The fungus often affects the skin of the legs, feet and interdigber gaps - this is the so -called epidermophytosis of the foot.But in overwhelming cases, fungal infections settled on the nail plates, and this is called in the scientific world - onychomycosis.Nail fungus is characterized by localization mainly on two fingers - on the big and little finger.The nails on these fingers become uneven, bugrous, muddy white or yellowish spots appear on them.The nail plate, with a long course of the disease, can be separated from the bed in the spots.It is completely deformed, has a tendency to grow.Redness appears on the foot, then peeling, itching (from light to strong) joins, pustular rashes, hyperhidrosis, and an unpleasant odor may appear.The heels also often crack and peel off.
The reasons for the formation of infection and what is dangerous nail fungus
In addition to unpleasant external manifestations, the fungus harms the whole body.Its main danger is that the old fungus causes the complicated course of other serious diseases (diabetes, allergies, bronchial asthma).Gradually, it completely affects the nail plate and spreads to the fabrics in contact with the nail.According to experts, it is a kind of conductor for other infections.Sometimes, against the background of reduced immunity, the pathogen can penetrate the internal organs and cause their defeat.Not the last place in this list is the intoxication of the body.
- Trauming of the fingers on the extremities helps to penetrate the skin and the horn plate of sources of infection.
- The choice of poor -quality shoes from air -resistant materials leads to the fact that the legs are constantly in a humid environment.
- Violation of hormonal balance in the body and carbohydrate metabolism contribute to the propagation of pathogens of various fungal colonies.
- The immunodeficiency, due to systemic failures, weakens the degree of confrontation of infections.
- Therapy with antibiotics and drugs of the bone -sisteroid group disrupts the balance of useful and harmful microflora, which causes uncontrolled reproduction of fungal pathogens.
- Dryness and drying out of the extremities pathologically changes the structure of the skin and cornea, which is a condition for the formation of colonies of harmful microorganisms on them.
According to statistics, sometimes infection occurs in salons providing nail processing services, whose employees do not monitor compliance with sanitary and hygienic norms.The fungus “clings” more often to adults, in children mycosis is rare.Doctors explain this by age -related changes in the pH of the skin, weakening of immunity against the background of various diseases.Sometimes the causes of the development of fungal infection are:
- thyroid disease;
- endocrine disorders;
- gastrointestinal diseases;
- Violations of the adrenal glands.
At risk, doctors include people abusing alcohol, smoking.To recognize the disease is helped by peculiar changes in the structure of the nail and color.When the fungus is introduced, it is stained in white, yellow, brown, black shades.
The nail plate itself begins to spread and crumble.Over time, its keratinization occurs.The growths on the nail help to recognize mycoses, which become more over time and prevent treatment.However, these symptoms are not immediately manifested.
In addition to aesthetic discomfort, nail fungus complicates the course of concomitant chronic diseases (asthma, allergies and diabetes).It is characterized by increased resistance and adaptation to many types of treatment.When conducting an incomplete course of treatment, a sharp decrease in immunity can provoke an active relapse of the disease from a small focus of infection.In this case, the re -course will take place much more complicated.If the fungus is not treated, then gradually it occupies not only the entire nail, but also the skin around it.This is dangerous in that the affected areas are a “gate” into the human body for other infections.And the fungus itself with low immunity can affect the internal organs.
Symptoms
In most cases, the fungus of the nails has a pronounced symptoms, which is not difficult to notice.
The main features:
- Changing the color of the nail plate.Depending on the microorganisms that caused the disease, the nail can change the color from black to white.
- The appearance of itching.Also, patients often note pain and burning sensation on the skin of the legs.
- At the advanced stage, the nail growths are compacted.This significantly reduces the effectiveness of treatment and aggravates complications.
- Cases of fever at the initial stage of the disease have been recorded.But due to the lack of pronounced symptoms of nail fungus at this stage, this sign is often not associated with onychomycosis.
- The nail plate becomes breaking.
- It is possible to have allergic manifestations and ulcers.
