What is Felon –
Correct Answer: Infection of pulp space
Description: PULP INFECTION (FELON) The distal finger pad is essentially a closed fascial compament filled with compact fat and subdivided by radiating fibrous septa. A rise in pressure within the pulp space causes intense pain and, if unrelieved, may threaten the terminal branches of the digital aery which supply most of the terminal phalanx. Pulp-space infection is usually caused by a prick injury; blackthorn injuries are paicularly likely to become infected. The most common organism is Staphylococcus aureus. The patient complains of throbbing pain in the finger-tip, which becomes tensely swollen, red and acutely tender. Reference- Apley&;s system of ohopaedics 9th edn -pg 432
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