How to treat the nail fungus

The fungus of the nail plate (onichomicosis) is a fairly common dermatological disease, from which up to 20% of the planet's population suffers in one form or another.

One or more nails can be influenced by any of the varieties of dermatophytes (microorganisms that parasites to the human body), both on the arms and on the legs. The pathogens of onychomicosis quickly multiply in a humid and warm environment, in shaded places. The infectious mushrooms of dermatophytes can corrode not only the nails, but also the skin and hair. The elderly have a higher level of the spread of the disease.

We consider in more detail the reason why the mushroom appears and we will also make a review on the 5 most effective drugs for the treatment of nails mushrooms on the legs of the house.

The source of infection can be:

1. Sick person. Some types of mushrooms are parasites only on a person, so you can only be infected with the patient. You can be infected with a nail fungus on the legs both with direct contact with the patient, and when using common objects: shoes, towels, etc.
2. Animals. There are types of mushrooms that amaze both people and animals. People, as a rule, are infected in contact with sick pets.
3. Wednesday. Another variety of mushrooms can multiply living organisms. It is possible to infect in contact with the soil or water.

Therefore, you can be infected everywhere. But, of course, not all contacts with the pathogen ends with the fact that the mushroom develops on the nails of the legs. The following provocative factors can lead to the development of onychomycosis:

• age after 60 years;
• diabetes mellitus;
• circulatory violation in the lower limbs;
• weakening of immunity caused by a chronic disease or other factors;
• Wear an uncomfortable shoe that does not pass the air.

How does the nail fungus start? The initial phase of the mushroom on the legs does not cause physical discomfort, the changes concern the appearance of the nail plate. The fungus of the nails in the initial phase is manifested by the appearance of innatural spots or stripes. If the nail fungus on the legs in the initial phase is not treated, the progression of the disease will begin.

The phases of the mushroom

All mushrooms are prone to the aggressive colonization of their carrier. The germination of the mycelium in the fabric is similar to the growth of the roots of the tree in the building. Raminging, the body of the mushroom destroys the cellular structure of the tissues, causing destruction.

It is just about absorbing food. The mycelium distinguishes the enzymes that destroy the dead keratinocytes, the nail plate cells and absorb the nutrients. Unfortunately, these enzymes affect not only dead cells, but also violate the work of healthy ones.

The progression of the disease takes place in five phases:

1. Infection. The mushroom attaches to the dead skin stairs, gradually reaching the nail. No symptoms have been observed.
2. Normorophic. The nail vanishes and turns to the edges, thickens a little to the corners. The unpleasant smell and sensations appear.
3. Hypertrophic. Yellowness covers the entire nail, the nail plate is deformed with the appearance of the transversal coloring. In 60 % of cases, it is accompanied by a thickening of the entire nail. The edge of the nail plate is loose, delaxe.
4. Atrophic. Pieces of the plate for nails disappear, exposing the nail bed, covered with messenger's masses. The nails are opaque, yellowish gray.
5. Onolisis. The nail plate becomes thinner and disappears. If the matrix is not injured, the nail will grow.

For us, the good news is that the mycelium does not penetrate in living fabrics. The cells sufficiently death and if you enter the nail bed, the mushroom immediately attacks immunity and dies. However, with prolonged infection, the trophic compromise of the nail leads to a weakening of the barrier function and pieces of mycelium can go to the bloodstream in search of a new fertile place. In addition, the constant fight against the mushroom has exhausted the immunity reserves.

