Mycosis. Diagnosis, effective remedies for nail fungus, prevention
Despite wide modern opportunities to follow personal hygiene as thoroughly as possible, in the 21st century, the fungus of the hands, feet and nails is diagnosed quite often. The question "how can you quickly cure nail fungus in children and adults?" - from the category of the most relevant at the dermatologist's appointment. And for good reason. Although the disease is not life-threatening and does not cause physical suffering, it causes patients to suffer morally. After all, the presence of fungus is subjectively often associated with sloppiness, violation of personal hygiene and social disadvantage. Although socially prosperous people who take care of themselves often get sick.
Fungus is the common "name" of any disease caused by parasitic fungi. The official name of the pathology, accepted in medical circles, is mycosis.
Fungus is a contagious disease (that is, one that occurs due to contact with objects on which the pathogen is located - in particular, with the personal belongings of a person suffering from mycosis). This means that the disease primarily targets open, easily accessible parts of the human body - feet, hands, fingernails and toenails. The question of how to get rid of the symptoms of foot and nail fungus is especially relevant for lovers of public baths, hammams (Turkish baths) and saunas. Mycosis is most often "brought" from there.
Given the active spread of the disease, it is necessary to monitor the condition of the skin of the hands and feet on a daily basis and consult a specialist, even if there is doubt as to whether it is a disease at all.
Clinical symptoms of mycosis of hands, feet and nails
Clinical manifestations of mycosis depend on its varieties. The most common signs of skin affected by the fungus:
- skin dryness;
- change in its color (redness, bluishness);
- thickening of skin due to thickening of their surface layers;
- characteristic exfoliation, which differs from the exfoliation of a healthy epidermis - cells peel off and accumulate in the form of plates, lumps or bran;
- specific smell (especially pronounced if the feet are affected).
Mycosis can develop very quickly. Therefore, you should immediately consult a doctor for signs of the initial stage of nail fungus.
Symptoms of nail mycosis:
- thickening and loosening of nail plates;
- their dullness;
- the color of the nail plates is gray-yellow, yellow or yellow-brown;
- if the disease is not treated, in advanced cases, the nail plate peels off.
Treatment. Effective remedies for toenail fungus
Medications No. 1 in the treatment of fungus are antifungal agents that are applied locally, treating the lesion with them. The best medicine for the fungus of nails, feet and hands meets the following requirements:
- creates a high concentration of an antifungal component, so that you do not need to smear the affected area for days;
- is not aggressive, does not irritate the skin;
- does not provoke allergic reactions;
- in addition to being antifungal, it has an antibacterial effect (with mycosis, a bacterial infection may join).
If local therapy is ineffective or there are frequent relapses, treatment with antifungal drugs of so-called systemic action is used, in particular per os (translated as "through the mouth").
A lot of antifungal drugs are sold in pharmacy chains. With the help of a specialist, you can always choose inexpensive drugs and ointments against nail fungus. This applies to medicinal products of both domestic and foreign production - ointments, gels, sprays, applications, nail polishes. In particular, the price of varnish for the treatment of nail fungus is low. By contacting the dermatologists of the clinic using our Dobrobut.com site, you will always receive good advice on how to choose "yours" among the variety of antimycotic drugs.
Patients often ask whether it is possible to cure mycosis with the help of traditional "grandmother's" remedies. Indeed, many of them are effective - for example, tea tree oil for nail fungus is widely used. But before using folk methods, you should not be lazy and consult with a highly qualified specialist.
In addition, for the treatment of mycoses, non-medicinal revolutionary methods are used that act on the colonies of fungi that have settled on the skin or nails. In particular, laser treatment of nail fungus has proven itself. The laser beam destroys mycotic structures without destroying the cells of the human body.
Prevention
No matter what effective remedies for toenail fungus are taken during treatment, the disease may occur again and again upon repeated contact with the "owner" of the parasite. The body does not form specific (targeted) immunity against the causative agent of mycosis. Therefore, simple rules of hygiene should be followed in order not to catch the "infection" again:
- do not use personal belongings of other people, even close relatives – gloves, stockings, socks, towels, shoes;
- change socks and stockings daily;
- wash your legs (or at least feet) daily in cool water with bactericidal soap;
- if possible, avoid visiting baths, hammams and saunas - remember that the external cleanliness of such institutions does not guarantee that they will not be visited by some scumbag or even a clean person who was unlucky and got infected; it is easy to give up such pleasures in life after seeing at least once what an advanced form of nail or skin fungus looks like (in real life or on a picture on the Internet);
- if you still decide to go to the bath, do not use shared bowls and rubber mats, as well as other people's flip-flops, after the bath take a shower using bactericidal soap or shower gel.
Remember hand and foot hygiene all the time, especially in important and responsible periods of your life, so you don't have to look for the fastest way to treat nail, hand or foot fungus. Any treatment takes a certain amount of time, and the expulsion of parasitic organisms (fungi) takes even longer.
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