The nail fungus (scientific-mycotomy) is a problem facing the fifth of the entire adult population.Infection occurs quickly and treatment can be great, especially if the disease begins.
It is advisable to avoid such development of events - to use drugs in a timely manner and to use folk methods of fast nail fungus at home in adults developed by many years of practice.
What contributes to the appearance of the fungus?
The culprits of the disease are microorganisms representing a group of epidermal.At the feet of a healthy person, such a fungus may prove to be while visiting a swimming pool or bathroom, using someone else's shoes or as a result of a young man's effort if he had already visited someone else's legs.
The risk of infection lies in waiting even in beauty salons, if, for example, the master will perform a manicure in his hands or pedicure at the client's feet with poor disinfectant tools.
If the risk of becoming so tall and literally every adult can deal with it, why do many people manage to avoid infection?The fact is that the fungus chooses a more affordable victim.People are in the danger zone:
- with various (including old) feet diseases.
- having problems with the endocrine system (for example, diabetic).
- suffering from strong sweating.
- Weakened after prolonged treatment with antibiotics and chemotherapy sessions.
- having excessive body weight.
- ignoring hygiene standards.
- They work in conditions that create health risk.
Features of a nail fungus
Hydracosis mainly affects the thumb of the foot.The reason is the structure of his nail plate.In this, it is increasingly active than in the nails of other fingers, there are the development and reproduction of dangerous microorganisms here, as a large number of nerve endings and blood vessels are concentrated here.
In general, the following characteristics are characteristics of the disease:
The color of the nail plate changes (yellow, brown, greenish, black), a white spot can occur in the center.
The structure of the nail becomes a break while the nail thickens.
The skin of the foot becomes yellow, peeling begins.
The cracks appear in broadly gaps, "corns" in the sole.
An unpleasant "sour" smell begins to come from the feet.
A person experiences itching.
How to quickly heal the nail fungus at home
You can beat the fungal infection of the house using drugs or methods of folk therapy.In both cases, fungal nails gain a healthy appearance faster if they begin to get involved in the early stages of infection.
Local drugs
Creams and gels are the most popular medicinal antifungal drugs.Their choice in pharmacies is always quite large.
In recent years, varnishes have gained great popularity due to the ease of use and high performance, terms and patchings.
Tablet
In order for the treatment to move more efficiently, the doctor may prescribe tablets in addition to external media.Such medicines are practiced in harmful microorganisms that fall into the bloodstream, systematic effects, help protect a person's internal organs from their negative effects.
Tablets and capsules are taken in the lesson, each drug is not recommended in its design, which is not recommended to be violated, so as not to reduce the therapeutic effect on the body.
Folk remedies
For folk remedies for the treatment of nail fungus, for a variety of reasons: one cannot for health (for example, due to allergies, pregnancy) take pharmacy drugs, for some varnishes and creams are very expensive.
Experts are positively related to popular treatment methods, especially because many of them are controlled by many years of practice and are quite effective.
An important condition - alternatives should not cause harm to a person before use, you must make sure that their safety, find out if they are allergens for a particular patient.
Iodine
The main advantages of iodine in the struggle against the fungus are its antiseptic, disinfectant properties.In addition, this tool is available, cheap and its use is very simple.The affected areas are performed twice a day.The drops of the drug are distributed along the nail plate using cotton wool.So that the disease does not apply to neighboring areas, they are also treated.
IOD is useful in baths: a bottle of 10 ml bottle is poured into a basin with warm water and your feet are kept in it for 10 minutes.Then, without injury to healthy skin, the damaged tissues are removed, the surfaces are treated with hydrogen peroxide.
Another usage option is combined with apple cider vinegar.Edit with this mixture should be performed twice a day.The duration of treatment is up to 1 month.
Hydrogen peroxide
This tool can not only suspend the activity of the pathogen, but also will not make progress possible.To do this, it must be used correctly.Here is 1 of the possible ways:
The legs are steaming in water by adding copper sulfate.
Wipe the skin dry (especially between the fingers).
Tampons impregnated with hydrogen peroxide are imposed on infected surfaces, constant with a patch.
Wrap the legs with a Terry towel (to achieve the effect of compression) for up to 50 minutes.
The procedure must be done twice a day.
Hydrogen peroxide can be used otherwise - prepare the legs for the feet of 2 liters of water and 100 ml of the drug (the legs must be completely sinking in the solution).The procedure is designed for 20 minutes, is done once a day.
Vinegar
A 70 % vinegar is used against the fungus in combination withPreantriol(The ingredients are taken in equal quantities).The mixture is applied to the damaged nail three times a day, the recommended duration of treatment is 3 weeks.
Apple vinegar, mixed with 1: 1 vegetable oil, helps to rapidly solve the problem.They make a bandage from the bandage immersed in a solution and hold it for 4 hours.
