The fungus is not at all a harmless disease.He does not only spoil the appearance of the legs, but also undermines human health, pushes his immune system.Usually, two stages of nail mushrooms are distinguished.At the initial, it is easy not to notice it.The first signs of problems are generally:
- Small white dots on the nails;
- nail -shaped change;
- the appearance of white scratches;
- nail fragility;
- By changing the surface, it can become rigid and ribbed.
The skin around the affected nail often blushes and is unleashed.In the advanced stadium, the color of the nail plate changes, it becomes rude and thicker, the nail begins to collapse.Little by little, the fungus can spread to neighboring nails.According to statistics, 15% of the population suffers from fungal diseases or is its carrier.Most often, nail mushroom infection occurs when a person is washed, but it is impossible to exclude transmission through household items: slippers, socks, shoes, "explains a dermatologist.On their feet, because the metabolic processes of their bodies flow quickly, but the elderly are very at risk.
Treatment of nail fungi
The treatment of the nail fungus is engaged in a dermatologist.At the initial stage of the disease, there may be enough external treatment, but if the moment is missing and the fungi have germinated in the nail plate bed, more serious therapy will be necessary.In this case, the process of processing the fungus of the nails will take 3 to 6 months and will be accompanied by the use of special products.What medication to prescribe, a dermatologist will determine according to the tests.Problems with legs on the legs can cause different types of fungi and treatment approaches will be different depending on the pathogen.It is determined using the cultural method or sowing.
Effective drugs and ointments
Advertising convinces us that you can cure nail mushrooms with varnishes and ointments, but doctors do not guarantee the success of this self-medication.First, they can help in the early stages, and secondly, provided you meet the ointment that is effective against your pathogen.To treat the fungus of the legs on the legs at an advanced stage, system medicines will be necessary.Before using creams and ointments against the fungus, I advise you to carry out hygienic washing.Make a leg for the legs from the soda solution: 1 tablespoon per 3 cups of water.The temperature should be comfortable, but not exceeding 36 ° C. You need to cook the feet for 25-30 minutes.Then wipe and dry the skin and nails well.Before applying the cream, using the coil patch, make a "frame" around the affected nail.This is necessary for the product to fall exactly on a very rough layer of the nail plate, and not on the delicate skin on which the irritation will appear, "explains the dermatologist, doctor of the highest category.
Folk remedies
Popular remedies can help the treatment of nail fungi, but provided that your dermatologist has approved them.Otherwise, there is a risk of launching the disease and, in the worst case, to completely lose your nail.As a rule, folk remedies are prescribed with medical medicines.In my practice, the treatment of nail fungi using Propolis has succeeded.The patient has been prescribed systemic substances which remove the vital activity of microscopic fungi and an alcohol dye with 15% propolis for external use.It has a beneficial effect on immunity and the action of a substance that removes vital activity from microscopic fungi.After three months of treatment, the skin was completely restored, ”explains the dermatologist.But a preliminary conversation with a doctor is necessary, because the same tool can help someone, and the other can cause dermatitis.
What to do if the fungus does not pass?
It happens that several months of mushroom treatment do not give any effect: the disease remains and that healthy nails develop too slowly.Then, first of all, experts will recommend changing the drug drugs from another group and writing drugs that stimulate the growth of the nail plate.If neither external, systemic therapy nor the change of medication allow, this is a serious reason for hospitalization.In rare cases, when a bacterial infection is observed, an operation to eliminate the nail plate can be shown.
Home -nail prevention prevention
Prevention of nail fungi on the legs is mainly reduced to personal hygiene.If the legs do not wash long, allow them to sweat, the risk of developing the fungus will increase considerably.Most often, this disease is picked up in public baths: baths, saunas, showers of fitness centers.Experts advise to reassure and wear slippers in such places and apply barrier cream.The penetration of mushrooms into the skin is facilitated by abrasions, cracks on the feet and not carefully drying the legs after the water procedures, so you should carefully monitor the condition of the feet.If you have already met your nail fungus and you have overcome it, the risk of relapse remains.Some additional rules will help reduce it:
- Wipe the skin once every two to three weeks with means containing antifungal drugs, salicylic or acidified alcohol with vinegar or lemon juice;
- Disinfect clothes, bedding, they can be boiled or pushed back with a hot iron;
- less often wearing synthetic clothes;
- Most often change personal hygiene items, for example, ladles and sponges.