Sliver under the nail?

Question

Hi all,

My six year old son was playing outside today, and he got a thick sliver under his nail. It looks like it went into his nail at the side, and unfortunately there is no 'end' sticking out. I tried my best to get at it with tweezers, and clipped the nail as much as I could to get at it, but no luck. Is it a possibility that it will come out naturally, or will it get infected? I am not sure if I should take him to the doctors, as they will probably have to cut a chunk of his nail away. I tried taking a picture, but it won't focus enough on the nail. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

take him to the doctor. im in const. and have had this happen more than once. it will get infected. it will be less painfull to have it taken out now than later.

Answer 2

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It takes two weeks for your finger nail to grow 1/16 of an inch! Nail growth is accelerated in the summertime and you may have noticed the nails on your dominate hand (the one you write with) grow faster than those on your other hand. New growth begins from the cells under the cuticle.

The nail itself is virtually colorless but gets a rosey hue from the blood flowing just beneath it. This transparent tip of the finger is actually fragile in its health and can be best protected by treating it more gingerly than most of us currently do. For example, instead of hammering out a phone number on your keypad with your fingernail – use a pencil instead.

Also, wear rubber gloves as much as possible when cleaning or submersing your hands in water, as the constant soaking and drying of nails causes them to weaken. Also, chemicals used in cleaning products can cause nails to weaken, thus we end up with splitting, chipping, weak nails.

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Be careful when cleaning under your nails. Choose a crystal file or sealed wood orange stick and do not dig out the dirt deep under the file. Use a nail brush to clean dirt and when you have to remove additional dirt from the under the nail, do so with extreme care so as not to break the skin under the nail. Doing so will cause the nail to weaken and this is another reason why nails split or chip, especially on the sides.

Calcium, magnesium, B Vitamins and minerals promote healthy, natural nail growth.

Answer 3

this is something that your local FIrst care or hospital should be able to do. beacause it is under the nail you will not be able to remove it with out of a large abount of disscomfert to the child so i would go to the docter

Answer 4

soak it in warm water for slightly to relax the section. this is going to nevertheless be painful to eliminate, yet you may attempt gripping it wit tweezers or maybe use a needle to kind of pry it out slightly. it's going to be comfortable, yet its extra advantageous to get it out now than enable it get contaminated. confirm to rinse the tweezer, needle, and finger wit hydrogen peroxide to do away with micro organism