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A subungual hematoma is a collection of blood underneath a toenail or fingernail. It can be extremely painful for an injury of its size, although otherwise it is not a serious medical condition. It can be extremely painful for an injury of its size, although otherwise it is not a serious medical condition.
Subungual hematoma occurs when trauma to the nail results in a collection of blood, or hematoma, under the nail. It may result from an acute injury or from repeated minor trauma such as running in undersized shoes. Acute subungual hematomas are quite painful, and are usually treated by releasing the blood by creating a small hole in the nail.
The exact cause of subungual melanomas is not known, but it doesn’t seem to be linked to sun exposure. Having certain characteristics, including an age between 50 to 70, darker skin, and a ...
Onychauxis frequently shows up clinically as discoloration, subungual hyperkeratosis, and loss of nail plate translucency. [3] It may cause pain, and over time, distal onycholysis, subungual bleeding, subungual ulceration, or an elevated risk of onychomycosis might aggravate matters. [4] [5]
A hematoma, also spelled haematoma, or blood suffusion is a localized bleeding outside of blood vessels, due to either disease or trauma including injury or surgery [1] and may involve blood continuing to seep from broken capillaries.
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A bruise, also known as a contusion, is a type of hematoma of tissue, [3] the most common cause being capillaries damaged by trauma, causing localized bleeding that extravasates into the surrounding interstitial tissues. Most bruises occur close enough to the epidermis such that the bleeding causes a visible discoloration.
Subungual hematoma; List of cutaneous conditions; References This page was last edited on 4 November 2023, at 23:23 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...