Subungual Hematoma (Bleeding Under Nail) (cont.)
Medical Author:
Scott D Fell, DO, FAAEM
Medical Editor:
Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP
Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEPDr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident. IN THIS ARTICLE
Subungual Hematoma Pictures
Media type: Photo Media file 2: The battery-operated cautery unit and its tip when it is activated. Notice the red hot area used to burn the hole in the nail. 
Media type: Photo Media file 3: The process of burning a hole in the nail to relieve the hematoma. Notice the blood draining from the hole after the hole was formed with the cautery unit's hot tip. The finger has been numbed prior to this procedure. 
Media type: Photo Media file 4: The same thumb after it has been drained. Notice the hole in the nail and the blood draining from the hole. The large dark area beneath the nail (the hematoma) is practically gone. 
Media type: Photo Media file 5: An example of a nail with a subungual hematoma that occupies less than 25% of the nail area. This hematoma did not require drainage. 
Media type: Photo Media file 6: The same subungual hematoma three-and-one-half weeks after the original injury. 
Media type: Photo Media file 7: A paperclip opened for use in draining a subungual hematoma. The open end would be heated to allow it to make a hole in the nail. 
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Subungual hematomas are common nail bed injuries caused by blunt or sharp trauma to the fingers or toes.
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