r/calmhands 4d ago

Has anyone ever had parenchyma on several fingers at once?

This is super painful and of course there is so much to do this time of year, wrapping presents, cooking food, etc. The skin around my nails has always cracked badly when we start using heat in the winter. This year I got several cracks at once and nothing was allowing them to heal. Then I started noticing the pain around the sides of the nails and a couple appear swollen and have lifting nails if that makes sense. It hurts to press those fingers on anything. I’ve been doing antibiotic ointment and bandaids but just discovered I’m supposed to be soaking several times daily. One of my fingertips has been peeling like an onion and that’s not even the worst one.

From reading, I’m guessing I have a more chronic case vs. the acute ones I’ve read about here that mostly involved one finger becoming dramatically worse quickly. Or maybe it’s possible to have a few fingers all get worse, I sure hope not. I may have to hit an urgent care tomorrow before everything basically shuts down for a couple days.

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