Diseases

Ingrown Nails

Excessive lateral nail growth into the nail fold. Because the lateral margin of the nail acts as a foreign body, inflammation and granulation may result. It is caused by improperly fitting shoes and by improper trimming of the nail.

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Abstract

Excessive lateral nail growth into the nail fold. Because the lateral margin of the nail acts as a foreign body, inflammation and granulation may result. It is caused by improperly fitting shoes and by improper trimming of the nail.

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5 entry terms
  • Nails, Ingrown
  • Onychocryptosis
  • Ingrown Nail
  • Nail, Ingrown
  • Onychocryptoses

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. C17.800w.529w.406w

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WR 475

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ingrown Nails. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009263. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009263
  2. Ingrown Nails. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrown_nail
  3. Ingrown Nails. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060425