Mycoses, a woman's fungal disease in everyday life, have an infectious nature and easily passed in to contact with infected person, an animal or object.
Once on the skin or nail plate, the fungus immediately begins to eat the tissues on which it appeared, gradually placed more and more areas.With its enzymes, the fungus decomposes Keratin, which is part of the skin, hair and nail tissues, that is, destroy them.
Mycosis for nails in the initial phase differ only in a less notable event.But the disease is homogeneous throughout the exchange rate and the basis of the treatment used.
How to start nail fungus: Symptoms and photos
The beginning of mycosis nails cannot always be seen by accident, because his manifestations can be insignificant.
Possible symptoms of this disease are as follows:
- Change in color infected areas, often yellow;
- the disappearance of gloss nails;
- the appearance of relief spots, points or tape on nails;
- thickening, wavity, fragility or peeling of infected areas;
- Partial ruining the nail along the edges and leather above the nail;
- itching or pain in infection;
- An unpleasant smell of nail.
These phenomena can also be symptoms of mycosis and consequences of other factors, for example, the following:
- Lack of vitamins and minerals;
- Dead skin accumulation or dirt;
- injuries;
- getting some drugs;
- Non-effective diseases: diabetes, psoriasis, eczema.
Thus, for the exact diagnosis of micosa, even in the presence of symptoms, a laboratory analysis of the affected fragment of the nail plate is needed.
Symptoms of the starting fungus nail on your hands: Photo
Mycosis nails in their hands is slightly less common than on your feet.
His manifestations are the same:
- stench;
- Itching and pain;
- Nail and skin plate atrophy on it;
- Change in shape and color of nail plates;
- Loss with nail gloss and change in their color.
The same symptoms may indicate the following factors:
- Irregular nutrition
- Debt contact with detergents or chemical reagents
- Taking certain drugs
- Some diseases of the noninferan nature.
Methods to treat the initial nail fungus
It is necessary to treat fungal infections, because it does not just spoil the look of your hands or feet, but leads to impaired immunity.As a result, people with nail fungi are more prone to colds, flu and other infectious diseases.
Each way to treat micoso nail must necessarily include measures to prevent re-infection.With the affected tissues, the mushroom falls on clothes, shoes and other items that the patient touches with his fingers or legs.
Therefore, the following rules must be followed:
- Infected shoes used before the start of treatment, treatment with special means or cast it.
- Wear cotton socks before your full recovery.
- Do not use any slippers other than those that gets easy (with a smooth inner surface).
- Change socks and cleaning gloves every day and used for washing on high temperature and iron.
- It is advisable to treat shoes with an ultraviolet antifungal lining all over the treatment.
According to professional medicine representatives, minor nails even in the initial phase require a systemic treatment in the first place, and external in the second.The choice of medicines is made depending on the type of existing fungus.Laboratory tests can determine it.
- Systematic anti -inflam agents or antimycle.They accumulate in nails and scales of horn.Penetrating fungus in cells, active components of drugs destroy their membrane or stop the synthesis of the substance with which it feeds.As a result, the fungus dies.The treatment should last at least 3 months according to the following scheme: Week of Receiving, Three-Week of Rest;So repeat 2 times.After that, for another six months, the medicine will be present in the tissues affected by fungi.So a healthy nail will have time to grow, and the fungus will not be applied to it.The remaining treatment methods are used next to system therapy.The use of only local exposure methods can heal infection for a while, but in this case there is a risk of relapse.
- Antifungal medications of local use.These medications soften the consistency of plastic nails.This effect allows you to easily remove your nails affected by fungi, accelerating the growth of a new nail and increases the efficiency of systemic drugs.Antifungal agents are produced in the form of varnishes or fat.The affected nails are covered with varnish, and usually applied the common cosmetic varnish.
- Medical pedicure.This method is to remove tissue tissue under the influence of mushrooms and soft grinding nails and legs with a special tool with many nozzles.The procedure lasts from 15 minutes to 2 hours and is implemented 1 - 2 times per month.The duration of treatment is 3 months to a year.Medical pedicure is performed in specialized offices.Not only is it treated with infection, but also improves the appearance of nails.After the first procedure they look much better.And the recovery signs become noticeable in the first 3 weeks of treatment.
- Ozonotherapy.The introduction of ozone in soft tissues near nail reduces inflammation in them and increases local immunity.The course of treatment is at least 10 procedures that occupy up to 20 minutes.They are held 1 - 2 times a week.
- Traditional medicineIt offers the following way to treat nail fungi.The next series of actions must be done daily for at least 3 months or to complete recovery.In the evening before going to bed, pair your legs or hands (depending on the location of infection) in a solution of drinking soda with a temperature of 50 degrees.In each nail of the affected limb, apply cotton wool, well-waswaged by hydrogen peroxide or vinegar apple.Close your foot (brush) plastic wool with cellophane or paste the patch and go to bed.Throughout the treatment period, cut your nails as needed, as usual.
Prevention
The sources of fungi infection are:
- Public places where they leave without shoes: baths, saunas, showers, sports halls, beaches;
- Public items: Shoes (most common slippers), gloves (for example, box);
- Carpets, most common in bathrooms;
- Animals, including domestic and wools that have fallen from them;
- Soil.
In order to reduce the probability of infection, it is necessary to observe hygienic rules:
- If possible, avoid contacts with infection sources, especially wear shared shoes and clothes
- Don't wear tight shoes
- Apply ultraviolet antifungal shoes for shoes in coexistence with a person suffering from mycoze.
You should know that the fungi is able to revive after a few months of stay in a dried state.
Risk factors that are not amazed are heredity and slow nail growth.Mushroom is easier to spread through a slowly growing nail.The growth rate decreases with age.
Immunity does not play a significant role in this disease, because in the nail area is much less than in most body bodies.
Professional medicine successfully treats Mycoze, both in the initial phase, and thereafter.However, it is not possible to solve this disease without resolving experts.