Diagnostics

To confirm the diagnosis, the specialist provides the patient a postponement for the tests:

1. Microscopy. The scraping removed from the nail plate processes a special substance to destroy keratin. In this form, the material is easier to study under a microscope. The disadvantage of microscopic research is the impossibility of determining the type of mushroom. However, the responses to the analysis already act as a basis for the appointment of antifungals of a broad spectrum of action.
2. Cultural research. In laboratory conditions, the material is placed in the nourishing medium of the Saburo, sowing the rapid development of the mushroom. The causal agent is identified by the color, the growth rate and the shape of the parasite colonies. The technique also reveals the sensitivity of strains to drugs. But the patient receives the results of the analysis only 3-5 days after his conduct.
3. DNA diagnostics. The detection of fungal infection DNA cells occurs when a scraper occurs of a nail hit by dermatophytes or candidate mushrooms. The method does not determine the molds. The patient's analysis results are administered within 1-2 days. The disadvantage of the diagnosis of DNA of onychomicosis of the arrest is the high cost due to the need to use special equipment.

The external symptoms of the mushroom are not specific, they indicate only damage to the nails on the legs. The cause of the disease becomes clear only after diagnostic studies. To prescribe adequate therapy, the onychomycosis of the arrest is differentiated from the lichen red dishes, the psoriasis of nails, keratooderma and other diseases that cause violation of nourishing nourishments.

How to treat a mushroom at home

Do not hope that the mushroom will go by itself. The longer a person suffers from this disease, the more complicated the further treatment will be.

The duration of the course of treatment and the selection of medicines depends on:

1. Phases of the disease.
2. The degree of damage to the nail.
3. Clinical form of the disease.

Before the start of the active actions, it is necessary to minimize the negative impact of the external environment, eliminate the reasons why the mushroom appeared under the nails on the legs:

1. A warm and humid environment is ideal for the growth of various microorganisms, trying to dry shoes all the time after walking, wearing socks only from natural materials that provide a normal exchange of heat and air;
2. The foot mushroom often appears because of poor immunity, you can simply trample the floor with the naked foot and collect the infection, take vitamins to avoid it;
3. The extension of frequent nails can become one of the causes of onychomycosis, limit the procedure up to 1 session in six months;
4. The most complicated is the nice: this is a mushroom caused by active disputes. They penetrate the cavities between nails and fingers, can be in a phase of sleep for some time and therefore grow abruptly. Very often they are infected in places of public use (swimming pools, showers, solarium), during the functioning of other people's shoes, etc.

It is desirable to apply drugs for external use after the keratolithic treatment of the nail plate.

Before each procedure to apply the drug, it is necessary:

• Make a soap-soda bath. A spoonful of firm and salt and 50 g of soap soap is added to a small bathroom. Keep your feet in the solution for about 15 minutes.
• Elaborate a damaged nail. Using a special saw, the upper layer of the nail is undermined so that the drug is better absorbed.
• Apply a drug. The drug is applied to dry nails on the legs and skin around them.

When using solutions, ointments and creams, the drug is applied 2-3 times a day, paints-2 times a week. The course of the treatment is established by the doctor depending on the existing damage. If the nails plates are completely affected and local drugs do not have a positive effect, it is recommended to combine them with systemic antifungals. System preparations have a large list of contraindications and should be prescribed by the attending physician. Most of them are forbidden to take during pregnancy and breastfeeding, during childhood and chronic diseases of the liver and kidneys.

In serious cases, a sub -geare mushroom can request the removal of the nail plate. The procedure can be performed both surgically and using keratolytic that contain salicylic acid and urea. The removal of the nail affected with keratolytic patches stands out for its innovality and practicality. After steaming the legs, the patch is applied neatly to the plate for nails interested and sealed with adhesive plate. After a few days, the patch is removed, the interested areas of the plate are cut, one of the antifungal drugs are applied. The procedure is performed several times.

To get rid of the legs of the legs, it will not work so quickly. It will take about 6-12 months for the treatment of omicomicosis, depending on the form of the disease, the stadium and its course. After all, complex therapy involves the use of various drugs and the recovery period, during which the dermatologist prescribes a support course. The nail fungus is not only a cosmetic disadvantage, but a serious disease that reduces the protective functions of the body. By the background of weak immunity, dangerous pathologies can develop. Timely diagnosis and treatment will avoid the problems associated with the Wholenomicosis. Therefore, you have to carefully follow health.

