Toenail fungus is a commonly occurring disease that is associated with nail abnormalities. This toe nail fungus is called as onychomycosis in medical terms. This syndrome is known to affect one or more than one toe nails. Fungus is of different types and this fungus grows as well as survives well in the dark and damp environment of your shoes. When you wear your shoes for long hours, fungus start entering into the nails of your toe through the breaks and cuts of nails and then start causing infection. Fungus is such a micro organism that feed on the protein substance that is known as keratin and this substance is involved in forming the hard surface of the nails. This is a contagious disease that spread from individual to the other by sharing the locker rooms and shower, etc with some infected person.
You can identify a toenail fungus with discolored and distorted toenails. Toenail fungus syndrome is somehow different at the initial stage. At that time, a whitish yellow spot is noticed at the tip of toenail. Thickening of the toenails along with discoloration suggest that this infections has gone deeper into the toenails. When you will give a closer look to the nails then you will find there is some debris that is under the nails emitting a bad smell. After that when the infection got severe, the nails that are affected crumbles at edges and causes extreme pain. And finally the infected nails fall off.
There are both oral and tropical medicines for toenail fungus treatment. Itraconazole and Terbinafine are the two widely used medicines for treating the toenail fungus and both medicines work really well. Both medicines are involved in promoting the growth of a new and fresh nail. These anti-fungal medicines are usually continued for almost 6 to 12 weeks. There are also antifungal creams and lacquers which are applied topically at the infection site. Sometimes, the physician is interesting in filing the nail to shorten it just to decrease the size of the infected nail part.
In the cases when the toenail infection is serious and causes much pain doctors recommended for treating the infection with the toenail fungus laser treatment. In this toenail fungus treatment the infection is firstly treated with the acid and then exposed to laser radiation of high intensity. Toenail fungus laser treatment is referred to as photodynamic therapy.
Vinegar is considered helpful in toenail fungus treatment and is also known as one of the important treatments. White vinegar or apple cider is also used for the treatment of fungus infection.
Another important substance that is involved in killing the fungus efficiently is the concentrated lime juice. Tea tree oil is also one of the important toenail fungus remedies and its best part is that it can be penetrated to the areas of the affected nail where it is difficult for the other oils to reach out easily. Above all, you should keep your nails clean and healthy to avoid any type of fungus infection.
