In the early stage of gray nails, you can consider topical or oral medication to treat. Topical medicine can choose iodophor topical application, cyclopiroxamine sealing package, oral medicine can choose itraconazole, terbinafine capsules and so on.
Initial infection of gray nail symptoms are relatively mild, less involved nails, you can also use topical medicine approach to treatment. Before using topical medication, soften the nails with hot water and trim them short and to the closest nail plate. After topical application with iodophor, you can thickly apply cycloheximide and then seal the package with plastic wrap for about 2-3 hours.
Gray nail, whether early or late, belongs to the fungal infectious diseases, oral antifungal drugs approach will be more effective, simple external medicine is often ineffective, the effect is difficult to reach the deep. Oral antifungal drugs commonly used itraconazole capsules, terbinafine capsules, etc., but this type of drug may have an impact on liver function, need to be closely monitored.
The treatment of gray nails treatment course is long, and oral medication should be used with caution, need to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions, not unauthorized use of drugs.