The fungus is diagnosed in almost every third person of the planet.The most common type of this disease is onychomycosis - damage to the pathogenic microflora of the nail plate.The infection is most often localized on the thumb of the foot because they are constantly exposed to mechanical effects (rubbed on the shoe), so micro fractures appear on the nail.These are the "entrance gate" of the pathogen.If the first symptoms of onychomycosis are observed, immediate treatment should be performed.Without timely treatment, the fungus from the thumb spreads rapidly in neighboring healthy areas and becomes a source of pain while walking and will smell an unpleasant foot.
Causes and symptoms of infection
When using infected things, you can catch the nail fungus or when it comes to the surface the patient has been walking.Therefore, doctors insist on wearing rubber slippers in a sauna, bath or pool and prohibit other people's shoes, stockings or socks.
The following factors may increase the likelihood of onychomycosis:
- not to be charged with personal hygiene;
- Work in places with high humidity;
- Rare shoes cleaning and washing underwear;
- decreased immunity;
- Damage to the skin on the fingers of the legs.
In addition, the risk of obtaining nail fungus increases the presence of nail plate pathologies.Anomaly of keratin layer, dystrophy, inflammation, or nail deformation - all of which contributes to rapid propagation of pathogenic microflora.
The manifestation of onychomycosis
The main signs that the angle on the thumb of the foot was attacked by a fungal infection, indicating:
- small cracks and changes in the color of the nail plate;
- acute pain by pressing the nail;
- constant itching between the fingers;
- combustion under my nails;
- Redness of the skin on the finger;
- an unpleasant leg scent;
- The feeling of sputum when you walk in closed shoes (shoes, boots, shoes).
In some cases, when pressed underneath the nail, white fluid can be released - the life span of the vital activity of pathogens.It is often used for a sample for laboratory analysis that allows the degree of infection to determine the degree of pathogen and development.
Important!
It is impossible to cure the mushrooms in a advanced stage and preserve my nails.It collapses completely in the treatment process and needs to grow again.
Fungal infection therapy on the thumb nail
There are two ways to fight onychomycosis on the thumb of the foot - medicines and folk remedies.Each option has the benefits and properties, so you should consult a doctor before starting treatment.Only the doctor tells you what type of therapy will be effective in a necessary case.
Medicines for mycosis of the nail plate on the thumb of the foot
Medicines for treating onychomycosis are available in the following forms:
- spray -k;
- creams;
- varnishes;
- Plaster.
The difference between them is the method of application and composition.Dermatologists often prescribe complex therapy, which includes the use of several drugs.For example, the spray spray on the infected surface is popular with the treatment of nails or cream.
Antifungal spray
Spray (aerosols) has many benefits than other forms of medicine:
- The contents of the bottle are applied to the thumb nail in an unspent way, which reduces the likelihood of spreading the infection to healthy areas;
- The active components of the drug are sprayed not only on the nail plate but also on nearby tissues;
- The spray box is equipped with a dispenser that allows you to control the drug consumption;
- If the socks or shoes use antimicous aerosols, there is no trace;
- Sprays do not cover the nails and finger skin with a dense film and do not delay moisture, which is the main favorable condition of spread fungal debates;
- The materials in the composition of the aerosols have a drying properties and deodorant.
Important!
The contraindication of the use of spray was the individual intolerance of the ingredients in the composition.You need a doctor consultation during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Oveomicosis creams
Creams are no less effective than aerosols, but a significant minus - there is a discomfort.After processing the nail plate, they need to wait for some time while the active parts are absorbed into the keratin layer.If you are ashore or socks, the product will be smeared and there will be no advantage.
The substances that make up the basics violate the membrane of the fungal cells and lead to the elimination of reproduction of the pathogen.Treatment of the first and second sections of Onychomycosis can take between one and 2.5 weeks.The advanced form of the disease should be used for a longer period of time - from 20 days to two months.
All medicines are used according to a scheme:
- The leg is steamed in water by adding soda;
- The nail should be cut every time, cleaned with a file.If you have a decorative coating, it is removed with acetone;
- A small amount of cream gently rubs it into the nail plate.
After processing the thumb, you should wait 5-10 minutes for the drug to dry and absorb into the keratin layer.
The procedure is repeated three times a day with a 4 -hour interval.The minimum duration of therapy is 1 week.
Antimicose -Lakes
For the treatment of the fungus, a liquid mixture that dries quickly and obscures the plate with a thin breathable layer.The benefits of using this form of medicine are as follows:
- penetration of active components even into the smallest cracks of the nail;
- drying speed;
- the simplicity of the application;
- does not contain toxic substances;
- hide the unhealthy type of nails;
- Protects the spread of fungal debates in healthy areas;
- High efficiency (the pathogenic microflora begins to die on the second day of the drug).
All residents are used according to the same scheme.At first, the nail is cleansed, with a keratin layer and an old medicine.The lacquer bottles are then applied to the nail plate with an applicator.
Important!
Therapeutic varnishes cannot be used with the decoratives at the same time.Cosmetics create a dense film that does not pass through the air and promotes the growth of the fungus in the structure of the nail plate.
Spots from nail mushrooms
Plaster impregnated with spheres should only be rid of fungus if it is in the early stages of development.They protect the spread of the pathogen in the adjacent areas, help soften the nail plate and complement the use of other drugs.Their most important disadvantage was to keep them on the skin and often peel them while walking.Therefore, it is best to wear them at home and fix them only on your thumb.
It is best to use a repair using spray or creams at the same time.So the maximum therapeutic effect reaches.
Plases are used as follows:
- The tape is cut off from the film with medication and secured to the top of the nail.If necessary, it is cut off in the form of the finger;
- Repair changes every day before bedtime;
- The minimum duration of therapy is 12 days.
