Treatment of nail fungus at home

Nail fungus is a common infectious disease that affects the legs on the legs.A large number of people around the world suffer from this disease, since the fungus is unpredictable.He can appear in any person, regardless of gender, age, cleanliness or season.Of course, there are factors that stimulate its appearance, but they are all obvious and approaching other infections.

Consider the process of treating the fungus, touch on the issues of prevention and traditional medicine.We will analyze the situations that should be avoided in order not to provoke the development of fungal formations.Remember, the disease is transmitted to family members.The sooner you decide to quickly cure it, the less likely to harm your loved ones.

Stages of the disease (photo)

The effectiveness of the treatment of fungal diseases is inversely proportional to the degree of infection.In other words, the earlier the patient notices the disease, the faster he will be able to quickly get rid of it.Domestication is destructive, the fungus can in the shortest possible time destroy the structure of the nail.

If a member of your family, in which it is customary to use common bathrooms or slippers, has already revealed the presence of a disease, then the rest should be promptly checked.

• The initial stage.The very first signs of infection are not noticeable to a person.Most likely, the patient will not have time to start treatment at an early stage.Only in laboratory conditions using a microscope can you see transparent white formations under the nail.
• The second stage.After Mikoz received development and did not receive attention from the person, he begins to deform the nail.Small grooves appear on the nail, tangible to the touch.There is no pain, as well as color changes.
• The third stage.At this stage, the nail begins to turn yellow.Most patients see a doctor precisely during this period, which is quite logical.You can still cure at home.
• The fourth stage.If a person ignored the disease and did not take measures to get rid of it, the final stage comes.The nail begins to fold and turns yellow completely.The skin around the nail dries, begins to peel off and gains an unhealthy shade.An unpleasant rotten smell appears.

Each of the stages is treated.But it should be understood that the process of treating the fourth stage will be painful, long and expensive.

Symptoms of infection

The initial symptoms of the disease are very vague.It is impossible to identify the first stage, except to look at their own limbs, and no one is engaged in this in ordinary life.Women who paint their nails on their feet will have to be especially difficult.They will not detect the fungus until more obvious signs appear.

Nevertheless, you need to know the symptoms.If it does not work to identify the infection not the first stage, then the second is already possible.The sooner, the better for the patient and his household.

• Unnatural color of the nail.At first it does not turn yellow, but there is already changes.Firstly, the surface loses its transparency, the color intensifies, becomes dense.If you compare the color of the healthy nail plate on one leg in the forehead with one leg with the color of the infected color on the other, then you can notice the differences in shades.In the future, the patient will be actively yellow, this process is no longer impossible to notice;
• Thickening of the nail.First, the smooth surface is covered with small grooves, then deformed, loses softness and constantly thickens.When touched, it feels like a rough stone;
• Skin irritation.Mycoses can act comprehensively, in addition to the nail, the skin also suffers.At first it can be weak itching, then peeling.The epidermis becomes solid, loses humidity and is covered with microcracks;
• Destruction of the nail plate.Such a symptom is manifested when the presence of a fungus is already obvious.Destruction occurs after thickening and significant deformation.During this period, it is important not to try to clean the layering or cut, you can greatly damage and crush the plate;
• Stratification.This symptom is not the most common, manifested in those people whose body lacks phosphorus and calcium.Fungal formations can stimulate stratification, but are not its root cause.

Even if you have not manifested any of the described symptoms, but there are other changes in the condition of the nail plates or skin, visit mycologist and dermatologist to determine the pathology.

Medicines for the treatment of infection

There are many types of mycosis, treatment methods differ, although the principle of infection is the same.Contact the Mikologist, he will conduct a number of tests to offer the most effective treatment algorithm.

The most effective means, despite all the statements of the people's healers, are pharmaceuticals.Among them, it is relevant to use tablets, ointments and varnishes aimed at the death of the fungus and the restoration of the human immune system.However, folk remedies are able to help, but about them a little later.

Pills

Before you get acquainted with the pills, it is worth saying that they all affect the condition of the liver.For a healthy person, this is not critical, but if you have problems with the liver, then choose other methods.

The tablets will be effective in the treatment of fungi formed in internal organs, such as lungs, stomach, throat or intestines.The nail fungus is also treated with tablets, but for full treatment they are combined with ointments, drops or varnishes.

