Nevada State Board Nail Technician Theory Practice Exam

Infections are categorized by how far the invader travels in the body. When it stays confined to one small area, like around a nail or a localized boil, that’s a local infection. The pus and inflammation you see are signs the body is fighting at that single site, without the organisms circulating to distant parts. If it were systemic, the infection would spread through the bloodstream or lymphatic system and cause symptoms beyond the local area, such as fever or fatigue. Chronic and acute describe how long and how severe the infection is, not where it’s located, and the defining feature here is that the infection remains in a single, limited spot.