Advise routine outpatient follow-up care to ensure resolution of infection and to monitor for evidence of bacterial superinfection. Topical acyclovir may be of benefit in primary infections. In cases of superinfection, use antibiotics effective against skin pathogens. Health care workers should use gloves, practice strict hand washing, and scrupulously observe universal fluid precautions. Caution patients with oral, labial, or genital lesions and the parents and caregivers of children with lesions against digital contact with lesions.
Complications usually are minimal provided that affected patients are immunocompetent.
Other potential complications include scarring of the affected digit and ocular spread. Advise patients of the likelihood of future recurrence and warn of the possibility of disease spreading to other parts of the body and to other individuals. Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. New research changes drug and treatment therapies daily. However, as medical science is constantly changing and human error is always possible , the authors, editors, and publisher or any other party involved with the publication of this article do not warrant the information in this article is accurate or complete, nor are they responsible for omissions or errors in the article or for the results of using this information.