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Candidal paronychia is an inflammation of the nail fold produced by C. albicans. [12]: 310 Pyogenic paronychia is an inflammation of the folds of skin surrounding the nail caused by bacteria. [12]: 254 Generally, acute paronychia is pyogenic, as it is usually caused by a bacterial infection. [4]
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.
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.
This is a shortened version of the twelfth chapter of the ICD-9: Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue.It covers ICD codes 680 to 709.The full chapter can be found on pages 379 to 393 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.
An ingrown nail, also known as onychocryptosis (from Greek: ὄνυξ (onyx) 'nail' and κρυπτός (kryptos) 'hidden') is a common form of nail disease.It is an often painful condition in which the nail grows so that it cuts into one or both sides of the paronychium or nail bed.
Green nail syndrome (chloronychia or Goldman-Fox syndrome [7]) is characterised by discolouration of the infected nail, inflammation of the skin around the nail known as paronychia, and an odour resembling fruit. [3] The colour may range from light or blueish green or yellow-green to darker green or black.
Subungual hematoma; Other names: Runner's toe, tennis toe, skier's toe: Subungal haematoma of the fourth finger: Specialty: Internal medicine, Podiatry: Symptoms: Discoloration of nail, pain
Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy (acute hemorrhagic edema of childhood, Finkelstein's disease, infantile postinfectious iris-like purpura and edema, medallion-like purpura, purpura en cocarde avec oedema, Seidlmayer syndrome) Arterial insufficiency ulcer (ischemic ulcer) Arteriosclerosis obliterans; Bier spots; Blueberry muffin baby