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Almost every single person we know bites their nails. We do it to remove the dirty ones or because of the fact that we just love biting our nails.

But a man in Scotland ended up on the other side of the road when his bad nail-biting habit made his finger catch a bad infection.

The infection was so bad that the Scottish man had to be rushed to a hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.

According to a post by the friend of that person, the infection started to travel up the arm.

In the post, the woman said, “A message to nail biters out there STOP!!!”

The woman added, “Someone I know who prefers to remain nameless who bites their nails ended up having to get rushed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary today for emergency surgery because they had bitten their nails down too far and had got an infection in the finger.”

The woman continued, “This person had been to two chemists and spoken to two separate pharmacists over the past few days who had advised to use magnesium sulfate and keep it covered. It still got worse and when finally went to A&E this morning was told if left much longer it could have been fatal as the infection was traveling up the arm hence the emergency surgery!”

The woman that shared the story on social media urged people to stop biting their nails as it could trigger an infection.

The woman that posted the image said the nail-biter was placed on an antibiotic drip after the surgery.

The woman gave an update after the surgery was done, she said, “Surgery done and on a drip for antibiotics for the next few days and this is how it looks now p.s minus a nail on that finger which may never grow back but on the plus side one less nail for them to bite!”

There are a number of ways you can avoid getting an infection from biting your nails, and that includes regularly cleaning your nails and cutting them properly. Nail-biting can cause the skin around your nails to get ripped off.