Many people ignore the change of nails, underestimating a possible danger.Onychomycosis (the scientific name of nail fungus) is not a cosmetic defect, but a medical problem.Constant exposure to toxins that the fungus produces leads to chronic body poisoning.As a result - increased fatigue, weakness, disorders in immunity work.Not to mention that the nails affected by the fungus do not seem aesthetically pleasant aesthetically and are disgusted by others.
What is Onychomicosis dangerous?
Itching, burning sensation and discomfort with fungal skin lesions are triggered by the contact of the epidermis with mycotoxins.These substances foreign to the human body have poisonous properties, cause inflammation and disturb metabolism in skin cells.
With damage to nail plates, these symptoms are less expressed.Unpleasant sensations of itching appear only in advanced cases, when the fungus "arrives" to the tissues under the nail plate.The fungus lives in the nail and multiplies, secreting poison in surrounding tissues.The body suffers from poisoning, only toxins enter smaller quantities than dermatomycosis.
Launched onychomycosis is accompanied by cracks and skin damage around the nail - this is the entrance gate to other infections.Wounds and suppression is possible, it is possible to infection by pseudoscan and gold staphylococcus.Prolonged coexistence with a fungus ends with onicolise - complete destruction of nails.New plates do not grow, leaving the surface of the unprotected fingers.Tissues under nails are not adapted to friction, pressure, contacts with the environment.A person without nails on the feet is painful.Wearing shoes becomes torture.Uncertainty and complexes appear.
Onychomycosis is more difficult to heal than fungal skin diseases.The nail plate is denser and its base is inside the dermis.The fungus is able to spread their disputes there, which is difficult to eliminate, even with the help of powerful medicines
How to notice problems with nails in time?
The mycobacteria are located only in the upper layer of the plate.In it you can notice light points and spots, a slight heterogeneity of the structure, the lack of a natural glow.
Nail fungal development process
In the second stage, the infection penetrates the nail.This manifests itself by a change in its color, shape and structure.The nail plaque delayed, thickens, loses its elasticity and becomes fragile.When cutting the nails, breaks and collapses.
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 thickens many times, the cut becomes difficult.The shape of nail bed exchanges - edges and tubers appear on it.In the last step, other signs of fungal infection appear - itching the skin, pain and burning, cracks and cribs on the cuticles.Often the fungus "spreads" on the skin and nails nearby.In this case, dryness, itching and hyperkeratosis appear in the sole and between the fingers.In the absence of proper treatment, the nail matrix is damaged, dies and disappears.
Onychomycosis is easier to treat in the early stages of development.To observe changes to the nail plate in time, it is best to use colorless varnish for pedicure.Weekly, the "review" of nails on the legs should be performed - examined it completely, trim, apply a new layer of varnish.
Treatment
It is necessary to start treatment of nail fungus as soon as possible.Ideally - from the moment of the appearance of spots.The distribution of the fungal dispute throughout the nail plate affects its growth rate.The affected nails grow slowly, which also complicates the treatment process.The nail can be considered healed 1-2 months after full plaque replacement with a healthy.The longer the growth process, the more significant the cost of therapy.
For drug selection, consult a doctor.The dermatologist is involved in the treatment of fungal infections.The expert will determine the degree of negligence of onychomycosis and will prescribe special tests.The laboratory examination of the affected nail scraping will identify the type of fungus and its sensitivity to fungicidal agents.Treatment with specific drugs ensures total destruction of infection and relapse prevention.If you choose the incorrect medicine, your use will not give an effect.Under the guidance of a dermatologist, the treatment will be faster and more effective
The drug treatment process should be controlled.In the process of drug use, the fungus is able to adapt to them - to acquire resistance (stability).The weak medicine only "Sacine" the infection.Visual recovery does not exclude the possibility that the infection disputes remain on the plate.As soon as a person for treatment, the fungus is activated again.
Onychomycosis therapy involves the use of local products.These are solutions, ointments, gels, folders, varnishes.They act on the surface of the skin and nail, killing the fungus.In advanced cases, it will be necessary to use systemic action fungicidal systems - capsules or tablets.Sometimes, in complex therapy, they include vitamins and immunity stimulants.
Drugs or traditional medicine: What to choose?
Traditional medicine practices recommend dozens of different recipes against onychomycosis.Often, they use food products, herbs and pharmacy products of the anti -support group.Such "medications" have no fungicidal effect.They are not able to kill the fungus.Within the possibilities of folk compositions - to interrupt their reproduction.This will cultivate a healthy nail plate.However, fungal disputes will remain within it, which are activated after the end of treatment.
The use of folkloric recipes from Onychomicosis is advisable exclusively in the first stage of its development.With a neglected form, the treatment will be too long and will not provide stable results.