Review of pharmacy products
In the pharmacy you can purchase effective drugs for the fungus.All presented funds do not have an extensive list of contraindications.You do not need a recipe for their purchase.This is a familiar product that can be found in any home "first -aid kit".This is a great antiseptic.Affects pathogenic mushrooms, killing them.5% iodine solution processed infected areas 2 times a day: in the morning and before bedtime.For the prevention of iodine, neighboring healthy nails are also lubricated.The average duration of the course is a month.The fungus of the nails on the legs passes after the regular use of peroxide.This liquid is known for its disinfecting effect.There are several variations in the use of therapeutic fluid.
- Moisten cotton wool, attach to the nail, wrap with a film on top.Keep the compress for an hour.
- Warm baths - add water to the pelvis, add a bottle of 3% peroxide.Lower your hand or leg for 15 minutes.
Oints against the fungus: applied to the affected nail plate and fabric located nearby.For the treatment of the fungus, it is used as 5% or 10% ointment.A cotton wand is dipped in a tube, applied to a finger with a thick layer.Then fixed with a bandage compress, left overnight.Also, antifungal ointment 10% is characterized by a high concentration of the active substance.It is used as part of complex therapy of severe fungus.They are applied only to the nail plate, as the ointment entering the skin threatens with a burn or irritation.
| Name | Application |
| Tea tree | This is the fastest way to treat the fungus at home.The liquid for a long time blocks the viability of pathogenic microorganisms. The effect of use is the rapid removal of inflammation and irritation, disinfection, cessation of relaxation and destruction of the nail. Use - to impregnate cotton wool in oil, treat the site.Put on a toe on top.Repeat 2-4 times a day. |
| Celandine oil | The liquid reduces the growth of fungi, disinfects the wound, eliminates the smell and itching. Dilute in 1 liter of warm water 2 tbsp.oils, steal the limb.After the procedure, moisten the swab on the air and additionally grease the sick areas. |
| The ether of lemon | This is an excellent preventive tool.For treatment, the affected areas are abundantly lubricated with liquid, sprinkled with soda on top.The “boiling” is formed - the process of destruction of pathogens.Then the composition is washed off, the finger is again treated with clean essential oil. |
| Fir oil, cedar, sea buckthorn, rosemary | Wipe sore nails regularly. |
Modern medicine offers a wide range of drugs to combat pathogenic organisms on nails.Pharmacy regiments are full of various antimicrobial varnishes, ointments, creams, gels and patchings.This group of drugs is easy to use and has minimal contraindications.In addition to local therapy, the treatment of the fungus is carried out comprehensively using oral drugs (tablets).This group of drugs has a number of contraindications and side effects.The combination of local and oral therapy gives a higher percentage of the probability of complete recovery and the lack of relapse of the disease.But complex treatment should be prescribed and carried out under the supervision of a doctor.
A wide range of drugs offered by manufacturers is due to a number of features for each specific case (a type of pathogen, degree of damage, a focus of localization).With the same drug, with independent prescription in different patients, can give both a positive result and aggravate the disease, the development of the resistance of the fungus for treatment.Therefore, you need to fight the nail fungus at home strictly according to the purpose of the specialist.At the first stages of the development of the disease, it will be better if treatment is performed using external drugs, such as varnishes, ointments, creams, etc.Their processing must be accompanied by removal of the affected area of the nail using special plasters or mechanically.
Folk remedies for nail fungus
Home recipes will help get rid of the disease at an early stage.Such funds are safe and harmless, but by force of action they are not inferior to pharmacy products.The basis for successful popular treatment is regularity.Repeat the processing of the affected finger as often as possible.Before using any therapeutic composition, it is necessary to prepare.To do this, the leg or arm is steamed in warm water, washed with household soap.Only clean skin surface can be processed.
Treatment with propolis
To eliminate the fungus on the arms and legs, it is recommended to take an alcohol infusion of propolis.The product has a pronounced antifungal, bacteriostatic and fungicidal effects.The tool relieves itching and inflammation, accelerates the healing of the wounds.Propolis is prohibited for people who have allergies or increased sensitivity to beekeeping products.How to use tincture?
