Gray nails, also called onychomycosis, are nail lesions caused by dermatophytes that invade the nail bed and nail plate.
Fungus is highly contagious, if in ordinary life and suffer from fungal infection of the patient close contact, or the patient himself has tinea pedis or tinea cruris and other fungal infections, usually do not pay attention to isolation, the fungus may invade the nail bed and the nail plate caused by gray nails.
The main causative organisms of nail fungal infections are Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton suis, and Candida. When these fungi invade the nail plate, they release various enzymes that break down the nail plate and damage it, which is mainly manifested as cloudy, thickened, separated, discolored, atrophied and uneven nail plate.
Gray nail treatment is mainly drug therapy, you can apply amorolfine application, or oral itraconazole, terbinafine, but also through the laser or surgical nail extraction and other methods of treatment, due to the fungus is more stubborn, in the treatment of the medication should be full course, to avoid recurrent episodes of the disease.
Gray nails are contagious, in the treatment period should pay attention to isolation, to avoid cross-infection, the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, can not be used blindly, in order to avoid adverse reactions.