5 Best popular remedies for the treatment of the nail fungus

Natural popular remedies are quite effective for onychomycosis in its early stages. Most of them are used at home really help to get rid of the disease.

 Hydrogen peroxide

Hydrogen peroxide perfectly removes the nail fungus on the legs in a neglected (chronic) shape, but the treatment will be quite long. Dermatologists recommend to lubricate the Perhydrot every day (once every 2 days) and healthy nails in the process of eliminating the pathology to prevent their infections.

So how to cure a neglected mushroom of nails on the legs using hydrogen peroxide?

1. Method 1Immerse the buffer of Garza in the Perhydrola and attached to the treated nail. Wrap with a movie at the top. Repeat the procedure twice a day before the cultivation of a healthy nails plate.
2. Method 2. Combine peridrol with apple vinegar in equal quantities. Impregnate the gauze napkin with the resulting composition and attach it to the corrosive disorder to the nail. Wait for the end of the Spike effect. Rinse the legs with running water, dry thoroughly. Subsequently, apply a pharmaceutical drug prescribed by doctors.
3. Method 3A cotton pad, abundantly moistened with peroxide, wore the affected nail, with a piece of film, fixes the bandage with a bandwidth strip. Keep the picture for 35-40 minutes, scrape the softened fabric, eaten by a mushroom. Subsequently, it treats the surface with an antifungal drug prescribed by a specialist of infectious diseases.

 Vinegar

The treatment of ouning in an advanced vinegar (wine, apple) is a demonstrated and effective way. To obtain the expected result, it is important:

1.  Use a natural product without chemical additives;
2. Observe the proportions in the compositions;
3. Follow the treatment regime;
4. Use only your things.

We do the acid bathrooms

Prepare a pelvis (bucket), where you can comfortably place your feet. Pour the heated water and the vinegar in it (in equal quantities). The fingers should be completely covered with purifying liquid. The duration of the session is 40-50 minutes. The sessions must be repeated until the horny wound is completely replaced. In the complicated phase of the icydomicosis, the bathroom should be made with the simultaneous use of pharmaceutical products that the mycologist will prescribe.

We do vinegar compresses

Pour 2 tablespoons into a bowl. Spoonfuls of apple cider vinegar, prepare a cotton swab (disc), polyethylene films. Pierce the cotton wool with vinegar, attach to the infected cornea, wrap (not too tight! ) A film. Leave for 3-3, 5 hours. The total duration of vinegar therapy is 2, 5-3 months. You can only stop the sessions when a new nail plate is completely formed. Even a small amount of left -wing infected fabric can cause the return of the pathological process.

 Tea tree oil

Before use, make sure you don't have an allergy to this drug. Apply some oil oil and leave for 12 hours. If irritation has not occurred, you can use safely. The entire course lasts two months and includes steam or direct application. For a bathroom, 5 drops of oil per liter of water are added. A non -diluted extract is applied with a cotton swab on the surface of the nail after steaming the legs in the soap water. It is not necessary to rinse it.

Mushroom prevention

One of the most effective means that the mushroom is "fear" is a high quality prevention.

It is very important to maintain the normal function of the immune system, for which the correct diet is required (minimum alcohol and coffee, maximum vegetables, proteins). In a weakened body, the infection spreads very quickly. It should be known and clearly observe the rules of personal hygiene. Those who do it abruptly reduce the probability of infection. It is not necessary to explain why you cannot wear someone else's shoes, use personal hygiene products. In addition, you cannot walk barefoot in swimming pools, saunas, bathrooms, on the beach. You will have to dry your legs after a shower. You will know how to disinfect the places where the mushroom can be theoretically. In the absence of special products against the mushroom, so ordinary white can be used. Remember that the manifestation of the nail fungus is always much easier to prevent to get rid of this unpleasant disturbance.