The fungus in the thumb of the leg- A disease that can be happened to everyone.It is expressed not only in a change in the appearance of the nail, but also in itching, pain, redness.The finger may swell, the swelling will appear, the walk will be difficult.In a scientific disease, this disease is called "onicomycosis" and if you are before it, you will definitely have to treat it, because it will not pass.
How to recognize the fungus in the thumb
The disease begins with a little discomfort, to which the patient initially does not pay attention.It can be a little itching, tingling.After a while, visible changes in the appearance of the nail plate appear.
At this stage, most patients understand that they need treatment.The nail plate becomes not as bright as in healthy fingers, then gets a yellow or gray tone.The nails are brittle, can crumble, darken over time.
The fungus damages the ships under the nail plate as a result of which the nail is black.At an advanced stage, an unpleasant odor appears, the temperature may rise, the patient feels broken and weakened.
Fungal infection is often united by bacteria, characterized by purulent discharge under the nail, a higher temperature and the need to take antibiotics.
Characteristics of the treatment of the fungus in the thumb of the foot
Infection for a fungus in 90% of cases begins with the leg thumb.There are several reasons here.Firstly, this finger is more often in contact with the shoes.
Secondly, the mechanical impact on it is always stronger.As a result - the appearance of microfracks, corns and other damage.Any skin damage, even minimal - is open gates for a fungal infection.If you start treatment immediately, when the first symptoms appear, you can stop the disease much faster.
If you do not immediately cure the nail, the thumb fungus spreads to other nails, the interdigital space and the whole foot.
Treatment Characteristics:
- Treatment should start immediately.
- All procedures must be performed systematically.
- Perform nail plate processing after preparatory procedures.
- Inspect other nails completely.
- Perform the preventive treatment of healthy nails during treatment.
- After treatment for some time, use household methods to combat the fungus for preventive purposes.
- If home treatment does not help, consult a doctor.
Start medication only after consulting a doctor.
Drug treatment of nail fungus on leg thumbs
If you are not an advocate of traditional medicine and the disease is not much working, you can only do local treatment.For this, pharmacists developed special antimicotic varnishes and solutions.
Varnish
The varnishes contain substances that destroy the structure of the fungus cell membrane.
In addition, doctors sometimes prescribe a well -proven serum that is actively fighting any kind of nail fungus.
Included in serum are special files to grind damaged parts of the nail.Before using medications, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the coating, which describes the application scheme.
Although the fact that the varnishes seem almost the same, they need to be used strictly according to the recipe.For example, one is applied to nails 2 times a week for six months and the other once in 2 days with monthly courses.
Solutions
Solutions are used for compresses, lotions and baths.One of the best solutions for treating the footage of the foot thumb is a special fluid.
This is a very effective medicine that can be ordered in the Pharmacy Prescription Department.The solution has a complex composition, so that not all pharmacies can make it.
However, the liquid prepared according to this time -tested recipe is very effective.
Another solution is Castellani ink.Red liquid, deals well with nail ringworm.Be careful when applying - entering the skin, especially damaged, can cause burn and pain.
Ointments and creams
The most commonly used drugs in the treatment of nail fungus are creams and ointments.They contain a variety of substances, actively fighting with a fungal infection.They are applied to pre -prepared nails - cooked in steam, clean and dried.
Creams are easily applied, treatment is painless and reliable.It is usually enough to apply any of the creams in the morning and evening.
To make it faster, be sure to hold your legs in the water with soap foam and baking soda for 15 minutes, then dry all damaged areas and remove the dead skin.With a special file, remove the damaged top from the nail.Remember - the deeper the cream penetrates, the more effective it will be in treatment.
Pills
With advanced stages, it is added internal to local treatment.The pills that actively fight the fungus have many against -indications and side effects.Therefore, before taking medications, you should definitely consult a doctor who will prescribe one of the backgrounds.
Most medications cannot be used to treat children, as well as patients suffering from liver or kidney failure.
Some medications may interact with ringworm for ringworm;Therefore, inform your doctor if you take other pills in parallel (including contraceptive).
Folkloric methods to treat nail fungus on thumbs
If the heavy stage of nail fungus is quite difficult to cure without drugs, until popular medicines will deal with the early stage.They are chosen by those who prefer to be treated with more natural remedies or have -indications for drug treatment.
Fungal treatment shelpcoffee
Coffee is not just a fragrant drink.This is also an effective remedy against nail fungus on the thumb.
The ability to destroy the fungus was seen many years ago and since then a large number of people have been able to get rid of this disease, bathing or putting masks in the affected areas.Most of the time, coffee treatment is performed as follows:
- They prepare strong coffee, let him prepare and pour into the bath bath, diluting with warm water.A solution to match the legs in the coffee should be dark.Keep your legs in the liquid at least half an hour.After that, remove the legs, clean them well, if necessary, cut the patient with the nail or cut the plate with scissors.
- We use the sleepy coffee hobruel.We spread the porridge in the nail with a thick layer, wrapped with gauze, put a plastic foot finger over and fix it with everything with the foot.Keep a compaction from one hour to 5 hours.
- Strong coffee in the composition of solutions.For example, it can be mixed with a small amount of iodine, hydrogen peroxide, specific, or sodium baking soda.Such solutions can be applied using cotton swabs or used for baths.
Coffee contains many useful oils, vitamins and biologically active substances.Therefore, it not only fights against the disease, but it also actively cares about the skin and nails.