The choice of tablets should be entrusted to a specialist.A competent mycologist will analyze not only the type of fungus and the degree of damage, but also other characteristics of your body, such as allergic reactions and related diseases.

Ointments

Antimicose ointments in their effectiveness significantly surpass tablets for adults and children, as they are applied directly to the affected nail.The best ointments of a wide range of action are considered the best, which allow you not to take tests for the type of fungus, but immediately proceed to treatment.

Varnishes

Therapeutic antifungal varnishes differ from all other ways of combating the disease in that they remain in an infected place for a long time.The ointment is absorbed and lubricated, the tablets go a long path from the stomach to the place.The varnish is applied once and does not require attention for several days in a row.

There are not many varnishes.Different analogues only copy two main competitors.Buy varnishes in pharmacies on the recommendations of a doctor.If you choose yourself, you can get not a healthy nail canvas, but undermined immunity and cause the distribution of the fungus.

Treatment with folk remedies

A folk remedy for treatment is the most controversial medical term over the past decades.On the one hand, drug manufacturers do not want to lose money and assure people that folk remedies are not effective.On the other hand, adherents of folk methods indicate that we should not feed the pharmacists.Who is right?

True lies somewhere in the middle.If you notice, then most of the previously listed drugs are contraindicated in pregnant women and children.How to be?Natural safe treatment methods come to the rescue.If you endure ointments and tablets normally, then use them, because the benefits of them are definitely more than harm.The folk remedy does not load the immune system, but it does not heal so effectively.In general, it is better to combine both, but within reasonable limits.

Vinegar

The main task of vinegar in the treatment of mycoses is to create an acidic environment that will prevent the formation of a dispute.As soon as the fungus loses the ability to reproduce and eat new fabrics, it will begin to die.In order not to harm your health, you need to use table vinegar up to 9%in order to avoid burns.What methods of treatment can be used?

• Baths with vinegar.Heat the water to a warm state, not hot.Add 150-200 ml of vinegar to the water.The resulting solution must completely cover the leg.Grease within twenty minutes three times a week.After the procedure, you do not need to wash the legs in water, just wipe them thoroughly with a dry towel.
• Drowned cotton pads.This method is additional to the first.Immediately after the vinegar bath, you can moisten cotton pads with vinegar and applied to the sore spot for 10-15 minutes.A cotton pad can also be moistened with additionally vodka and glycerin, the effectiveness will be higher.
• Creation of vinegar ointment.You will need not table vinegar, but 70% vinegar essence.For 20 grams of essence, you need to add 10 grams of olive oil, 10 grams of glycerin and 10 grams of a dimethylphtolat solution.Apply the resulting ointment to a sore spot and keep 7 hours.After the procedure, the legs must be thoroughly washed with household or tar soap.Repeat the procedure daily to achieve the best results.

Vinegar is very effective as an additional stimulant.If you use tablets or ointment, vinegar will increase their effectiveness.If you use varnish, you will have to refuse vinegar, because the varnish is on the nail constantly, vinegar can damage its layer.

Tea tree oil

The antiseptic properties of tea tree oil allow it to cope with a variety of skin ailments, as well as with pathogens such as nail fungus.

• Cotton pad and butter.Moisten a cotton wool or a cotton pad with a tea tree air and apply to a sore spot 3 times a day.Efficiency can be observed after 2-3 months, provided that the treatment will be complex, with drugs.
• A mixture of oils.Mix 5 drops of tea tree oil with 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil and 3 drops of thyme oil.Rub the resulting mixture into the nail plate and under it.
• Baths with soda and oily tea tree.Add 10 drops of tea tree oil, one tablespoon of soda and a spoonful of salt to warm water, preferably sea.Daily baths will help tablets and ointments quickly cope with the disease.

The antiseptic is able to stop the development of the fungus, but not kill it.Do not use tea tree oil.As the only way of treatment, let it be good help to pills or ointments.

Hydrogen peroxide

Hydrogen peroxide is an antiseptic that has an antibacterial and antifungal effect.

• Lotes peroxide.A 3% peroxide solution is used, a cotton pad is moistened and the damage is moistened 3 times a day.
• Baths with peroxide.It is necessary to mix 100 ml of hydrogen peroxide with a concentration of 3% with two liters of warm water, and then keep your legs in water for at least 15 minutes.Repeat the procedure daily in combination with other drugs.
• Peroxide with vinegar.Hydrogen peroxide and vinegar are mixed in the same proportions.The resulting solution should be applied to the affected area and wait until the solution stops hissing.The hiss tells us that the chemical process of interaction with the infection occurs.
• Peroxide and soda.It is necessary to take 4 tablespoons of water, 2 tablespoons of soda, bastard vinegar, one tablespoon of salt and 1/2 tablespoon of peroxide.A pasty mixture should be obtained, which must be applied to the nail daily for a month for 30-40 minutes.

