your nails and don’t cut them too short. If there are any damages, you can disinfect them with iodine to prevent infection. To prevent paronychia, do not pick your feet or scratch them with your fingers. After picking, wash your hands and feet with soap or medicated soap to prevent fungal or bacterial infection.

What to do if a pregnant woman has paronychia?

Fusidic acid cream is suitable for various bacterial skin infections, mainly for skin infections caused by Gram-positive cocci. Such as impetigo, paronychia, erythrasma, acne vulgaris, traumatic infection, eczema infection, ulcer infection, etc.

Triamcinolone acetonide and econazole cream is used for dermatitis and eczema accompanied by fungal infection or with a tendency to fungal infection; paronychia; mixed skin infections caused by fungi and bacteria, etc.

Clotrimazole solution is used for tinea corporis, tinea cruris, tinea manuum, tinea pedis, tinea versicolor, tinea capitis, as well as candidal paronychia and candidal vulvovaginitis.

What to do if a pregnant woman has paronychia?

1. Choose shoes that are of appropriate size, fit and light.

2. Cut toenails frequently and cut them into an arc shape. Do not leave toenails tips on both sides of the nail groove. Do not cut the nail groove casually. If you find that the toes are squeezed against each other, use appropriate amount of sterilized cotton or soft objects to separate the toes to allow the toes to develop normally and prevent the toenails from being pressed into the nail groove.

3. Pay attention to the maintenance of your fingers. Apply some Vaseline or skin care cream after washing your hands and before going to bed to enhance the disease resistance of the skin around the nail groove.

4. Develop good hygiene habits and do not remove hangnails at will. Once hangnails appear, cut them with scissors and avoid removing them forcefully.

5. Nails should not be cut too short. If there are minor wounds on the fingers, you can apply iodine tincture and then bandage them with sterile gauze to avoid infection.

In order to avoid paronychia, pregnant women need to pay attention to their hygiene in daily life, and pay attention to their diet and effectively regulate their diet to avoid causing more consequences.