Nail fungus
Nail fungus is an infectious disease that affects the nails of the hands and feet, which are common among adults, and the fungal fungus is more common than the fungus of the fingernails, because of the environment suitable for reproduction, where the dark and warm and moist in the shoe. Nail fungus belongs to the type of harmful skin fungus that causes diseases to humans. They are delicate creatures that do not see the naked eye. They do not need sunlight to live and multiply, and they proliferate in high humidity areas such as swimming pools and baths.
Causes of nail fungus
- Foot fungal disease is common among people who use water frequently in their daily activities, who do not dry their feet well after taking a shower or bathing.
- Walking without shoes in wet places, or sharing with special objects, such as towels or nail scissors for an infected person, or direct contact with an infected person increases the risk of nail fungus infection by passing the fungus from these places to the toe.
- Aging leads to a decrease in blood flow to the nail and to a slower change of nails, leading to an increased incidence of nail fungus.
- It leads to certain diseases that cause weakness in the nails, such as diabetes and immunodeficiency diseases.
- High humidity in the nail area caused by excessive sweating, high humidity in the work area, and lack of good ventilation of shoes for fungal infections.
Symptoms of fungal fungal infections
The nail is thick, fragile, sensitive, wrinkled, and yellowed, and in advanced cases the nail is removed from the nail bed and becomes painful. Symptoms of fungal fungal disease also include: pain and itching, as well as the abnormal nail sight.
Treatment of foot fungus
Toenail fungus is treated by topical treatments such as:
- Ointment or nail polish containing antifungal, and if this treatment is not effective, the doctor resort to the use of other treatments, including oral medications, but it has harmful side effects on the body, and in cases of acute and intractable very intervention is surgical treatment; To dissolve the infected nail and remove it.
- Some of the natural remedies of natural substances in the home for treatment in the case of this disease;
- Soak the feet in apple vinegar or white vinegar mixed with water, for about half or fifteen minutes for several weeks a day, and then dry the feet well.
- Wipe the cotton-covered nails with a few drops of tea oil or oregano oil mixed with olive oil.