The peroxide works in the same way as tea tree oil.Efficiency depends on the individual characteristics of the body.Do not use antiseptics as the main treatment, only as an addition to pharmaceutical drugs.

Other recipes of traditional medicine

There are many ways to treat various diseases with folk methods.We examined the main methods of getting rid of misfortune in previous sections, it is time to illuminate less popular, but no less effective means.

• Onion.Onion juice contains a natural antiseptic.The recipe is simple: to dissolve onion onion juice in equal proportions, you can with cake, and warm water, and then wipe the affected nail daily.
• Propolis.The healing properties of propolis are used in many sections of medicine.An effective treatment method: Grate the nail with an alcohol solution of propolis, then bandage the leg.The procedure must be carried out daily for a month.
• Celandine.Celandine juice contains toxic components that are destructive for mycosis and are safe for humans.Wipe the place of infection with celandine juice once a day.

Each of the presented folk methods is effective, use the one that you like more or is suitable for you according to any criteria.Do not forget that treatment requires an integrated approach in treatment, along with drugs, otherwise the result will not be the best.

Ways to remove the affected nail

Treatment of any disease implies two parallel stages - treatment of causes and removal of consequences.In addition to the treatment of the fungus itself, it is necessary to eliminate the affected nail plate so as not to infect a healthy part.

The methods of removing the nail are different, some of them are effective, but painful.Let's analyze the most common methods to choose the most suitable.

Mechanical technique

This technique requires a fair share of courage from the patient, without jokes.The mechanical technique involves removing the nail using cosmetic scissors.

1. Steaming.The legs should be placed in hot water for 20-30 minutes.
2. Operation.The patient independently removes the layer by the layer to the open flesh.

The method is considered morally outdated.We strongly advise you to abandon it under any circumstances.There are no objective reasons to use this method.

Special tools

Modern drugs allow you to relieve the nail without pain, obviously softening it.The nail is separated from the fabric in a few days, and the plate itself disappears.

Among the methods there are also folk methods, but we do not recommend them.It is better to entrust such a dangerous process to pharmaceuticals so as not to suffer from pain later.

Surgical removal

Surgeon surgery is usually prescribed for those patients in whom it is impossible to overcome the disease with outpatient methods.Most often, these are quite advanced cases when iodine and soda will no longer help.

How the surgical operation takes place:

• Local anesthesia.The patient is done directly into the finger.
• Cutting the nail.Either its damaged part is removed, or the entire plate is entirely, if Mikoz has already reached the cuticle.
• Antibiotic.Immediately after the operation, it is necessary to wrap your finger in gauze with an antibiotic and dressing every six to seven hours twice a day.The new nail grows in six to twelve months.

Surgical intervention is a very painful procedure, especially in the first days after the operation.Trucking the tissue of a bare finger provokes the strongest attacks of pain.

Prevention of infection

It is completely impossible to protect the fungus, there are no preventive measures that will save you from the penetration of the infection, except that special tablets from the fungus.But no one will use them constantly unnoticed, given that they negatively affect the condition of the liver and kidneys.

However, there are recommendations that can partially protect you.Follow them at least partially so as not to constantly fall into the risk zone.

• Public baths and saunas.Try not to attend events where different people are with bare feet.Each of them can potentially transfer the disease without knowing about it.

• Beaches.On the beach, everyone goes barefoot or in open shoes, which allows infection to penetrate the body almost freely.Try to wash your feet with household soap after visiting the beach.
• Other people's slippers.You come to visit, they offer you slippers.Refuse, go to the socks.You will not be condemned for this, tell me that you are not cold.And do not be afraid to offend anyone, people most often do not care, and you will save yourself from potential danger.

The fungus needs close contact with the body to infect it, so take care of your feet, keep them in a closed state and observe hygiene.

In order to cure mycosis, you need to determine its type, degree of infection and choose the right ways of delivering.Everyone can choose their own method, but we recommend contacting specialists to get quick and high -quality results.