The problem of fungal damage on the leg plaque on the legs today is familiar for each tenth resident of the planet. If the disease has only appeared, popular remedies can help, in more advanced cases, modern antimicotic medications are used. Despite the fact that this disease does not cause us any inconvenience, except aesthetics, it is important to take it to treatment in a timely manner, and not let the matter be alone, since in the nail reproduction process, fungi secretes toxins, which, when it enters the bloodstream, begins to poison our body and inhibit the immune system.
The causes of the fungus in the legs
People infection, mainly in contact with a sick person, animals, through common items (combs, bedding, bathing shoes, bathroom carpets, etc. ). Paradoxically, today, people who actively participate in sports, visit swimming pools, saunas, bathrooms, public recovery, training rooms and the use of the same sports teams are subject to this disease.
A special role in the development of leg fungus is performed by excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis), a disturbed metabolism, the presence of diabetic disease, AIDS, obesity, a decrease in immune protection against the context of antibiotics or oral contraceptives. In addition, excessive consumption of sweets and high -qualification foods contributes to the appearance of endocrine disorders, which facilitates the process of taking fungi.
The diagnosis of a fungal nail disease on the legs, such as their treatment, is carried out by a mycologist, but in some cases, a dermatologist consultation is required.
Symptoms of fungal legs in the legs
The fungal disease of the nail plate on the fingers is called onychomycosis. The main symptom of the manifestation of the infection is a change in the color of the nail plate, which turns green-yellow. After a while, it loses its splendor, it becomes dark, thickening and porosity develops.
The disease itself will not disappear, the fungus is very tenacious. Gradually, in the development process, the fungus affects all parts of the nail, destroying it completely, after which it begins to affect other nails and, often, the skin. The treatment of the affected skin does not eliminate the fungus, it is necessary to affect the spotlights of the disease.
Fleet treatment
Not long ago, the nail fungus on the legs was treated only with operating means when removing the nail plate. However, this technique was completely ineffective, since in most cases the nail that grew again was also affected by fungal infection. Today, the surgical method is used only with particularly serious ways of onychomycosis.
As noted above, the disease can be treated at home using traditional medicine recipes in the early stages of its development and in the absence of complications. With slight damage to the nails, local medications with antifungal properties are used. They apply to the plate, usually twice a day. Due to the penetration of the drug in the nail and its accumulation there, an effective fungus treatment is performed, as well as the prevention of mycosis development. These drugs include ointments, creams, aerosols, lotions, powders. Such drugs are used, as a rule, before they grow healthy nails. There are also pulse therapy schemes that can significantly reduce the treatment course (up to several weeks). Before using drugs, it is necessary to perform preparatory measures. To do this, for fifteen minutes it is necessary to take a soap-soda bath, after which the dead nail parts must be cut and deal with a special file. In this case, it is very important to use different manicure tools for healthy and damaged nails.
In addition to creams and ointments, there are special therapeutic varnishes, which also have an antifungal effect, as well as plaster.
With more serious and ineffective lesions of local treatment, system action preparations are prescribed in the form of capsules or tablets.
The latest developments in the fight against fungal infections have developed combined drugs that, in addition to destroying the fungus, soften the horn masses, which prevents the thickening of the nail plate. The development of side effects when taking new medications is minimal. In addition, in the field of hardware cosmetology, they were advanced, in which special nail mills were added.
Treatment with popular remedies
The fungus home treatment must start with water baths with soft drinks, which will make the nail plate soft, after which you can easily clean and eliminate the keratinized parts. Such bathroom and cleaning is recommended to carry out once a week for six months (until the nail is completely updated). The affected areas must be treated several times a day with tea tree oil in its pure form (one drop under the nail, the other in it). To improve the effect of oil use, it is recommended to seal the nail with adhesive plaster. For the same purpose, you can use in an equal relationship of tea tree oil with lavender oil.
Wash the potato peel and cook until it is cooked. Then you must knead with your hands right in the water. Drain the decoction in the basin where the legs and steam are well lowered. After that, the affected areas must be rubbed with a potato intestine. Then, cook the legs again, rinse with the same water, grease your nails with pork fat, put on socks. The procedure is carried out every day until a complete recovery arrives.
In an equal relationship, mix the essence of vinegar with water. Using this solution, love a steep mass. Cut at the center of an adhesive support piece a circle to the size of the nail plate and paste in the affected area. Apply the dough only to the nail without affecting the skin. Cover the dough at the top. Five days later, the dead nail will serve, and the new will grow healthy.
Three four times a day, apply milk in the affected areas and steam your legs in hot water at night.
A thin half of the lemon slices applies to the sick nail, excluding the areas of the skin, cover the cellophane and fixed with a bandage. The procedure is done better at night for ten days.
Pour 100 g of Álamo cortex of crushed poplars, pour 500 ml of boiling water, fire garment and cook for five minutes. Then use the decoction for the bathroom. After steamed in the affected nail, apply a mixture of a teaspoon of soda and a tablespoon of crushed dark laundry soap. The treatment course is three months.
The following method to treat the fungus must start with the bathroom: add two tablespoons of sea salt and a tablespoon of soda to a liter of hot water (70 ° C). In the resulting solution, you must keep your legs for no more than half an hour. Then you must clean, remove and polish affected nails. After that, wash the legs and arms with soap, treat hydrogen peroxide and it is better to wear gloves during the procedure. Next, you must dry the legs with the napkin and apply the iodine nail rollers and in the affected areas. Iodine must be applied three times after drying. The procedure is carried out daily at night.
Pour three large sheets with two liters of water, fire and cook fifteen minutes over low heat from the moment of boiling. Then the decoction sakes. In the resulting decoction, keep your legs for half an hour. Then you must treat the affected areas with apple vinegar and wear clean cotton socks. The treatment course is a month.
Combine two teaspoons of medical alcohol with the same amount of vinegar essence and add a teaspoon of glycerol. Mix everything well and apply a drop to the affected areas on the fingers of the feet. The procedure is carried out daily until the deadly elimination of the dead nail is completely eliminated. The composition must be applied directly to the nails, excluding blows to the skin, to avoid burns.
Prevention
The most effective struggle with the fungus is primary prevention:
- To treat the nails, use only your own pedicure tools.
- Never put another person's shoes.
- In public places (sauna, swimming pools, beach, etc. ), their own shoes must be taken.
- After taking a shower or bathroom, it is necessary to clean the legs and folds between the dry fingers.
- It is also necessary to monitor your health, especially the blood sugar level, since with this disease the risk of developing fungal infection increases considerably.
- If there are patients with fungal infection among family members, it is important to perform daily disinfectants, especially in the bathroom.
- Every day you must change socks, dry shoes.
- Use only convenient and restrictions shoes made of high quality and breathable materials.
- Regular care of the feet.
Regardless of the method of treating the fungus, it is necessary to treat its shoes, linen, floors, articles and nails of skin care, carpets in the room and bathroom, etc. This can be done through boiling, vinegar, ironing. The formalin can be placed in shoes, since it placed it previously in a bag.
If the infection occurred in a public place, for example, in the pool, then their employees would not harm this incident to take disinfection measures.
Follow the condition of your skin and nails, with the slightest signs of a fungal disease, consult a doctor, this will reduce the duration of treatment and increase its effectiveness.