Acute paronychia is treated by: (A) Incision and drainage, (B) Lifting the paronychium, (C) Paial nail excision, (D) Total nail excision
Answer is A. Acute paronychiaM/C hand infection.Due to inappropriate nail trimming or skin picking near nail foldAfter initial inflammation, pus accumulates beside the nailIt's removed by I&D technique with or without the excision of outer quaer of the nail.(Refer: Bailey and Love's Sho Practice of Surgery, 26th edition, pg no: 507)