What are the different types of nail fungus?
1.Under the nail type nail fungus
This type is common and often starts at the sides or ends of the nail plate, causing dents or grooves on the nail surface that persist or gradually involve the nail root. Once the nail plate is infected, it can form cracks, become brittle or thicken, and become brown or black.
2.Fungal white nail (superficial white nail fungus)
One or more small cloudy areas on the surface of the nail plate, irregular in shape, gradually spread to the whole nail plate, resulting in a softening and sinking of the nail surface.
3.Nail fungus caused by Candida albicans
It is most common in housewives, cooks and people who are often in contact with water. It is often combined with nail fungus and starts on both sides of the nail fold, and may have skin redness, pus accumulation, and pressure pain.
Can gray nails be treated on their own?
Most of the patients with gray nails are caused by mycological infections in other parts of the body. It is best to go to a regular hospital to do the relevant fungal examination to determine the nail fungus disease, and choose a suitable treatment plan under the guidance of a doctor to avoid the indiscriminate use of drugs with unknown diagnosis.
How to treat.
1, surgical nail extraction: suitable for single nail, under local anesthesia, the affected nail will be removed. This method is invasive, bleeding and prone to infection. After surgery, it is usually painful and easy to re-infect the nail, so it is less used clinically.
2, oral medication: suitable for multiple finger (toe) nail disease, the amount of medication, medication for a long time, need to monitor the adverse drug reactions, specific medication details see the doctor’s orders.
3, topical therapy: the main local application of drugs and sealing package chipping and other methods.
How to prevent.
1, in public bathrooms, swimming pools, footbaths and other public places must wear disinfected slippers, preferably their own slippers brought to the prevention of this gray nail is more common.
2. Keep the air circulating and avoid stuffiness. The rainy season is humid, you can use a dehumidifier to dehumidify.
3, good activity sweating people, should promptly wipe the sweat stains with a towel or take a bath.
4.People with low body resistance should eat more high-protein food to increase body nutrition and exercise regularly to increase body immunity.
5.Do not polish toenails that may be infected. This is very beneficial for the prevention of gray nails, which have infected toenails with symptoms such as redness, swelling or color change.
6. It is also important to sterilize the tools used to trim toenails and not to share trimming tools with people who have foot odor or nail fungus. This also belongs to the preventive measures for gray nails.