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Worst Nail Infection: Paronychia

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Clinic footage of paronychia — an infected nail fold — being incised and drained in several patients, with the clinician's casual running commentary: cold spray instead of anesthetic for the first case, a nerve block and a surprising amount of pus for the second. The recording ends with an unrelated advertisement for a 'Meta Seven' metabolism supplement, complete with a celebrity endorsement clip.

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All right, so what we're gonna do is we're gonna relieve this. This is a periniccia You can see that we have an infection on the side of the nail. It is not an ingrownail We're not gonna use any lidocaine or anesthetic except for our cold spray. We're gonna make a quick incision. Go

Just like that

Hurting or just a little bit tender But you're tough you're tough

That's all you're gonna need right there And we're gonna put a little dressing on that for you now don't put any more Neosporin on this Okay, I don't want that to plug back up. We want that to go ahead and drain

So what we're trying to do is we're trying to numb the Digit nerves are two nerves that run to the finger So yeah, that was the hard part Because this is more than this is more than just a serious periniccia here You actually have a cellulite as mom. Can you see that she has her the infection has traveled up the finger here So that's why I'm gonna make a little incision right here

Well, we're doing it

Oh my god, did you know you had that much pus under there? No You have it on both sides I can't see the other side, but I can see it's okay. We're just we're oozing out all kinds of pus out of here Wait, I need to take the drink I guess you are the patient. He must be this you should be able to take a photo

There you go A little bit

Don't go culture it please. Whoa

She's gonna feel a lot better now the anesthesia that we put in here last a few hours for you and this will start to hurt again Gonzo, we're just gonna put a dry dressing over this do not put any ointment on this Okay, the reason is is ointment can plug up the opening that I'm sure you're not Gonzo's gonna have to operate on me

Nobody better make fun of my ugly foot

There's a lot you can even see it You're gonna clean this without alcohol then you're gonna spray it really good with cold spray You're gonna take the scalp and you're just gonna make a little stick right in that area there Careful, it's pretty sore Okay, and this little black thing is just fuzz from my sock You don't I feel a lot of pain. I'll be screaming

That's cold. Are you gonna do it first? Yeah, but you have to kind of be ready or not. Okay. I'm gonna spray this

There

Don't cut yourself doc

Oh

Exactly

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