Bandage-induced nail disorders.
It can be helpful at times to bandage around fingernails but constant bandaging can produce excess maceration. Chronic paronychia can be induced by the excess wetness. Other disorders that occur because of maceration are reviewed.
D001458:Bandages / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010304:Paronychia / Q000209:etiology