Many people ignore the change of nails on their feet and underestimate a possible danger.Onychomycosis (the scientific name for nail fungus) is not a cosmetic defect, but a medical problem.The constant exposure to toxins that the fungus produces leads to chronic poisoning of the body.As a result - increased tiredness, weakness, disorders in the work of immunity.Not to mention that the nails affected by the mushroom do not look aesthetically appealing and are disgusted by others.
What is onychomycosis dangerous?
Itching, burning feeling and symptoms with mushroom skin lesions are triggered by contacting the epidermis with mycotoxins.These foreign substances strange to the human body have toxic properties, cause inflammation and disrupt the metabolism in skin cells.
In the event of damage to the nail plates, such symptoms are less expressed.Unpleasant itching sensations only result in advanced cases if the mushroom "comes to the tissues under the nail plate".The fungus lives in the nail and multiplies and secretes poison into the surrounding tissue.The body suffers from poisoning, only toxins enter them in smaller quantities than with dermatomycosis.
The onychomycosis started is accompanied by cracking and damage to the skin around the nail - this is the entrance gate for other infections.It is possible to occur and the addition to be supplemented, an infection with a pseudoscan and golden staphylococci is possible.A longer coexistence with a mushroom ends with onycholysis - complete destruction of nails.New plates do not grow and leave the surface of the fingers unprotected.Tissue under the nails are not adapted to friction, pressure and contacts to the environment.A person without nails on the feet is painful.Wearing shoes becomes torture.Uncertainty and complex appear.
Onychomycosis is more difficult to heal than mushroom skin diseases.The nail plate is denser and its base is in the dermis.The fungus is able to spread its disputes there, which is difficult to eliminate, even with the help of powerful drugs
How can you notice problems with nails in good time?
Mycobacteria are only in the top layer of the plate.You can notice light dots and stains, a slight heterogeneity of the structure, the lack of a natural shine.
Development process for nail fungus
In the second stage, the infection penetrates the nail.This is shown in a change in its color, shape, structure.The nail plate delayed, thickened, loses elasticity and becomes fragile.When the nails cut and crumbled.
The third, neglected stage is characterized by a complete change in the structure and appearance of the nail.It becomes whitish, yellow or greenish, loses transparency.The plate becomes thick many times and trimming becomes difficult.The shape of the nail bed changes - runners and tuberkel are displayed on it.In the last stage there are other signs of fungal infection - skin, pain and burning, cracks and ridge of cuticles.Often the fungus "spreads" on the skin and nails nearby.In this case, drought, itching and hyperkeratosis occur on the sole and between the fingers.In the absence of adequate treatment, the matrix of the nail is damaged, dies and disappears.
Onychomycosis is easier to treat in the early stages of development.In order to notice changes to the nail plate in good time, it is better to use colorless paint for the pedicure.Every week the "revision" of nails should be carried out on the legs - it examines them thoroughly, trim a new layer of paint.
Treatment
It is necessary to start treatment of the nail fungus as early as possible.Ideally - from the moment of the appearance of spots.The distribution of the mushroom dispute in the entire nail plate affects its growth rate.The affected nails slowly grow, which also complicates the treatment process.The nail can be hardened 1-2 months after the plate has been completely replaced by a healthy.The longer the growth process, the more important the therapy costs are.
To choose the drugs, consult a doctor.Dermatologist is involved with the treatment of fungal infections.The specialist will determine the degree of neglect onychomycosis and prescribe special tests.The examination of the laboratory examination of the affected nail identifies the type of fungus and the sensitivity to fungicides.Treatment with specific medicines guarantees the full destruction of infections and relapses.If you choose the wrong medication, there is no effect.Under the guidance of a dermatologist, the treatment will be faster and more effective
The process of drug treatment must be checked.When using drugs, the fungus can adapt to you - resistance (stability).The weak medicine is only "put to sleep".The visual restoration does not rule out the possibility that the disputes of the infection remained in the plate.As soon as a person ends the treatment, the fungus is activated again.
The therapy of onychomycosis includes the use of local products.These are solutions, ointments, gels, pastes, varnishes.They act on the surface of the skin and nail plate and kill the mushroom.In advanced cases, the use of fungicide systems of systemic effects - capsules or tablets is required.Sometimes they include vitamins and immunity stimulants in complex therapy.
Drugs or traditional medicine: what to choose?
Traditional medical practices recommend dozens of different recipes against onychomycosis.They often use food products, herbs and pharmacy products from the antiseptic group.Such "drugs" have no fungicide effect.You cannot kill the mushroom.Within the possibilities of popular compositions - to stop its reproduction.This will grow a healthy nail plate.However, the fungal disputes remain that are activated after the end of the treatment.
The use of referendums from onychomycosis is only advisable in the first stage of its development.With a neglected form, the treatment is very long and does not provide stable results.
