For more invasive disease, confirmation of onychomycosis is needed prior to initiation and to obtain insurance coverage of treatment, which is expensive. Terbinafine 250 mg daily over a period of six ...

Rockwood — Assistant in Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue," page 308. Copying failed.

According to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), paronychia is among the most common infections of the hand. Paronychia is more common in women than in men, with a female-to-male ratio of 3 to ...

Q: I have had ingrown nails before, but the one I have now is painful, really red and swollen, and is leaking pus. Should I be on antibiotics? A: The nail matrix is the only part of the nail that's ...