Paronychium - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Paronychium or the "lateral nail fold" is the term for the soft tissue surrounding the border of the fingernail or toenail.

Clinical significance

This tissue can become infected around an ingrown toenail or finger nail. The resulting infection is termed paronychia

Paronychia

The nail disease paronychia , commonly misidentified as a synonym for whitlow or felon, is an often-tender bacterial or fungal hand infection or foot infection where the nail and skin meet at the side or the base of a finger or toenail...

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