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  2. Paronychia - Wikipedia

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    Paronychia is an inflammation of the skin around the nail, often due to bacteria or fungi. Its sudden (acute) occurrence is usually due to the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus . Gradual (chronic) occurrences are typically caused by fungi, commonly Candida albicans .

  3. List of skin conditions - Wikipedia

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    Chronic paronychia; Cicatricial alopecia; Clubbing (drumstick fingers, Hippocratic fingers, watch-glass nails) Congenital onychodysplasia of the index fingers; Disseminate and recurrent infundibulofolliculitis; Erosive pustular dermatitis of the scalp (erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp) Erythromelanosis follicularis faciei et colli ...

  4. Nail disease - Wikipedia

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    Paronychia is a bacterial or fungal infection where the nail and skin meet. Koilonychia is when the nail curves upwards (becomes spoon-shaped) due to an iron deficiency. The normal process of change is: brittle nails, straight nails, spoon-shaped nails.

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    In addition to the symptoms of an ingrown nail, a paronychia can also cause warmth, pain and even buildup and drainage of pus. Ingrown nails are common, affecting 2% to 5% of the population annually.

  6. Hangnail - Wikipedia

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    Hangnails can become infected and cause paronychia, a type of skin infection that causes inflammation around the nails. [ 2 ] Hangnails may also cause pain if pulled as they may remain attached to living skin.

  7. Nail (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The paronychium is the soft tissue border around the nail, [8] and paronychia is an infection in this area. The paronychium is the skin that overlaps onto the sides of the nail plate, also known as the paronychial edge. The paronychium is the site of hangnails, ingrown nails, and paronychia, a skin infection.

  8. Paronychia (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Paronychia is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with over 110 species worldwide, mostly from warm-temperate North America, Eurasia, South America and Africa. They are herbs that are annual or biennial or perennial in life span.

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