Felon Finger Infection: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
A felon finger infection (also known as a felon or felon finger) is a painful infection in the fleshy part of your fingertip. This area is called the distal digital pulp. The infection can form a pocket of pus (abscess) within your fingertip.
Felon - Hand - Orthobullets
2021年5月15日 · Felons are subcutaneous abscesses of the fingertip pulp. Diagnosis is made clinically by assessing for tenderness, erythema and fluctuance of the fingertip pulp. Treatment is usually I&D and IV antibiotics.
Felons & Paronychias - Closing the Gap
Felons are generally caused by penetrating trauma to the finger tip. This can include cuts, splinters, or even the seemingly benign needle stick of a glucose check for a diabetic patient. Another cause of felon is direct extension around the finger from a paronychia–thus one should consider incising the nail fold (as in the video above) as ...
What is a “Felon Finger” Infection and How Can it Be Treated
If you’ve ever had an infection on your finger, specifically the fingertip or pad, you’ve likely had a felon finger infection. Understanding these infections and how to treat them can ensure that your finger heals as quickly and fully as possible.
Felon - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2024年4月30日 · A felon is an infection that occurs within the closed-space compartments of the fingertip pulp. Any injury to the fingertip may predispose to a felon, including minor cuts, foreign body penetrations, splinters, and paronychias. The most common bacteria associated with infection in a felon is Staphylococcus aureus. Felons are reasonably easy to ...
Acute Hand Infections | AAFP
2019年2月15日 · Paronychia, which can be acute or chronic, is an infection or inflammation of the nail fold. Treatment involves warm soaks, topical antibiotics, and abscess drainage, if indicated. A felon is...
Felon Finger: What Is It, Causes, Appearance - Osmosis
2024年1月3日 · A felon finger is most often the result of a bacterial infection that invades the finger after a penetrating trauma, such as a cut, scrape, splinter, or puncture wound, which usually occurs from something sharp and pointed creating a small opening in the skin.
What is the Difference Between a Paronychia and a Felon?
2021年12月6日 · Felons are a different and less common but also important infection of the fingertip. Conditions which can look like paronychia and/or felon include herpetic whitlow, candida infection, reactive arthritis, and psoriasis in children.
Felon Guide: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Options - Drugs.com
2023年9月21日 · What is a Felon? An infection inside the tip of the finger can form an enclosed pocket of pus (or abscess) that is very painful as it expands. A felon is a fingertip abscess deep in the palm side of the finger. It usually is caused by bacterial infection, most often from growth of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.
Whitlow - Wikipedia
A whitlow or felon is an infection of the tip of the finger. [1] [2] [a] Herpetic whitlow and melanotic whitlow (subungual melanoma) are subtypes that are not synonymous with the term felon. A felon is an "extremely painful abscess on the palmar aspect of the fingertip". [6]
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