- Take 20% liquid.
- Moisten a cotton swab, attach to the sick nail.
- Keep 10 minutes.
- Repeat up to 5 times a day.
The result of use - the patient will disappear, a healthy one will grow in its place (the nail plate is updated).Another option for using propolis is the preparation of home ointment.To do this, the substance is cooled and chopped, warm vegetable oil is added, mixed.After cooling, put the finished ointment in a glass container, put in the refrigerator.Apply every night to the defeat zone, close with gauze and firmly fixed with a patch.Continue the procedure until the symptoms of the fungus are completely undergoing.
Potatoes treatment
Potato cleaning will also help to eliminate the fungus.Rinse the raw materials thoroughly, then boil until cooked.The water is not drained, in the pan the potato mass is thoroughly kneaded, poured into the basin.The legs are lowered into the resulting slurry for 15 minutes.Do the procedure daily until a complete “victory” over the infection.
| Option of application | Cooking |
| Pure assistance | The preparatory stage - steam your legs in warm water.Cut the overgrown nail, polish the top layer of the plate with a file. Next, clean tar is applied to the prepared nail. The action time is 3 hours.You can leave the product at night, additionally strengthening with cling film. |
| Ointment | Any nutritious cream is mixed with tar.Proportion 2: 1.The resulting ointment with a thick layer applies to the sore nail.Fix with a film, put on socks, leave it overnight. |
| Chatterbox | Ingredients - 50 ml of tar, 10 ml of alcohol and glycerol.Mix the mixture and apply to the nail 2 times a day. |
| Bath | For 50 ml of warm water 1 tbsp.l.tar.Stir and leave in a dark place for 2 days.The finished liquid is added to the water (2 cups per 1 liter of water). |
For preparation, you will need salt, fresh mint, eucalyptus essential oil and 1 tbsp.alcohol.Grind 50-70 g of mint, add a couple of drops of eucalyptus oil, mix.Pour 100 g of salt into the resulting green mass, add alcohol.Place the composition in a hermetically closed container, insist for a day.The resulting gruel is applied daily to the sick nail.The vinegar essence will help to eliminate the fungus in an adult.Several ways to use fluid have been developed.
- The easiest way is to impregnate gauze in a liquid, attach to the nail, fix it with a bandage and leave for 30-60 minutes.
- Mix vinegar and glycerin in equal shares.Cover the nail plate throughout the day (after drying).
- Baths - in warm water, dissolve 100 ml of vinegar.Keep your legs for 15 minutes.Then wipe the limb, do not wash with water.
- Mix 2 tbsp.apple cider vinegar, 10 drops of tea tree oil and 1 clove of garlic.Mix and use for compresses.Repetition frequency per day - 3 times.
A mixture of soda and salt will help to treat the thumb correctly.This is a universal, affordable and budget recipe.A lightweight cooking version - mix in 1 liter of hot water 1 tsp.Soda and salt, 2-3 drops of iodine.Wait for cooling to a comfortable temperature, steam your legs or arms.Keep to cool.Repeat the procedure every evening.In our country there is not a single disease that they do not try to treat with home improvised or folk remedies.
The love of self -medication is caused by a low level of medical services in areas remote from cities.Whether to trust their health to the "grandmother" recipe from remote villages or seek an affordable qualified help of a doctor, everyone decides for himself.The well -known disinfectant.It must be applied to the nails in the morning or in the evening like a varnish.It can be applied both to the infected nail and healthy.But nail applicators in this case use separate ones so as not to transfer the infection to healthy areas.The processing course is 20-30 days.With allergies to iodine is not used.
