Gray nails, also known as onychomycosis, is a nail fungal disease caused by dermatophytes that invade the nail plate or nail bed, and is commonly treated with antifungal drugs such as itraconazole in clinical practice. If you don’t see the effect of itraconazole on your nail fungus, you can stop taking the drug and observe it, and if necessary, you can use surgery and other treatment methods.
1. Discontinue observation: the growth cycle of nails is about 3 months. Itraconazole’s medication cycle is also about 2 to 3 months, and the effect of this type of drug has a lag, generally after taking 3 months in the nail also has a certain antibacterial concentration. Therefore, take itraconazole 2 ~ 3 months do not see the effect of the patient may be appropriate to stop observing.
2. Surgical treatment: If the nail fungus is not effective when taking itraconazole and the patient has symptoms such as distal nail plate involvement, macular streak nail, ingrown nail and nail plate thickness greater than 2mm, the nail can be removed by surgical method under the guidance of the doctor.
Nail ringworm eat itraconazole does not work patients, it is recommended to timely to the regular hospital, under the guidance of the doctor for regular treatment. The above drugs need to be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, do not self-medication.