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Suggest Treatment For Thumb Infection

My wife has an infection under her thumb nail. She has stripes under 2 or 3 finger nails. Has had this off and on for 5-6 years. But The thumb infection is the worst yet. We went to the local doc. and she said fungus and proscriped smz/tmp ds. With a follow up with clobetasol Propionate ointment. Can t find online any reference to fungus with these meds. Jim Wheeler
Tue, 22 Aug 2017
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Infectious Diseases Specialist 's  Response
hello, doc scratch is minor injury unless there was bleeding. if its only oozing of blood it is a minor injury. You just have to under go minor category vaccination schedule. Apart from that you have to have an antibiotic and tetanus toxoid.
Ideally by washing thoroughly under running water for 20 minutes removes 80% of virus. but don't worry your self of it since you have already taken the vaccination. Hope this helps. thank you.
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Suggest Treatment For Thumb Infection

hello, doc scratch is minor injury unless there was bleeding. if its only oozing of blood it is a minor injury. You just have to under go minor category vaccination schedule. Apart from that you have to have an antibiotic and tetanus toxoid. Ideally by washing thoroughly under running water for 20 minutes removes 80% of virus. but don t worry your self of it since you have already taken the vaccination. Hope this helps. thank you.