In this article, toenails, treatment with drugs and traditional methods, instructions for nail removal, recommendations, recommendations to prevent infection.
Chronic nail fungus is a reason to immediately run to the doctor and start treatment immediately.The disease is detected at a late stage when the initial symptoms are mistaken for a simple mechanical injury to the nail.The problem sometimes does not show itself at the initial stage.If a doctor is not treated without consulting or is wrong, the disease progresses.Mushrooms are more dangerous than many people think.Accompanying the loosening and destruction of loops, a parasitic infection of the whole body, impaired immunity, allergic manifestations are possible, and there is a risk of developing bronchitis, asthma, chronic sinusitis and conjunctivitis.
With old onychomycosis, the nail is opaque, white, yellow or blue.In the most severe cases, it becomes black, loose, flaky, cracked, thickened, and changes shape.Adjacent skin is red, inflamed, painful, burning and itching.Painful sensations are caused by a fungus similar to mold and yeast.Other types do not cause physical suffering or discomfort;It can be determined only by the shape and color of the nails.Not being able to wear open shoes or walking barefoot causes difficulties.An unpleasant, nauseating smell becomes a constant companion.
Treatment methods
An advanced form can be treated only under the supervision of a doctor (under the supervision of a dermatologist or mycologist. He will take a scratch from the infected nails, classify the problem and prescribe treatment. Amateur activity is unacceptable here! The disease cannot be treated with home treatment. You can only control the disease internally, you can suppress the source of infection temporarily. But the subsequent consequences will be more terrible.
When the disease is advanced, patience is required.Treatment is complex and complicated.Failure to complete this will inevitably lead to relapse.The instructions are simple.If you follow the rules of simultaneous implementation of a number of measures, you will be able to recover:
- Use of external substances (lacquers, ointments, sprays, gels).
- Taking oral medications (tablets, capsules).
- If necessary, the doctor will prescribe an intravenous injection.
- Taking complexes of immunostimulating substances, vitamins and minerals.
- Use of anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Application of traditional medicine methods.
- If your feet sweat excessively, take a foot bath with one tablespoon of sea salt added to five liters of water every day.Before applying the ointment, wash your feet with warm water to speed up the healing process.
- Regular treatment of shoes with antiseptic preparations.
If you follow these measures, the treatment of fungus is not as difficult as it seems.
Preparations for topical use
Official medicine offers many different drugs for external treatment in the treatment of foot fungus.The doctor will prescribe what you need, there is no need to try everything.
Healing varnishes:
- Ciclopirox.Antibiotic agent.It destroys yeast and molds.Apply every four days.Duration - six months.At the same time, take Terbinafine tablets orally (safe for pregnant women).
- Terbinafine-based varnish.One polish is applied every four days.Treatment lasts 9-12 months.
Antifungal ointment:
- Terbinafine.It inhibits the growth of parasitic yeasts and molds.With the simultaneous administration of tablets of the same name, it has a destructive effect on fungi.
- Ketoconazole.Prevents and destroys the spread of fungi.Apply in the morning, evening, course - one month.It does not enter the blood and is not detected in the plasma, so it is recommended for pregnant women.Contraindicated for children under three years of age.
- Naftifine - to destroy advanced nail fungus, it is recommended to use it in the form of drops.Formulated to combat Dermatophyte, Yeast and Mold Mungi.
- Clotrimazole destroys advanced athlete's foot at the cellular level.
Preparations for oral administration
Tablets are prescribed for short but frequent courses due to the negative effect on the human liver and kidneys.
- Fluconazole.Available in capsules.Take 150 milligrams.Duration of treatment - 56 days.The nails are then broken to determine if treatment is necessary.
- Itraconazole capsules.With their help, chronic onychomycosis can be treated in six months.
- Griseofulvin.Antifungal antibiotic.Keratin, where it is formed, accumulates in skin cells, making healthy nails immune to onychomycosis.Treatment lasts 8 months.
