Q: I have had ingrown nails before, but the one I have now is painful, really red and swollen, and is leaking pus. Should I be on antibiotics? A: The nail matrix is the only part of the nail that's ...

Paronychia, also known as nail infection, refers to an infection that affects the skin around the nails, both toenails, and fingernails. It is the most common nail problem and is mostly caused by ...

Dear Doctors: Right after I got a manicure, the skin around two of my fingernails got red and really swollen. My roommate says it can happen when the manicurist cuts your cuticles. Is that true? You ...

Most people think of nails as something you paint, trim, or show off, but they’re actually tiny health reporters. The way ...

Problematic nail conditions range from nail psoriasis (NP) to paronychia, which are commonly seen in clinical practice and result from infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic and traumatic etiologies. A ...

A teenager is going viral on social media after turning her frightening nail-biting experience into a helpful PSA. Lauren Nichols, an 18-year-old from Texas, shared a video chronicling her experience ...

A lifelong nail-biter learned to stop the habit the hard way after he developed a serious infection that nearly cost him his finger. Steven MacDonald, from Scotland, told South West News Service (SWNS ...

Paronychia is inflammation of 1 or more nailfolds located on the fingers or toes. Two forms are recognized based on duration: acute and chronic. 1 Acute paronychia are most commonly induced by ...