So I got an infection on the left side of my thumb a couple of weeks ago. I have already soaked it and gotten the puss out. Then the skin around the left side started peeling and is surrounding a pinkish spot. Liquid oozes out of the part inbetween my nail and eventually turns yellow. How do I get rid of this?
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor, The symptoms and the color of the discharge are suggestive of some infection in your thumb and the most common infection which can present with these symptoms are either staph or strep infection. The staph and strep are the most common organisms on the surface of the skin, and they cannot penetrate the skin, when ever there is a breach in the skin these organisms can enter inside colonize there and produces the symptoms. As you are having these symptoms I would suggest you to follow1. Complete blood examination2. Oral Augmenting for 5 days3. Daily Wound Chat Doctor. Oral NSAIDsThank you.