For the treatment of nail fungus, you should choose a special medicine.However, the modern pharmaceutical industry offers universal means - fungistatic and fungicidal substances of a broad spectrum of action.Some of them are able to kill more than 10 fungal tensions at the same time.To avoid the chronization of onicomyomycosis, it is better to replace the drug 2-3 times during therapy.In advanced cases, local funds are not enough.Cure guarantee will provide only a comprehensive approach - taking pills and the use of external medications.
If you violate the treatment plan, use medicines or folkloric medications periodically, do not bring therapy to the end - nail fungus will remain where it was.In addition, the infection will become stronger and will be worse to succumb to the influence of fungicidal substances.
How to prepare a nail?
The treatment of onychomycosis in the leg thumb is quite problematic.Here is the largest, dense and thick nail plate.In a large homogeneous area, the fungus propagates and spreads faster.The affected nail sometimes reaches 5 mm thick, which makes it difficult to penetrate medicinal substances.
Preparation for treatment
Before using drugs or traditional medical media, a painful plate should be prepared in a special way:
- Wash the legs and nails with domestic or antibacterial soap well;
- Place your feet in a bowl with hot soda solution (tolerant temperature) (1 tbsp soda and 2 salt) for 10-15 minutes are added by 1 liter of water;
- Take your feet with a personal towel;
- to the maximum cut the free edges;
- Cut the affected nail plate until the sensitivity appears;
- Dry your legs in the air and start treating the medicine.
Such manipulations will have to be repeated weekly until all the affected part of the nail is eliminated.
Prior to the start of treatment, several pairs of new socks, a separate leg towel should be prepared.During use, they need to be washed as soon as possible, make sure to iron with iron.A bubble with formaldehyde is useful as well as a large packaging of cotton.Before starting therapy, 2 Komka cotton in the solution should be moistened, put them in shoes.The boots need to be wrapped in a bag and place the porch at night.In the morning, cotton is removed and the shoes are ventilated for 2-3 hours.This processing is performed weekly.After a complete cure of the fungus, ordinary and bedroom shoes should be replaced by a new one.
Choose a medicine
Returning to the pharmacy to an antifungal agent, it is necessary to ask the medicines specifically the nail fungus.Standard ointments and creams will not be able to penetrate the deep layers of the nail.For the treatment of onychomycosis, medicines in the form of special solutions and varnishes are suitable.
Solutions are applied to the nail twice a day - in the morning and evening, after hygienic leg processing.The product is dripped in lunula (light area at the base) as well as on the free edge of the plate.In the first month of treatment, it is better to process the skin at the whole finger as well as neighboring nails.Rinse or washing solutions is not required.
Medical varnishes are applied 1-2 times a week.After drying, the product forms a dense layer on the nail surface, which acts all the time against the fungus.
Treatment according to folkloric methods is somewhat costly.Some products should be prepared, applied for a while, covered with cellophane, rinse.All of these procedures should be done every day, 2-3 times a day.Below are the simplest and more affordable folkloric methods to treat a nail fungus.
- Tea tree oil.It has antibacterial and antifungal activity.It can only be used with good tolerance.Ether is used in its pure form.3 times a day is applied to prepared nail.They drip at the base and under the plate.Treatment continues until the nail is growing completely.
- Iodine.A pharmacy alcohol solution is applied to the nail twice a day, completely processing its surface with a cotton cotton swab.Disadvantages - Staining the plates and skin around you.
- Vinegar.A piece of cotton is impregnated with apple or wine vinegar.It is placed on the nail, covered with polyethylene, fixed with a dressing or patch.Leave the exposure for 3-4 hours, after which they remove the dressing and wash the remaining vinegar.In treatment, it is necessary to ensure that there are no burns on the skin.With good tolerance, the dressing is applied all night.
Other known products are grated garlic, onion mix, humble, purposes and alcohol porridge, a mix of aloe juice and mustard.All these medications can be used for light forms of fungus.Dermatologists recommend the use of popular remedies exclusively, as well as drug treatment.
How long to wait for the result?
The duration of treatment is purely individual.The terms depend on the degree of damage to the fungus, its area, the presence of complications in the form of dermatomycosis or immunodeficiency.You can get rid of the light form of the fungus on the leg thumb in 3-4 months.Deeper injuries will have to be treated for about six months.In advanced cases, therapy lasts up to one year.Even after a complete cure of onychomycosis, the risk of relapse of the infection remains.To exclude it, it is necessary to use prophylactic agents, taking care regularly and qualitatively with the feet.
With excessive sweating, talc, special deodorants should be used.Shoes should be treated with antifungal solutions, periodically altered insoles, dry outdoors.The same principles must be guided by preventing onychomycosis.The main point is the use of individual shoes, socks and towels in public places (bath, sauna, pool, massage office).
To cure a fungal disease running with popular medicines, it is important to know what nail fungus is afraid.The success of intensive care, a clinical result, depends on this.The main thing is to interrupt the pathological process of propagating infection, interrupting an attack.To productively defeat the fungus of nails with folk remedies, you need to contact a dermatologist and go through diagnosis, end for intensive care