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What is a whitlow?

What is a whitlow? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
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The absence of acute inflammatory symptoms in the first variety distinguishes it from paronychia, whitlow, and gout.
I have a whitlow on the end of my finger, how should I treat it?
Herpetic whitlow usually is self-limited and resolves in two to three weeks.
In the river's lower course appear tundra plants such as mosses and lichens, partridge grasses, whitlow grass, arctic poppy, and cotton grass.
At first symptoms, just immerse affected part in hot water about 3 times daily and in a day or two the whitlow goes away.
Yet, so far as I can find, whitlow is a richer man than he was three years ago.

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