Finger Infection

Hi all

I noticed yesterday morning, that the top part of my middle finger on my right hand was extremely painful. I put it in warm salt water for half an hour last night which is ment to be good for it. I slept with a bandage with calamine lotion on it last night, and it was crusted with a pus andblood mixture kind of liquid on it. It burst at school in the morning today, and the office gave me an anestithic wipe (i know i spelt it wrong!). Its all crusty still and very painful, and im due at the doctors at 5.30. Mum says its cause I bite my nails, but people at school say its a nail infection, but i dont know. Its painful to type aswell. What is the problem with it? Its a brownish yellowish kind of crust.

All help appericiated,
Sean

The doctors will just give you some antihistamine cream.

Someone at school said they will have to take my nail off, thats gonna be extremely painful. But isint it a bit exaggerated??

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Originally Posted by :Sean

Someone at school said they will have to take my nail off, thats gonna be extremely painful. But isint it a bit exaggerated??

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I had this on my nail, they wont have to take your nail off unless it ingrows. Edit: Ingrows is when the nail grows into the nail bed.

What do you man 'Ingrows'?

In september I had a finger infection. The skin went all purple at the side, because I bit my fingers so much. I tried putting my finger in salt water but it hardly worked, but I went to the doctor's and I was given a cream and it went away after a while.