Garlic
Traditional medicine contains many recipes for fungus on nails using garlic.The recipe for tincture of carcass and alcohol (in equal parts) with a small amount of water is widespread.Apply garlic on the nail with a thin layer.In use, ointment is easier and more convenient for tincture.Make it from chopped garlic and butter.With the addition of vinegar, foot baths are made.The legs are pre -steamed.A small amount of vinegar is added to the water so that the smell is not caustic, and the water tastes only with a light sourness.The legs are immersed in the solution, without touching the bottom of the bath in the feet.For the procedure, 15 minutes are enough.It is important to remember that with an abuse of vinegar solution, as well as with its high concentration, you risk obtaining the strongest skin burn, which the doctor will definitely treat!Caution should be observed when it is used.
Hydrogen peroxide
A well -known disinfectant for wounds.Hydrogen peroxide is added, like vinegar, in small quantities to the foot baths.The procedure will take 15 minutes.After you need to wipe your legs dry without rinsing.
Celandine
Celandine juice is known for its anti -inflammatory and antimicrobial effect, tested for more than one century.The infusion is prepared from the water and celandine leaves (1: 1 ratio).The leaves are poured with boiling water for an hour.In this solution, the legs are steamed every 6 hours, about 15 minutes. You can’t call this method simple and light.Not everyone has the opportunity to carry out a procedure with such a low time interval.In addition to the infusion, rub nails and fresh juice from the stalks of the plant.It is important to remember that the celandine in large quantities - poison for humans and its use should be as careful as possible and without overdose!
The most folk remedy against the fungus on the legs is celandine.This plant is poisonous, so it must be used dosed.But, as it is believed, it helps well even in the case of a neglected nail fungus. Fresh torn, washed and tiled celandine is passed through a meat grinder.The gruel is transferred to gauze, folded in 3-4 layers, and squeezed.We need 200 ml of juice, which connects to 200 ml of 70%alcohol.The liquid is infused for a day.The resulting tincture should be wiped with affected nails after they are steaming.Do the procedure 3-4 times a day daily until a healthy nail is growing.
Lemon
Universal delicious and healthy fruit.Lemon has a whole mass of beneficial properties and in folk medicine received his honored place.Treatment of fungus with lemon is no exception.The thin slices of the lemon are applied to the nail, turn around with cellophane and fixed with a bandage.Thus, for 12-4 days, treatment is carried out.It is necessary to try to avoid prolonged contact with the skin.
Propolis
The product of beekeeping, which real beekeepers respect no less than honey.For their useful and disinfecting properties, it is also used in the treatment of fungus on the legs.Propolis tincture removes well and painful sensations (itching, burning).Sick nails from the use of propolis disappear in a natural way, which helps to renew the nail.
How to apply vinegar
The acid medium prevents the spread of the dispute, this is the mechanism of destruction of the colonies during vinegar exposure.The nail fungus is effectively cured when using the correct concentration of acetic acid in the finished solutions.
- Baths.Heat the water in an amount of at least two liters up to 50 degrees, add a glass of 6% vinegar to it.Place your legs or arms in the bath, keep them in the solution for 15 minutes.Then wipe the limbs dry and put on socks without synthetics.The procedure is done three times a week.
- Applications.They need to be done after washing the legs, for this the disk is impregnated with 9% vinegar and laid out on a sore cornea.A variety of the recipe is a combined composition for disks - water, glycerin and acetic essence are mixed in equal parts.The irrigated disk is kept on a problem plate for 15 minutes.
- Ointment based on acetic acid, glycerol, olive oil, demiliphtolat.70% acid in concentration is used - 2 parts plus the remaining components - one part.
To make the treatment effective, it is necessary to do the following:
- Before any action, you should first steam your legs in hot soap-hill water (50 ° C).The bath lasts from 15 minutes to an hour (if the nails are very hard).
- Process the tools with which you will use alcohol, and the place of the procedure will be chlorine -containing or white.
- If the nail plates are affected by the fungus, then cut or cut down sore nails.
- Pull the keratinized skin on the feet.