You should select a special medication for the treatment of nail fungus.However, the modern pharmaceutical industry offers universal means - fungistatic and fungicide substances of a broad spectrum of activity.Some of them can kill over 10 mushrooms at the same time.In order to prevent the chronization of onychomycosis, it is better to replace the drug 2-3 times during therapy.Local funds are not sufficient in advanced cases.The Cure guarantee only provides a comprehensive approach - taking tablets and using external medicines.
If you violate the treatment plan, use medication or folk medication regularly, do not bring the therapy to the end.The nail fungus stays where it was.In addition, the infection will be stronger and it will be worse to succumb to the influence of fungicidal substances.
How can you prepare a nail?
The treatment of onychomycosis at the thumb of the leg is quite problematic.Here is the biggest, dense and thick nail plate.The fungus spreads in a large homogeneous area and spreads faster.The affected nail sometimes reaches 5 mm in the thickness, which makes it difficult to penetrate the medical substances.
Preparation for the treatment
A painful plate should be prepared in a special way before using drugs or means of traditional medicine:
- Wash your legs and nails thoroughly with household or antibacterial soap;
- Place the feet in a pelvis with a hot (tolerant temperature) Soda salt solution (1 tablespoon of soda and 2 salt) added for 10-15 minutes per 1 liter of water.
- Get your feet with a personal towel;
- the free edges for the maximum cut;
- Cut off the affected nail plate until sensitivity appears.
- Dry your legs into the air and treat the medication.
Such manipulations must be repeated weekly until the entire affected part of the nail is eliminated.
Before the start of the treatment, several pairs of new socks should be prepared for a separate towel for the legs.They have to be washed as often as possible during use, and iron them with an iron.A bladder with formaldehyde is useful and a large packaging of cotton wool.Before the therapy begins, 2 komka cotton wool should be moistened in the solution and put them in shoes.The boots must be wrapped in a bag and put on the balcony for the night.In the morning cotton is removed and the shoes are ventilated for 2-3 hours.Such processing takes place weekly.After a complete healing of the mushroom, ordinary and room shoes should be replaced by a new one.
Choose a medication
If you contact the pharmacy for an antifungals, it is necessary to ask the medication specifically from the nail fungus.Standard ointments and creams cannot penetrate the deep layers of the nail.Medications in the form of solutions and special paints are suitable for treating onychomycosis.
The solutions are applied twice a day - in the morning and evening after hygienic processing of the legs.The product is dripped on the lunula (light area at the base) and on the free edge of the plate.In the first month of treatment, it is better to process the skin on the entire finger and neighboring nails.Rinsing or washing the solutions is not required.
Medical paints are used 1-2 times a week.After drying, the product forms a dense layer on the surface of the nail that works around the fungus.
Treatment according to folk methods is somewhat stressful.Some products have to be prepared for a certain time covered with cellophane.All of these procedures should be carried out 2-3 times a day a day.Below is the simplest and most affordable folk methods for the treatment of a nail fungus.
- Tea.It has antibacterial and antifungal activity.Can only be used with good tolerance.Ether is used in its pure form.3 -times a day is applied to the prepared nail.They drop on the base and under the plate.The treatment continues until the nail grows completely.
- Iodine.A pharmacy alcohol is applied to the nail twice a day and its surface is completely processed with a cotton smear.The disadvantages - color the plates and skin around them.
- Vinegar.A lump of cotton wool is impregnated with apple or wine vinegar.It is placed on the nail, covered with polyethylene and attached with a bandage or a patch.Leave for exposure for 3-4 hours, whereupon you remove the association and wash off the remaining vinegar.During the treatment, it is necessary to ensure that there are no burns on the skin.The association is used for the whole night with good tolerance.
Other known products are grated garlic, onion honey mixture, porridge of propolis and alcohol, a mixture of aloe juice and mustard.All of these drugs can be used for mild forms of mushroom.Dermatologists recommend using folk remedies only in addition to drug treatment.
How long to wait for the result?
The duration of the treatment is purely individual.The terms depend on the degree of damage to the mushroom, its area, the presence of complications in the form of dermatomycosis or immune deficiency.You can get rid of the light form of the mushroom at the thumb of the leg in 3-4 months.Deeper lesions must be treated for about six months.In advanced cases, therapy takes up to one year.Even after full healing of onychomycosis, the risk of infection relapse remains.To rule out it, it is necessary to use prophylactic active ingredients regularly and qualitatively for the feet.
Special deodorants should be used with excessive sweating, talk.Shoes must be treated with antifungal solutions, regularly changed insoles that dry out outdoors.The same principles should be guided by the prevention of onychomycosis.The crucial point is the use of individual shoes, socks and towels in public places (bathroom, sauna, pool, massage office).
In order to heal an ongoing fungal disease with folk remedies, it is important to know what the nail fungus is afraid of.The success of intensive therapy, a clinical result, depends on it.The main thing is to stop the pathological process of spreading the infection and stop an attack.In order to defeat the mushroom of nails with folk remedies, you have to contact a dermatologist and diagnose, end of intensive therapy