Almost every third person occurs the nail fungus of the feet. The disease takes the name of onychomycosis and is called the package and the crumbling nail plate. The onychomycosis may occur at any age, and in a timely manner, the competent treatment under the guidance of an expert.
What is onychomycosis?
Onychomycosis - fungal defeat of the nail plate. The disease can be caused by fungus-the dermatophytes, or with microsporia. The fungi can damage the building a base of nail – keratin and, gradually, by the intake cause of the deformation changes.
There are the following types of onychomycosis:
- Normotroficheskie. The color change of the nail, the appearance of stripes and spots.
- The hypertrophic. Not only occurs a color change, but and easy to deformation. More often the nail is deformed, with the edges.
- Onicholocheskiy. The nail is destroyed, atrophy and rejected.
Fungal loss can cause deformation of the nail free edges, the sides and on the rear panel cushion. To the extent that the development process of the disease affects the entire nail plate.
Causes
The fungus in the nails of the feet, receives not only due to reduced immunity. About 70% of people infected from the sick person, and more often than them is relative. Tiny flakes of skin with a stop to drop of household utensils, and, in contact with healthy tissues fingernails, or skin, to infect a healthy person.
Most often, the infection occurs through:
- Prior to the purchase.
- Sponge.
- Towels.
- Carpets.
- Shoes.
- Manicure personal.
When you visit the beach, sauna and steam baths, without sliders, there is a high risk of infection with a fungus of the foot. High humidity and temperature in that the infection occurs much more frequently.
A special care should be in public places, where people walk with bare feet. The fungi are resistant both to low and high temperatures, and on the sandy beach they maintain their vitality for several months.
The lower value and abrasion on the leg when in contact with infected objects can cause onychomycosis. It's not worth to continue wearing the shoes of other people, even if the external manifestations of the fungus is not detected. They can be carriers of a pathogenic microflora and, when good immunity, the disease does not manifest itself.
Signs
The initial phase of the fungus on the feet is manifested to dry and peel. At this time, the man may not notice the visual changes nail plates, but live itching and burning sensation in the digital area. Gradually, increases sweating, in rare cases, there are the blisters and calluses. To the extent that the introduction of the fungus in the nail start to change color, become brittle and cracked.
Nail under the microscope contains a mixture and empty. The feet begin the erdf and, in general, the symptoms intensifies.
In severe cases, increases the temperature of the body and occurs sharp pain that is caused, that does not is the normal move. As it seems a nail fungus on your feet, and what changes are characteristic for it, depends very much on the type and the power of immunity of the person.
The fungi dermatophytes appear in yellow, longitudinal stripes, yeast - do the exfoliation nail plate and its yellowing. Mould fungi – the ratio of the surface loss of the nail plate, which can become yellow, brown, blue, or green.
Description of the disease in different types of fungi is different, but has common symptoms.
These include:
- Color change nail plates.
- The itching and burning sensation of the skin of fingers and toes in the foot.
- Stripes and spots underneath your nails.
- The crumbling and destruction of the nail to the sides.
- Redness of the skin around the nail.
- Hyperkeratosis (thickening of the nail).
Begins the disease with the defeat of the nail of the little finger or the thumb on its feet, after which occurs the infection with all the cards. Occurs to actinic nail, it seeks to consolidate and fades away. Mosses, usually afflicting persons of adults, and the elderly and the children, they are very rare.
The treatment engaged in a physician dermatologist or mycologist. For the accuracy of the diagnosis, it is not enough to visual inspection, and is necessary to carry out studies in the laboratory. To do this, a small part of the nail is sent for a microscopic examination. When it is detected a fungus that define their appearance through seeding in nutritive Wednesday.
Despite the fact that the majority of diseases nails plates in adults is a fungus, there are a number of pathologies with similar symptoms. The defeat of nail fungus can cause similar signals, but requires a treatment. Is whitlow, or sharp purulent inflammation of the fingers, which requires surgical treatment.
What to treat nail fungus?
Not worth the wait that the fungus will be carried out independently. The more time a person that suffers from this disease, the more difficult the treatment will be later.
The duration of treatment and selection of medicine depends on:
- The stage of the disease.
- The degree of injury to the nail.
- The clinical form of the disease.
The initial phase of the fungus nail and feet require the local application of medicines, which can be in the form of:
- Solutions.
- Ointments of fungi.
- Creams.
- Varnishes.
Apply medicines for outdoor use preferably after keratolytic processing of the nail plate.
Before each procedure of application of the medicine, you should:
- Make soap-soda bath for baby. In a small plate add a tablespoon of baking soda, and salt, and 50 g of economic soap. Keep the feet in a solution of about 15 minutes.
- Treat damaged nail. Using files the top layer of the nail strip, so that the medicine is better absorbed.
- Cause reasonable price amenities. The drug applied to dry the nails, clean your feet and the skin around them.
When you use solutions, ointments and creams drug causing 2-3 times a night, lucky the 2 times per week. Treatment course sets the doctor, depending on the damage.
If nails inserts completely astounded and local drugs did not have a positive impact, it is recommended to combine with a system of antimicotica.
The system of drugs have a large list of contraindications and should be assigned to a doctor. Most of them can not take in pregnancy and lactation, in childhood and in chronic diseases of the liver and kidneys.
In severe cases of sub-nailbed fungus may be necessary to remove the nail plate. The procedure can go as surgically, and with the help of the keratolytic, which contain salicylic acid and urea.
The removal of the victim from the nail keratolytic patches is different to your convenience. After you steam the feet adhesive carefully applied to the affected nail plate, and closed up the plaster. After a few days the adhesive film, cut the affected card, drop one of the antifungals. The procedure run multiple times.
During the treatment it is important to eliminate the risk of re-self-infection. For this, all of the shoes dealing with special disinfectant solution. Of socks that you wore before you start treatment, the better to get rid of. In the future, each month, carry out the reprocessing of shoes and clothes. If you withdraw from the procedure after a short period of time, the fungus might appear again.
Symptoms and treatment of the fungus completely individual, and, at the first sign of the disease, you should consult your doctor. Only he is able to provide an accurate diagnosis and get effective reasonable price amenities. Otherwise, the fungus begins to spread to other nails and all around your destroy.