Undoubtedly, the most effective treatment will be prescribed by a tract doctor.But if the condition of the legs is not very neglected, the disease did not go far, then you can try the following folk recipes.We need apple cider vinegar.We moisten a cotton swab and apply to the nail affected by the fungus.Turn the compress with cling film and walk for 3 hours daily.We continue to do these procedures until we notice that a new, clean plate grows.
We will need:
- tea tree oil or oregano oil (1 tsp);
- Olive oil (½ tsp).
Mix both ingredients and apply nails affected by the fungus.Let them dry in a natural way.The procedure should be done in the morning and in the evening until the symptoms are reduced.The appearance of onychomycosis is preceded by contact with a sick person or his shoes.Infection occurs in places of accumulation of people favorable for the development of pathogens - saunas, baths, pools, sports complexes.However, not all people visiting these places get sick with mycosis.Epidermophytes settled on the feet of those who wear close closed shoes and are prone to sweating.According to experts, these mushrooms prefer a slightly alkaline or neutral moist environment.
Prevention of fungal lesions
Treatment of fungus is a long and not always successful process.The use of a number of preventive measures, among which hygiene is given to the use of infection, will help to protect themselves from infection.Dermatologists recommend daily processing shoes with vinegar or formalin, wearing only their slippers when visiting a bath, pool or sauna.The list of preventive measures protecting from the fungus contains the following tips:
- Regularly conduct vitamin therapy courses.
- Wear high -quality shoes made of natural materials.
- Try it in the salons, putting on socks.
- Do not give your shoes to anyone, more often change it.
- Fighting your feet sweating.
- If you are forced to walk barefoot in a public place, treat your legs with a special antifungal agent.
- Apply deodorants for shoes.
- Play sports regularly.
- In time, treat chronic infectious diseases - gastritis, tonsillitis, etc.
- Adhere to the rules of a healthy diet.
Even after a complete recovery, no one is safe from re -infection. Full to protect yourself from fungus and microorganisms is simply impossible.In order for the fungus, getting into the body and on the skin of a person not to cause damage to health, it is necessary to increase immunity.With strong immunity, no fungus is terrible.After serious diseases, show special attention to your health.Observe personal hygiene, change socks every day and do not use other people's shoes.Wear high -quality shoes made of natural materials and keep your legs dry.These rules will help you avoid infection with a fungal infection, so they should be observed for life.
- Do not put on someone else's shoes.
- Do not use other people's manicure devices.
- Every day, wash your legs and thoroughly wipe them with your nails and inter -palting spaces.
- Every day wear clean socks and tights.
When is it bad
Treatment of fungus on the legs at home and the use of folk remedies is the most convenient, safe, non -toxic way, but not always the most effective.You must remember that if relief does not occur, the disease progresses, then you should seek help from a specialist.In most cases, drug antifungal therapy is required, which consists in taking drugs inside and the use of local antifungal agents (ointments, creams).
Tips that will help to recover faster from the fungus
Having the problem of onychomycosis, people primarily think about how to cure nail fungus with folk remedies quickly and safely.If you prepare healing compositions in accordance with the prescriptions approved by the doctor, then safety will be guaranteed.Things are different with the speed of recovery.Folk remedies, as a method of therapy, are not an exception in the fight against the disease.Stock up in advance and carry out the procedures regularly.This will be the key to a successful recovery.In addition, you need to know the rules for conducting manipulations.The main ones are:
- before the procedure, sore plates must be steamed;
- then remove loosened, thickened horn fabrics;
- use disposable objects or carefully disinfected after previous processing;
- To soften the use of alkaline compositions, you can add soda in a concentration of 1 tbsp.l.per 1000 ml of water;
- The temperature regime of the baths is a solution heated to 40-50 degrees;
- The time regime of exposure is at least 15 minutes.
Before using any prescription and treatment method, it is necessary to go through bedding, linen, socks with a hot iron.Treat the shoes on the inside with a solution of acetic acid 40%, and then place it in a plastic bag and leave it in the freezer at night. These manipulations should be performed at the beginning of treatment and at the end.If the treatment is long, then this must be done monthly.Well, in other way - be healthy!