Traditional treatment methods
- Celandine Oil - The freshly pressed plant has a water-dispersing effect and destroys the body of the fungus.Treat daily until fully healed.
- Acetic acid is a convenient, powerful remedy against old onychomycosis.A special solution is prepared based on vinegar.Mix equal parts Vodka and 70% vinegar essence, add three raw chicken egg whites.Mix it up.Place in the fridge.Moisten a cause pad and place it on the sore nail.Leave for a quarter of an hour.Doing this for six months is enough to cure the fungus.The product is aggressive and can cause healthy tissue burns.Lubricate the skin around the affected nails with cream or sunflower oil.
- 20% alcohol infusion of propolis.Sold in a pharmacy.Moisten a cloth and make a compress.Do this daily until the fungus is gone.
- To prepare the tincture, pour vodka over the golden mustache and hide it in a dark corner.On the fifteenth day, dilute three parts of water with one part of the tincture.Look for mushrooms in the morning and evening.Treatment lasts at least six months.
- Homemade antifungal ointment.Put a butter (butter) weighing 200 grams, 100 milliliters of acetic acid (70%) and a raw chicken egg in the shell in a glass container.Do not mix.Put the mixture in a cool place.Wait a week.The crust will dissolve.Then you need to mix, spread, cover with cling film and bandage.
- Calamus Rhizome tincture: 15 g.Brew the root with a glass of boiling water.Leave for 30 minutes.A glass of tincture is drunk a day.At the same time, ten-minute baths are taken daily.To do this, steam 30 grams of calamus rhizome with boiling water (one bottle) and leave for 30 minutes.The nails will begin to fall off within seven days.And then lubricate with ointment.If you treat it with this method, the fungus can be cured in a month and a half.In this case, immunostimulation, anti-inflammatory and vitamin preparations are taken internally.
- Apply toothpaste (with fluoride) the size of the knuckle of your little finger.Add the ashes of three cigarettes.Make a compress, leave it overnight and wash it off in the morning.
- Equal parts of honey and onion juice and mix.Cool down.Treat neglected fungus daily.
- Lilac flowers and calendula - 30 grams each, Celandine - 15 grams, oak bark - 45 grams.Add half a liter of water.Boil, leave for an hour and make a compress.Every day until the fungus is completely cured.
- One hundred milliliters of hydrogen peroxide, two liters of hot water - makes a bath for a quarter of an hour.Apply the stain and ointment with a paper towel.Repeat every day until it is clear that the fungus has retreated.Hydrogen peroxide will protect healthy nails from infection and make healed nails free from re-infection.
If traditional and folk medicine methods do not help, you can turn to laser therapy.Laser treatment is painless and has an almost immediate effect.Four treatments are enough to kill the fungus.In this case, the periungual skin is not damaged.
Nail
Surgery to remove a nail is rarely resorted to if conservative methods do not give the desired result.
- Surgical removal is painful.It takes a long time for the nail plate to heal.
- The laser method of nail removal is easy and painless.The disadvantage is the high price.
- Surgical nail removal with medication.Under the influence of drugs, the nail plates are softened and then removed painlessly.The process is long and requires caution.
Treatment of onychomycosis during pregnancy
Treatment of chronic foot fungus with most drugs is contraindicated during pregnancy!They can harm the intrauterine development of the fetus.A mycologist will prescribe safe remedies that will slow down the progression of the disease and improve the appearance of the nails.And complete healing or removal will have to begin after the birth of the child.
It is better for pregnant women to resort to proven methods of traditional medicine.They behave more gently and have fewer side effects:
- Make foot baths with warm water and sea salt.
- Wipe the skin around the damaged nails with celandine juice.Continue for 3 months.
Recommendations and advice
A developed fungus must be treated immediately!Be sure to be patient and complete the therapy as the infection affects the entire body.Treat only after examination, under the supervision of a doctor.Traditional medicinal methods should be combined with medicines recommended by a specialist.Advice for family members of the patient: Take good hygiene, vitamins and medicines that increase immunity.