I stabbed my thumbnail and it got pretty infected. It broke off a piece of the nail and it eventually ended up on the other side of my thumb. I have been in pain before, but this was like nothing I had ever dealt with. It was very swollen, and it felt like it was on fire. It hurt so bad , I fantasized about cutting it off. Eventually I got my hands on some old antibiotics, I took them and eventually the swelling went down enough for me to lance it. When that chunk of nail came out, it was the greatest feeling I have ever felt. For wounds, antibiotics serve their purpose.