Acute Paronychia Management
- Treatment for acute paronychia is based on the degree of inflammation and presence of abscess.
- Incision and drainage is the ideal treatment when abscess is present.
- The simple drainage technique is typically painless as the affected tissue is mostly necrotic.
- Systemic antibiotics are not typically required.
- Consider mixed oropharyngeal pathogens as causative organism if cellulitis present.