Normal nails are usually transparent, ruddy and shiny, and the deck surface is evenly smooth without delamination and lines. If you find that your nails have turned gray and the deck has thickened significantly, then be wary of nail fungus.
The real name of nail fungus is "onychomycosis", which is caused by skin ringworm infection of the deck or subaryroid.
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In China, nail fungus is very common and belongs to a multi-morbidity. According to statistics, the incidence of nail fungus accounts for about 50% of nail disease, about 10% of skin fungal infections, and the clinical manifestations are thicker deck, grayed deck, dull deck and so on.
It should be noted that because the deck is very thick, it is difficult for external drugs to penetrate, so nail fungus is very stubborn, difficult to treat, and prone to recurrence.
Although it can be completely cured, it takes a long treatment cycle, so it must be treated scientifically and adhere to the medication in order to cure nail fungus as soon as possible.
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In daily life, the people who "favor" nail fungus are the elderly, diabetics, psoriasis patients, tinea pedis, immunodeficiency patients and so on.
1. People with special diseases
Diabetic patients have a relatively high blood sugar and a high sugar content in the skin, and complications such as diabetic feet may occur, resulting in skin breakage, infection with fungi, and onychomycosis.
People who take hormones or other immunosuppressive drugs for a long time have weaker resistance and are also prone to onychomycosis. In addition, people with congenital nail disease, their nails can not be normal external bacterial and fungal infections, can also cause onychomycosis.
2. Those with athlete's foot
Athlete's foot is also tinea pedis, when tinea pedis is present, onychomycosis is also very easy to occur, the two "go hand in hand", resulting in worsening the disease, difficult to cure.
3. Those who have trauma to their nails
If you accidentally bleed from the nails by playing, kicking, being stepped on, etc., in a hyperemic environment, the fungus is easy to grow, taking advantage of the decline in local resistance, and eventually invades the nails and induces onychomycosis.
4. Regular nail polishing
With the development of the beauty salon industry, many women fell in love with nail art and ran to the nail salon in three days.
As everyone knows, nail polishing is often polished during nail art, which will cause damage to the surface structure of the deck, and under the stimulation of nail polish containing various chemicals, the defense ability of the deck will further decline, resulting in fungal infection, resulting in onychomycosis.
5. Older people
Older people have relatively low physical fitness, poor resistance, and most of them have chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, and they are also very prone to onychomycosis.
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Like psoriasis, because it is very stubborn and difficult to treat, it is deeply welcomed by folk remedies and secret recipes. There are some people who do not understand the situation, or people who are eager to seek medical treatment, on the side of the road, on the street, on the Internet to see the "home remedies" for the treatment of nail fungus, they are moved, convinced, after paying money to buy a bunch of drugs, not only did not work, but more serious.
In fact, whether it is a small advertisement for the treatment of nail fungus posted on the street, or a secret recipe for the treatment of nail fungus transmitted on the Internet, the credibility is not high, not only may have no effect, but also will produce safety hazards, further induce paronychia, contact dermatitis, etc., the gain is not worth the loss.
For nail fungus treatment, be sure to go to a regular hospital for treatment. At present, the main ways to treat nail fungus are drugs, surgery and so on. For example, in drug treatment, the finger (toe) nail fragments with excessive keratosis should be removed first, so that the drug comes into contact with fungi, which is conducive to the exertion of the drug effect.
Treatment is then done topically with antifungals such as eflukonazole, amorefen, tavarboro, and ciclopirone, or by oral terbinafine. It is generally recommended for topical use + oral administration, and the best effect on the treatment of onychomycosis is achieved.
In addition, laser surgery can also be performed to inhibit fungal growth and cause its lysis and death through photothermal effects, which can also achieve the purpose of treating onychomycosis.
Although onychomycosis is not a serious disease, if it is not treated for a long time or the treatment effect is not good, it will also affect normal life.
Therefore, we must actively prevent onychomycosis, maintain foot hygiene, enhance resistance, prevent nail breakage, and timely treat diabetes, psoriasis and other diseases.
Resources:
[1] "Nail Fungus Favors Five Types of People". People's Daily - Life Times.2019-10-21
[2] "How to cure nail fungus?" The doctor teaches you 3 tricks to completely get nail fungus without recurrence". Zhihu. Pharmacist Fang Jian.2021-05-02
[3] "How to correctly recognize and treat athlete's foot and nail fungus?" 》. Zhihu. Dermatologist Xu Hongjun.2017-09-23
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