Vinegar treatment
Vinegar is an excellent tool that quickly destroying the fungus.It can be added to the legs to the legs, lubricate the nail plate, make compresses.
However, vinegar is a strong enough acid, with the contact of the skin with which a burn, pain and small wounds may appear.Therefore, it should not be permitted to apply not diluted vinegar to the skin.
To make a vinegar healing bath, heat the water to 50 degrees and add 3 tablespoons of vinegar each liter of water.
You can take these baths 2 times a day, but remember that the vinegar dries the skin a lot, so it should be lubricated with children's cream.The use of special antifungal creams after vinegar baths, lotions or compresses will accelerate the recovery process.
For treatment, it is necessary to take only natural apple cider vinegar.
Sodium Bicarbonate Treatment
Sodium bicarbonate in a large concentration is capable of eroding the skin;Therefore, if you decide to use a damp sodium baking soda porridge, close the skin around the nail with a sticker.In addition, baking soda can be added to bath solutions.
Herbal baths with the addition of sodium bicarbonate were well recommended.Add 2 tablespoons of baking soda to any solution and keep your feet in it for 20 to 30 minutes.Lubricate damaged areas with fungicidal cream and the rest of the skin with oily baby cream.
Iodine treatment
Everyone has heard that the application of iodine on the nail plate makes it stronger.But the iodine is capable of not only strengthening nails, but also bends them from the early stage of the fungus.With the help of a cotton, all nails are covered with iodine, including healthy ones - this is done for prevention.
Generally, after a few hours, iodine is absorbed, which signals the lack of iodine in the body.In this case, apply iodine with another layer.We perform this procedure 2 times a day.
Iodine can also be added to the legs to the legs, mixing it with ordinary warm water or herbal solutions.
Garlic Treatment
Garlic is a natural antibiotic.He successfully destroys bacteria, viruses and harmful fungi.Therefore, its use to treat the fungus on the thumb nail is widely justified.
Also, this is a completely safe product available to everyone.Garlic is used in a mono view or in combination with other products.
- Using garlic using garlic codes, squeeze 2-3 teeth, apply the resulting porridge to the nail, dressing with a dressing, wrap it with a package (or put an attack).We leave this at night, carefully monitoring that there is no unpleasant sensation - itching, pain, swelling, indicating local irritation, allergies or burns.
- 5 garlic cloves are full of oil and go out in a dark place for at least one day.To speed up oil tincture, each clove can be cut or drilled with a needle.With this oil, lubricate the painful nails 3 times a day.
- Alcohol dyes.Pour the garlic with alcohol or vodka, insist on the day and use it in the form of compresses.This compaction cannot be maintained for a long time, because when alcohol comes in contact, it causes a very unpleasant painful burning.
If you are allergic to garlic, refuse to treat the fungus in this way.
Chubby
An excellent vitamin that should be in all houses.Unfortunately, today the distribution of tea mushroom has decreased, but in some houses it can still be seen.
Tea mushroom is a warehouse of useful biological components, vitamins, minerals.Using this drink, you increase your immunity so that the body wins the fungus faster.
The mushroom produces special enzymes that destroy the fungi;Therefore, making lotions with this useful liquid, you will quickly deal with the disease.
Tea mushroom is best used as part of complex therapy as it can completely cure the fungus only at the early stage of the disease.
Potato treatment
The cheapest treatment of fungus is with potatoes.To prepare a potato therapeutic mass, we lead to cleaning potatoes and boil in the water.
We use the resulting broth for baths.After the procedure, we cleaned our legs and put hot socks.This procedure should be performed at least once a day.
An antifungal ointment will accelerate the recovery process.
Aqueous ammonium hydroxide solution
The aqueous ammonium hydroxide solution is used clean or in the composition of the solutions.Using a cotton, you can apply it to the nail plate and leave it until you dry.In addition, alcohol can be added to the leg baths.
Do not forget that alcohol should be avoided in open areas of the skin.
Treatment of thumb nails
If nail treatment in the thumb will be successful with the folkloric methods depends, first of all, on the patient's body and their immune system, as well as at the stage of the disease.
But anyway, the treatment will be quite long - even after all symptoms disappear, the risk of relapses is quite high.Therefore, therapy is performed in some cases within six months.
The early stage
The early stage is more easily treated.Sometimes it is enough for a week to anoint the patient with a fungus ointment, take a bath with iodine or salt several times, and the disease would withdraw.
You can only deal with folkloric methods, but it is better not to take risks and consult a doctor.The simplest spot will determine the pathogen of the disease, and the doctor will not be fooled in prescribing medicines.
You can treat the fungus with a bacterial infection (or vice -versa), which will aggravate the course of the disease.
The middle stage
At the intermediate stage, when nail damage are visibly naked, home treatment methods should be taken only broadly.
For sparks, baths and compromises, it is necessary to add the use of special medical ointments.Only this way will you not "drive" the fungus inside and quickly deal with it.
Heavy stage and advanced cases
In advanced cases, treatment includes not only folkloric methods, ointments, cream and baths, but also taking special antifungal tablets that the doctor prescribes.
In especially severe cases, surgical intervention is required - nail removal with a laser using mechanically anesthesia or special chemicals.
Sometimes the severe stage of the thumb nail fungus requires hospitalization, and the fixation of a bacterial infection is a long treatment with antibiotics.