DH's infected finger (pic)

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Ick take a look at this beauty!

Poor DH is in agony. I think we might be taking a trip somewhere tomorrow to get it lanced and antibiotics.

Eesh, that looks painful! How long has it been like that?

Ooh! Now, my gran would have put a bread poultice on that. I had something similar as a child and the bread poultice worked a treat! Have a Google.

Since Friday, I tried to make him go today but he wouldn't. We have no walk in centre here and the gp doesn't do procedures, so would need to be a&e.

I'd get that in some hot salty water in the meantime!

Ouch

@Watto1 thanks I have googled it and his finger now has a bread poultice!

Will try salty water next.

I think it might be called a whitlow. Anyway, mine was treated with (mag sulphate? White and sticky and for ‘drawing’) paste and waiting until poppable. GP wouldn’t pop it, nor would MIU, so I ended up in A&E minors (which felt like a waste of their time, but I’d exhausted all other options) to be told to come back in a few days when it was poppable. It was surprisingly painful.

That looks horribly painful. I’d definitely have that in hot salty water right now! And Dr’s tomorrow.

I’m not sure about that black looking bit...not a good sign?

Ooh what a project! Of course poor DH! But do give an update on progress...

My MIL had something similar. She used salt water and was told by nurse that this was a big mistake and made it worse. Lost a lot of skin from her finger.

Sterilise a needle and poke it down the side of the nail just under the cuticle- I did this to dd , it gave her immediate relief —and I enjoyed it—

The black bit is just a line I drew on so I could monitor the redness, don't worry!

He had a poke with a needle earlier, but couldn't get anything out 😬.

He said the bread thing has stopped it throbbing as much.

We've tried drawing ointment today, found some from when ds got a cactus stuck in his foot!

DH would be mortified if he knew I was sharing his poorly finger.

What actually caused it?

Blatantly place marking to see if the bread poultice makes it pop (rubs thighs)

Biting his fingernails 🙄

This happened me. It was eye wateringly sore. I popped it with a sterilised needle. The relief was immense. However it kept filling back up. Bread poultice worked a treat.

It's a paronychia. Very painful! It needs a needle decompression and he'll feel better almost straight away. Your local urgent care centre will be able to do it. Often not too busy on a Sunday night or Monday morning.

Use it as a teaching aid for any DCs who bite their nails!

My sil had this, she had to have ab, but it got a lot...greener and the nail went soggy. We gave it a good soak in hot water then I stabbed it with a sterile needle. Honestly a huge chunk of goo hit the mirror. Immediate relief.

Pus now released, sorry thought I best not take pics. It was good though!

We were seen really quickly but had to stay in a few hours, as they put him on a drip as his blood pressure was 85/60. All back to normal now.

He has promised to never bite a nail again.

No pics?! 😁

Glad it’s all sorted OP.

You thought you'd better not take pics wtf???

What are you even doing here woman?! Pfft

Sorry! I just couldn't bring myself to ask the nurse to move over a little, so I could get a clear picture