Onychomycosis-Damage to nails with pathogen-dermatophytes.According to various sources, from 10% to 30% of the world's population experienced nail fungus.It is possible that this is the cause of weak symptoms that do not disturb the person at the beginning of the infection.However, after fungal activity begins to cause difficulties, the treatment is a problem.
How to recognize a foot fungus
The main symptoms are expressed with itching around the nails, the intercaterial zone.In the future, there will be inflammation of the nail roller, skin ulcer between the fingers, pain.Failure damage begins with color change, nail plate: spots -spots (white, yellow), strips appear.The nail surface loses its glow, like a wave.If you do not pay attention to this problem, then the affected nails are thick and defective so that they can no longer be hidden by any cosmetic method.
There are three stages of onychomycosis:
- Normotorophical- Small places on the surface of the plate, while maintaining the thickness, shape, nail gloss.
- Hypertrophic- Deep defeat causes the growth of the nail tissue, characterized by loose structures, growth such as waves and nail breakdowns.
- Atopic- The affected nails are rejected, on the nail bed there is residual - atypical nail tissue defects.
Fungus different, with the symptoms of onychomycosis, you should contact a dermatologist (ideal - to a mood).After all, close people can be infected mainly, as the most difficult to avoid in the family of close relationships (and infections).
Free treatment with pharmacological antimicosis, especially tablets, is not recommended.Tablets advertised by manufacturers as a weapon of slaughtering from fungus can have side effects that do not harm patients.In addition, the pathogen of the disease can be a variety of fungus.Only doctors can choose effective tablets in each specific wound.And only in medical institutions is possible to identify "enemies" using laboratory research (scraping, sowing).
Risk factors of infection with nail fungus
It is noteworthy that children practically do not have nail fungus, possibly due to rapid nail growth.The risk age group starts from young to a very old age.More often fungus affects people:
- With poor immunity - chronic diseases, frequent colds, diabetes, HIV.
- Not observing personal hygiene - walking in public with increased risk of infection (bath, sauna, pool) without a shale, wearing other people's shoes, using other people's households (towels, manicure accessories).
- In contact with patients with mycosis - if the family has a person with a fungus on the nails.
Hand damage can occur due to frequent exposure to aggressive agents (detergents, cleaning agents).Violation of the integrity of the nail plate with chemicals, the formation of the microccrow in the nail facilitates the penetration of the fungus into the nail.
The fungus in the feet will be happy to settle in people who practice wearing improper shoes: narrow air, not passing the feet sweat: warm warming, and also with microcular formation, gratings on the scalp and nails - this is an ideal place for life and breeding and reproduction.
Treatment with onhomycosis pharmaceutical drugs
Nail fungal treatment exists in the form of drug taking in (tablets, capsules) and local exposure (ointment, bathing, compressing).For high quality treatment, comprehensive methods are used: combination of tablets and treatment in the external method of affected areas.Especially careful and comprehensive treatments require neglected nail fungus.
Treatment can last up to 1 year and includes, among other things, general reinforcement therapy: balanced diet, vitamins, good rest and dreams to increase body resistance.
Preparation of fungus for verbal administration (orally)
The form of treatment with tablets and suspensions is simple: you do not need to mess with the bath, wearing clothes with compresses on your fingers.
Note: All antimic tablets kill not only parasites, but also useful microflora.Tablets can cause allergies, leading to increased chronic disease.Therefore, it is impossible to use it yourself.
Laser therapy
This procedure is performed in a hospital with a neglected form of illness.It is usually combined with the removal of the thickened nails surgery.Plus this method is the ability to cure onychomycosis quickly.Disadvantages can be called the cost of a large procedure.
External use funds to fight fungus
The pharmaceutical industry produces ointment, spray, tinctures for foot and nail processing.
This composition includes the antimicrobial of alllinic groups or azol drugs.Some of them have a variety of actions - successfully struggling with various forms of fungus and bacteria.Other people can only affect a certain group of microorganisms, but have a strong fungicidal effect (fungus - mushrooms, caedo - kill), unlike less radical fungistatic effects - slow down and reproduce pathogenic fungus.
Ointment is used 1 to 3 times a day on the affected nail plate and adjacent fabric.During the afternoon application (before bedtime), the treated area is wrapped in film and wearing socks to increase the duration of exposure, increasing its effects.
