Nail and foot fungus is a very popular phenomenon in modern society. Its main negative feature is the fact that the disease is subject to frequent relapse. Medicines for the subspecies of fungal disease are quite common in the pharmaceutical market, but the approach responsible for recovery is one of the major factors in the fight against the disease. We will warn that treatment is similar to fungal treatment at hand.
Symptoms of nail fungus
Although this type of fungal disease is most often referred to as nail fungus in the feet, it must be borne that not only the nail plate, but also around the skin with harmful fungal spores. Therefore, the main features of the fungus on the feet are:
- Redness in the interdigital zone, the appearance of gradually peeling;
- The appearance of itching -Gatal, at first almost invisible, but it became stronger because the disease was progressive;
- Sometimes bubbles with fluid occur on the skin;
- In later stages - painful crack appearance;
- Nail deformation. It can have different properties depending on the type of fungus. So distinguish:
- Hypertropic deformation type. Increased nail thickness, but at the same time increased plate fragility. With physical exposure, nails are painful and collapsed.
- Normoprophic deformation type. The nail thickness does not change, but it has a clear shiny color, a horizontal yellow strip also appears.
- Type of atropic deformation. The nail plate is thin and dull. Paint and white stripes appear on the nails, in the future they grow and join.
Diagnosis of foot mycosis at home
If you suspect the appearance of fungal symptoms in the foot, it is advisable to contact a specialist immediately, as only a doctor can properly determine the fungal disease and prescribe the most effective treatment. However, if you do not have time to go to the hospital, you can confirm or object to fear at home. To do this, it is necessary to dilute the potassium permanganate (potassium permanganate) until the acquisition of light purple shade in water temperature water. Then lower the toes into the solution and hold for a few minutes. You will see that healthy nails will get a little brown color. Although the fungus affected by the fungus will remain the same color.
Preparation for treatment
This item ranks an important place in the entire skin and nails on the feet. Before each treatment session, the following personal hygiene rules are necessary:
- Elimination of affected parts from nail plate with manicure scissors or disposable saws. This procedure should be repeated daily until recovery. Immediately after the procedure, be careful to disinfect the tools used.
- Daily disinfection for feet with soda or soap also contributes to the loss of bacteria and accelerated treatment. If you use local therapeutic drugs, then it is best to take such a bath soon before using the medicine.
- A good way to prepare nails for treatment is tea tree oil. It is recommended to apply a drop of oil under the nail plate and lubricate the surface with another.
- Compliance with general regulation of hygiene and preventive measures to prevent nail fungus in the feet.
Nail fungal treatment
There are many remedies designed to treat foot fungus.
- The main categories include local medicine: antifungal varnish, ointment and cream. These are commonly used drugs sold without a doctor's prescription, treatment usually takes from one to three weeks. Keep in mind that treatment with local spectrum medications must be strictly according to the instructions, otherwise the effects of use may decrease.
- Second place in popularity is occupied by systemic drugs or, in other words, various capsules and tablets. The treatment of foot fungus with this category of medicine is usually performed after an initial consultation with a doctor, as in some cases there is a contraindication for its use. In addition, system drugs are often supplemented by treatment with local therapy drugs.
- The treatment of micosis of the foot is also performed today with laser. This procedure is only gaining popularity in our country, but has certain advantages, including: minimum risk of relapse, mild and painless treatment.
- The less popular method of getting rid of fungus on the finger is the hardware pedicure. However, often this method of treatment occurs in combination with systemic drugs. It is more commonly used for the sophisticated stage of the disease.
- Finally, the last way to get rid of nail fungus is surgery. Today is a small method of treatment, as the procedure is quite painful and has a long recovery period.
Fungal treatment in the feet with folk medicine
Treatment with folk methods also outperforms the treatment of fungus on the feet. Often, doctors recommend combining folk medicine with proven pharmaceutical medicine. The most popular folk recipes include the following:
- Treatment with propolis. In a 20% propolis alcohol solution, dip the cotton swab and apply it to the infected nail plate for 15 minutes, the treatment lasts for three weeks. The side effects are itching from the solution to the application.
- Garlic treatment. Mix two pre -chopped cloves with one hundred grams of butter and leave the gruel for 24 hours. After that, apply the mixture to the foot area, which is affected by the skin fungus for a month.
- Oak bark treatment. Fungal treatment between the toes in this way lasts for a month. Recipe for solution: 5 tablespoons of oak bark dissolved in one liter of boiled water, after adding water should be boiled again, at the same time adding 10 grams of chamomile drugs. This infusion is most effective within two hours after cooking.
- Treatment with chamomile fees, strings and violets. Each collection in the same proportion (about one spoon) is poured into a liter of boiling water, insisting for two hours. Rinse the feet in the solution before bed until recovery.
- Treatment with Rowan leaves. For ten days, apply a crushed rowan leaf to the affected area and hold about half an hour. You can fix the mixture with a clean socks.
- Treatment of gold culinary plants. Softened plant sheets are applied to sore nail plates at night. It is best to wrap or fix it in another way on the treatment sheet.
- Aspen skin treatment. As in the case of a recipe from oak bark, the crushed skin is poured with boiled water (it is best to take 500 grams of water). Treatment can be supplemented with a mixture of soda and laundry soap.
- Treatment with tea fungus. This product can be used in two variations: such as mixtures and dry solutions. First method: chopped tea mushrooms rub patients for about two weeks (first mushrooms need to be cleaned from film). Second method: Pour 2 teaspoons of mushrooms with 200 grams of vodka and place in a cool dark place for 10 days. This solution can be used throughout the night, while setting a cotton swab that is wet with cellophane or clean stockings.
- Treatment with potatoes. Potato waste after dinner is a true remedy -is effective in the micosis of the foot. Recipes for cooking: Potato cleaning must be boiled into softened conditions, then drain water in the basin and soar in the infected leg. After the garden, apply the remaining porridge to the nail plate, and then rinse with warm water.
- Apple vinegar treatment. Dissolve 1 cup of salt in water, then add some cloves of garlic and half a glass of apple vinegar. This infusion can be dissolved in several liters of warm water and is used daily as a steam room for the feet. It is used before recovery.
- Iodine treatment. Treating the fungus on the feet with iodine is simple: every day, lubricating damaged nails with tincture. About 4-5 days of treatment may be a painful sensation, but they do not last long.
- Treatment with salt bath. One tablespoon of sea salt is dissolved in one liter of warm water. In this warm bath, the affected legs soared for two weeks.