While wearing a stain, make sure that the moisture is not underneath.To do this, you can make small holes in the tissue with a needle.You only need to glue a stain for 20 minutes after steaming your leg in water with soda.
The nail fungus on the thumb: Treatment with folk drugs
Doctors do not approve onychomycosis therapy with "grandmother" agents, but do not deny that traditional medicine is able to get rid of the disease.If a person has decided to treat the nail fungus at home with improvised devices, you should treat the pre -test tests, determine the stage of the disease and consult a dermatologist.It is especially important to visit the doctor in advance when a child appears onychomycosis.
Traditional medicine offers a number of methods to overcome mushrooms:
- compression;
- Do -it -ointment in itself;
- Bath mixtures;
- Decoctions to rinse the legs.
The main advantage of using non -traraditional tools is accessibility and naturalness.However, each of them is not missing from the contraindications and side effects that must be found in advance.
Antifungal compression
Compressions are easy to use and cover not only the thumb nail, but also the gracial zone and the lower leg.They can be used as an independent drug anti -mycosis and in combination with pharmaceutical drugs and other recipes for conventional medicine.
Below are the most popular methods to prepare compression that use positive evaluations by doctors and medical forums:
- Hren compresses- The root of the plant has antimicrobial and antimicrose effect.To prepare the compression, you need to take 100 grams of rhizome and keep it in a blender or go through a meat grinder.The resulting Gruel is mixed with half a teaspoon of 9% vinegar and wrapped in several layers of gauze.The bandage is secured from the side of the thumb to the foot and secured with simple glue painting.He has a wool toe on top.You should carry a compression for 2-3 weeks for 40 minutes a day.Frequent contact of horseradish juice and skin may occur, so after removing the bandage, the foot is thoroughly angry and dry;
- Detergent compression- The grass has the same properties as hell.You need 300 grams of fresh plants through a meat grinder to compression.To prevent the juice to spread along the leg, you need to add a little flour to the sludge.The thickened mass is packed with gauze and is secured above the fingers with a fabric glue with plaster or bandage.On top, you should explore a multilayer adhesive film and put your warm toe on top.Because Celandine is considered to be a toxic plant, the compressor wearing is only 15 minutes.After removing the bandage, the leg stroked in warm water with a teaspoon of soda.Treat the leg thumb for 2-3 weeks on the thumb of the foot;
- Herbal compression- You need to take more plants for their production - chamomile, calendula, celandine and nettle.Each grass teaspoon (dry or fresh - no matter) is mixed with ceramic foods and poured with a pile of alcohol.When the grassy mixture is saturated, it is squeezed, connected with a tablespoon of garlic and wrapped in gauze.The compression is applied to the thumb for 15-20 minutes and the leg is rinsed.This method should be treated for at least 7 days.
Important!
Compressions with acetic acid and celandine are not suitable for the treatment of young children, nurses and pregnant women.
Effective ointment with your own hands from onychomycosis
It seems that home ointments are preparing for home ointments is a difficult process, but it is not really.It is very simple to produce a local antifungal drug.The most popular medicine is Calendula ointment.You have to take it:
- basic (glycerol, petroleum or natural butter) - 1 tbsp;
- Fresh calendula flowers-50-80 gr.;
- A few drops of sage essential oil.
The marigolds steam in warm water and then grind in a blender.The base and essential oil are then mixed.The finished mixture is wrapped in adhesive film and placed in the refrigerator for a few hours.Coat the cooled ointment three times a day on the thumb nail until complete healing.The bandage is closed from above or with a tissue spot.
If there is no handmade, you can replace:
- celandine;
- nettle;
- thyme;
- horse-radish.
Sage oil, vinegar essence, garlic juice, onion or lemon are appropriate.The most important thing before using the product is to check that there is no allergy to the composition.It is also important to note that Celandine and vinegar are contraindicated for children under the age of 3 and pregnant women.
Antifungal baths to stop
Baths can not only cure onychomycosis, but can also soften the rough skin of the legs and accelerate the regeneration of the nail plate when the old keratin layer begins to peel.In addition, the essential oils added to the water are eliminated from the itching to the legs and are made so that the legs smell pleasantly.
Below is 5 ingredients that need to be added to a warm bath to get rid of the nail fungus:
- 50 ml Celandine juice, 3 drops of orange essential oil, a tablespoon of soda;
- 100 gr.Salts, a lemon juice, a glass of a strong chamomile decoction;
- 3 drops of tea tree essential oil, 4 cloves crushed garlic, 2 tablespoons of soda;
- 3 drops of lavender essential oil, 100 gr.salt, a tablespoon of vinegar;
- A glass of nettle decoction, a large onion juice, 3 drops of citrombalm essential oil, a tablespoon of chopped garlic.
These ingredients are taken on 3 liters of hot water.Add the liquid in which the legs steam.The bath should be taken once a day, treating the legs at the same time with medicines or ointments made on its own.
Stop rinsing rinse cooking
Herbal decoction is not an independent drug for the treatment of fungus.They are used to prevent the main course of onychomycosis therapy or infectious disease.
The decoctions are made from such plants:
- oregano;
- mint;
- Canadian yellow root;
- requesting marigold;
- celandine;
- Burdock (root);
- Ficka.
Three tablespoons of one or more herbs are poured into one liter of boiling water and cooked over low heat for 15-20 minutes.After the cooking, he poured into a pool with up to 40 degrees and thin stream with two liters of warm water.No need to filter.After rinsing, you should wipe your leg and cut the angle to your thumb and treat with medication.The procedure is recommended to repeat daily.