Spray and liquid medicine are more casual: after applying it, you do not need to attract your feet or sit for 40 minutes.With decorated feet.After drying it (after a few minutes), one can move without an unpleasant alkaline finger sensation.Occasionally in explaining liquid medication, it is recommended to attach the nail surface with waterproof or wrapping after treating the feet.
It is unreasonable to treat your own fungus: only doctors can choose the right medication for a particular patient.Advanced form treatment, equivalent infection, fungus more than one species (dermatophytes often "help" yeast and striped fungus).All of these nuances affect the choice of dosage form (tablet, ointment, tinctures), dosage, duration of treatment.
Treatment of fungal and long nails (sometimes up to 1 year), especially with extensive lesions and advanced forms of disease.Mycelium mushrooms can penetrate deep into the fabric, making their black acts for years.He was found even in the periosteum, which shows the seriousness of the disease, the need to adhere to the entire complex procedure prescribed.
Pre -Place of a foot
Before applying for prenatur - this applies to all antifungal agents of external use - feet jump in water with the addition of baking soda and salt, washed with soap (as good as tar).Particulars -emitted nails are removed using manicure scissors, pinsets, files.After that, the feet are dried with towels, sweeping the affected nails, the intercal zone with hydrogen peroxide.
After the end of work, the manicure set is treated with alcohol or any design so that it is not infected from their own tool.
Home recipe for the treatment of mycosis
Official medicine does not deny the home method to combat fungus.But doctors recommend using the home method as an additional product or for the early stages of the infection.However, popular rumors claim that with the right frequency and perseverance, although the form of a neglected disease can be cured at home.
They treat nail fungus with a different drug or recipe, depending on the individual's condition and ability.So, for example, at night you can compress the ointment by wrapping the foot film, and in the morning, wipe the nails with an alcohol tincture before going to work.Weapons to combat fungus are available in every home, the preparation of households is not difficult:
- With iodine treatment: all nails are lubricated with tincture 2 - 3 times a day.The affected nails are rubbed twice in one procedure.With iodine, you can cure the early form of onychomycosis.
- Garlic Recipe: Chopped garlic emphasizes the alcohol obtained by the tincture at least 2 times a day.For treatment, you can use one garlic, without alcohol.The new garlic juice is squeezed by the nail plate at night.
- Treatment with propolis: Propolis alcohol tincture treats the same foot as a garlic recipe.
- Viney recipe: in 9 %vinegar, moist cotton pad, attach to nails, fix it with adhesive plasterer.Do it at night for 2 to 3 weeks.Every 7 days to rest for 3 days.
- Tea mushrooms: To roll a piece of mushrooms to the nails or to fix it with adhesive plasterers at night.Mushrooms can be replaced with a piece of lemon.
- Soda food: After steaming the feet, a mixture of soda and small salt (in equal proportions) is used for wet feet, rubbed with energetic movements, paying special attention to nails and interdigber zones.After holding the "scrub" for 5 - 8 minutes, washed with a warm cleaner.Starting nails with soda with compressors made of hydrogen peroxide running smoothly.
- Extreme therapy form: "belis" buttons are applied to nails 2 times a day.The chlorine contained in this solution is a universal killer of all microorganisms, and the fungus is no exception.
- Complex recipe: The washed eggs are soaked in 9 % vinegar until the shell is completely dissolved.Then add 20 g of oil, mix well (eggs can be removed).The resulting liniment is stored in the refrigerator, lubricating the feet 1-2 times daily for 3 weeks.
Whatever the treatment you choose, you cannot remove the procedure after the first loss of symptoms.Repeated forms of onychomycosis occur in 10% - 20% of people.It is best to wait for complete nail renewal, if necessary, move from aggressive recipe to softer.
If there is no time to freely engage in treatment, you should pay attention to the fastest way to treat lasers.
To exclude recurrence and germs with foot fungus and nails, shoes are treated with antimicosis spray or subject to disinfection: rubbed with vinegar, soda, washed with tar soap.Patients with onychomycosis are allowed not only to wash with the addition of agents containing chlorine, but also for iron with hot iron.
To prevent onichomycosis infection, after every visit to an unsafe place (beach, swimming pool, public bath), use people (wiping vinegar) or medicine (ointment) means prevention.