Important details about the fungal nail infections in us
Posted on: 27/Sep/2018 10:02:45 AM
How many of us know that in human beings 50% of abnormalities in the nails are due to fungus?
This fungal infection is common disease affecting our nails. It must be taken into account that fungus is present normally in us and when they overgrow we get infection. Sometimes our toe and finger nails get thickened, brittle, crumbly etc and onychomycosis is the term given for this common fungal infection. It is revealed that fungal infections affect our toes more when compared to finger nails. The reason for this due to toes confined to warm and moist environment.
The chances of getting fungal nail infection are more in these persons:
Chances of getting infected by fungal nail infections are more in persons with diabetes, having disease with poor circulation, persons above the age of 65, persons who swim in the public swimming pool, persons having skin injury around their nails etc. Men get infected with fungal nail infections more when compared to women and adults are more prone to get this issue than the kids.
The various symptoms of fungal nail infections are:
Fungal nail infections have many symptoms like scaling under the nail, crumbling corner, presence of yellow white spots at the bottom of the nail, presence of white/yellow streaks on the nail, broken nail, flaky white areas on the nail, odour from infected nails etc.
Treatments for fungal nail infections:
The fungal infections take long duration of time to get cured and there are few antifungal tropical ointments like butenafine hydrochloride, ketoconazole, clotrimazole etc. To combat the fungal nail infection, oral medicines like terbinafine, fluconazole etc are effective.
These are the tips or ways by which fungal nail infections could be prevented in us.
By taking proper and good care of the nails, by wearing rubber gloves while washing or cleaning the utensils, by using antifungal sprays, by drying the feet immediately after stepping out of water. It is important that we must avoid being barefoot and wear socks to minimize the moisture. Washing our hands after touching the infected nails plus by avoiding sharing our socks and shoes with others could also prevent this infection.
Few home remedies for fungal nail infections are
By using vicks vaporub:
Sometimes what is used for treating one issue could be useful for treating another issue too. Vicks vaporub is used to treat cold is known. Now the 2011 studies have shown that vicks vaporub could also be beneficial in treating fungal nail infections in us.
Snakeroot extract:
This plant has been used mostly to treat BP and mental illness. It is now said that snakeroot extract could be good to treat fungal nail infections also.
Oregano oil:
The thymol present in oregano oil has superb antifungal properties. This oregano oil along with tea tree oil is highly effective in treating fungal nail infections.
Ozonized oils:
These oils are also effective in treating the fungal nail infections. Examples of ozonized oils are olive oil, sunflower oilils etc. These oils are infused with some gases present in the ozone layer.