A combination of vinegar and potassium permanganate (for the preparation of baths), vinegar and chicken eggs (in the form of lotion) are also effective.
And you can simply moisten socks in vinegar, squeeze them and put your feet before bedtime, without removing until morning.You can enhance the effect of the product with the wrapper of the feet over the socks with a waterproof membrane.
Propolis
This beekeeping product is a good antiseptic.Propolis helps the fungus in the form:
- Alcohol base (prepare it for 1 month, the drug must buy an orange color);
- ointments (with the addition of heated up to 60THEFrom vegetable oil).
Before applying this tool to the nail, your feet must be very well atmosphere.
Celandine
The easiest way to use the fresh juice of the new entrant, applying it to the infected surface.But you can prepare the juice for the future, since Celandine treatment is a long process.To do this, the juice must be transferred to a dark place for 2-3 weeks.Before use, it is recommended to add 70 percent of alcohol (the proportion of ingredients-1: 1).The product is applied to the damaged nail 4 times a day.
Celandine also has the healing properties.Before use, a coffee grinder, an antiseptic with iodine content, tea tree or vinegar is added to a coffee grinder.This tool is used to make compressors, which are applied to damaged nails for 6 hours.
Another way to heal the fungus is the foot baths by adding a celendine decoction.This tool is recommended to be used for preventive purposes.
Lemon
It is enough to cut citrus fruits into pieces and, apply for pain, correct it with a patch or bandage.You can create a compression effect by placing on top and defining a plastic bag on the leg.
Thanks to regular procedures, the symptoms of the disease can be removed in 10 days.
Tar
In the treatment of the nail fungus a high concentration is used.This, without diluing it with water, is applied to a damaged nail plate for several hours.10 procedures provide the desired result.
You can also use tar soap - make a knife bath with it or prepare a paste: grill, add water and stain the nails and skin between your fingers.Then apply a bandage for 4 hours.
Mushroom
Separate and washed with water, part of the tea fungus, it is applied to plots affected by the fungus, formed, closed with a moisture tape and placed in socks.The process takes place at night, in the morning the legs are washed with the addition of a manganese to the water.The verdant soft part of the nail is cut.
Tea oil
A few drops of this product in its clean form or in combination with olive oil are enough to apply to the nail plate and rub.You have to do this 2 times a day.In addition, tea oil with the addition of sea salt can be used to prepare baths.
The duration of treatment is up to 4 months.
Eucalyptus
Based on eucalyptus oil, you can prepare an antifungal ointment.Additional ingredients - vinegar and honey are required (the ratio of components - 1: 1: 1).This tool is prepared for 3 days, stored in the refrigerator, expenses - mix the next part of the ointment.
Garlic
A fungal disease successfully cures garlic.Several cloves are rubbed in a rubbing, add some butter and the resulting ointment is treated with infected areas.
You can also prepare a type of medicine lotion: the garlic is chopped or rubbed into a rubbing and then diluted with vodka (the proportion of ingredients - 1: 1).The napkin moistened with this tool is applied to the fingers, stabilizes with a patch and places a finger.If the process is done regularly, it will give a positive result in a week.In difficult cases, the course of treatment can be stretched for 4-5 weeks.
Onion
The onions, which are a powerful antimicrobial agent, are rubbed into a rubbing and apply the resulting resulted in the sick nail.It is enough to do this once a day, for example, before bedtime.The duration of the process is 20 minutes.
Poplar
The injection into the kidneys softens the nail strongly, so it should be used exclusively in damaged areas so that they do not get healthy.Prepare an infusion in the vodka, the ratio of the ingredients - 1: 1, insists that the drug is required for 10 days.
Removal of nail plate
If the disease is too neglected, the doctor may decide to remove the nail plate.You can do this in different ways:
- Pharmacy preparations (ointments, plasters), after which the nail will exfoliate, and a new one will increase in place.
- Mechanical saw in the cabin.
- Surgically in a medical institution (using local anesthesia).
- Method of surgery of radio waves (a painless method using high frequency radio waves).
- With the help of a laser.
You can remove the nail plate with folk remedies (with the help of milking, tar, vinegar), but this can only be done after consultation with the treating doctor.
Precautionary measures
Compliance with simple hygiene rules helps to protect yourself from fungal infection.According to them:
- You can't wear someone else's shoes on my barefoot.
- You can try new things in the store only by wearing a sock.
- When you visit swimming pools and baths, you should take rubber slippers with you.
- Having accepted the shower after swimming in the pool, it is important to wipe your legs dry, especially the skin between the fingers.
- It is necessary to ensure that shoes are always dry, changing socks regularly.
- It is necessary to control so that the nail does not grow on the skin.
- Cracks that appear on the fingers and legs must be healed in time.
General support measures that maintain immunity (physical activity, hardening, proper nutrition) and control of chronic diseases will also help protect nails from possible infection with harmful microorganisms.