The fungus is the common name for a group of infectious fungal diseases, which develop in the skin (athlete's foot) or nails (onychomycosis).
There are many types of fungi that are parasitic on the human body. They cause many unpleasant symptoms, and to complicate the life of a person. The most common infection with a fungus of the genus Candida.
The reasons for the outbreak of a yeast infection.
The cause of nail fungus infection by micro-organisms. The penetration of the microorganism into the human body, is caused by a previously damaged nails or skin.
The reasons for such damage can be:
- A mechanical injury.
- The exposure to the aggressive chemical agents (caustic detergents, etc.).
- Wearing clothes and shoes made of poor quality synthetic materials that do not absorb moisture and is not breathable.
- Sweating, providing the optimum conditions for the growth and multiplication of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Deformity of the foot, causing the deterioration of aeration, which leads to contamination of mycosis.
- The higher the rate of growth of the nail, which can damage the skin.
- The low level of personal hygiene.
- The decrease in the protective properties of the immune system.
- Varicose disease.
- The climatic conditions (high humidity).
- Old. In older people, the disease appears in a lot of thickets.
- The occupational hazards.
- Comorbidities.
Antibiotics, corticosteroids, and cytotoxic drugs that disrupt the natural microflora of the person, which protects the human skin from the accession of infection.
Of particular danger is the wooden floors and benches. The spores of the fungus to penetrate into the wood and begin to multiply there. Remove the tape got to the wood surface, the fungus is much more difficult. This requires the full treatment with a special disinfectant.
Symptoms
The symptoms of a foot fungus may vary, depending on the shape, but the common are itching and an abnormal deformation of the skin.
Symptoms of squamous cell form of yeast infection.
Due to the formation of the stratum corneum, there is a seal of the dermis. This form is also called "athlete's foot" and the "lignum fungus", because of the deformation of the epithelium there is a thickening of the foot.
In this form of foot fungus, to the person most often experiences the following symptoms:
- The part of the foot (sole) is covered with a thick layer of the dermis, it creates a sort of worn at the bottom of the Shoe.
- Horny part, it becomes rough and is covered with a thick coating of a's taking care of what is beginning to crack and hurt.
- The rough skin is starting to peel off. The affected skin may appear as if sprinkled with flour.
- The patient constantly feels itchy and bothersome itching.
- There is a thinning of the nail plate where the nail starts to break down and crumble.
Symptoms of dyshydrotic forms
The skin of the foot is sufficiently big, for the first time, these bubbles are not visible, and other manifestations of the disease, at this stage, it is not observed.
You can also see the appearance of small bubbles in the areas with thinner skin (between the fingers or hands).
Later, the bubbles start to itch, and the patient is experiencing severe, irritating itching. At some point the bubbles burst, the skin starts to peel off from the surface of the epidermis is exfoliation of the thin plates of keratinized layers of the skin.
The symptoms intertriginosny forms
Intertriginous form of the fungus (or interdigital) is one of the most common and unpleasant types of pathology. An infection affecting the interdigital area.
The skin fold between your fingers, under the influence, fissure, or ulcer, surrounded by a scaly skin, nekrotizirovannah greenish color.
When it mukovidnoe peeling, the fingers look as if sprinkled with flour.
Itching, however, it is very easy to counter, it's not unbearable and it does not cause any discomfort. In the less common exudative skin is covered with vesicles that contain fluid inside.
The symptoms of onychomycosis
Onychomycosis is a common fungal pathology of the Horny layer of the dermis (the nail plate). Immediately upon contact with the skin, the fungus begins to multiply actively pressing on the skin and cause itching.
The guy is trying to get rid of him, and began to comb the affected areas of your skin that are covered with small cracks and scratches, in addition, the risk of Contracting a bacterial or viral infection.
Hypertrophic onychomycosis
In the hypertrophic onychomycosis of the nail plate starts to deform. This is evident in the way in which it changes color, loses its luster, thickened and partially destroyed. It gives the person great discomfort, especially if it has to go in tight or uncomfortable shoes.
Normally, onychomycosis
In this onychomycosis of the nail plate is not deformed and does not change its shape and structure. Just a change of nail colour from normal to yellow-brown. Maintain a normal nail Varnish.
Atrophic onychomycosis
In this case, the nail color changes to brownish, the nails become thinner and are gradually separated from the bed of the nail plate.
The diagnosis of the disease
In the majority of cases, the fungus can be diagnosed by the symptoms alone. Your doctor can make the diagnosis by examining the skin, nails, as well as a medical history.
Also, a doctor can take a sample of the skin or the nails, cut it with a knife. The special tests will help to determine the type of fungus, and can pick up on the positive list of medicines, and to assess the effectiveness of the treatment. In some cases, you may need a skin biopsy.
Treatment of mycosis of the feet
Below is a look at the most popular tools and methods for the treatment of fungus.
Treatment of nail mycosis
When the disease is at an early stage, it is rational to use only the external preparations, for example, an antimycotic lacquers, solutions, ointments, and gels. There is a wide choice of a variety of drug-related problems.
The treatment can be carried out with the use of a special serum. There are patches, the effect of which is aimed at peeling off the damaged nail plate.
Treatment of a mycosis between the toes
It is better to use a combined therapy, using external products, and drugs for internal use.
If the fungus has not had time to spread over the entire surface of the foot, it can only be solved by external means.
In the majority of cases, the specialist grants a local remedy (ointment) contains a fungicidal and fungistatic compounds.
Treatment of a yeast infection at home to cure it fast
Below is a look at the most popular and effective ways and means for the treatment of athlete's foot at home.
Soda
In order to address nail fungus at home helps them to a such a popular tool, such as baking the paste.
In order to prepare it, you only need a little bit of baking soda, lemon juice, and water. Take the need to treat all of the affected area the amount of sodium.
Place it in a glass container. Slowly add a small amount of water at room temperature is required to form a homogeneous slurry.
After obtaining a homogeneous mass, apply it to the affected areas. After the mass is evenly distributed on the nail plate, sprinkle a small amount of the juice from the lemon.
The result will be a chemical reaction, during which you will feel a slight burning sensation. Wait for 5 minutes and rinse well with very hot water and thoroughly dry your feet with a clean towel. Repeat this procedure every two days, as long as, as long as you can grow a healthy nail plate.
Treatment with hydrogen peroxide
For the treatment of a fungus it can help to be reduced by the use of hydrogen peroxide. For their production, you only need hydrogen peroxide and cotton or a cotton swab. For this, a cotton swab impregnated with a solution of hydrogen peroxide and applied on the affected nail.
Compress fixed with the polyethylene, thus creating a greenhouse effect. Compress the the the the hands, which are held for up to 20 minutes-legs, compress the hold down for about an hour. The course of treatment lasts from two to three weeks, and it depends on how much the thyroid gland.
The overlay compress you will have to repeat it 2 times a day. After removing the compress, gently rinse the nail with warm water, and let it air dry, and treat with antifungal medication.
Therapy iodine
For the treatment of the fungus with iodine you need to buy it in the chemist in the usual 5% alcohol solution of iodine.
Dampen with iodine cotton swab or a cotton swab, and apply them accurately to the affected areas 2 times a day – in the morning and in the evening.
Try not to get it on healthy skin areas. In this case, a healthy skin will be damaged to change the color to brownish-yellow, and covered the cracks.
This means that you are not able to use it in the presence of hypersensitivity to iodine.
Vinegar
The most effective folk remedy for the treatment of a stroke is considered to be an ordinary Apple, or vinegar, you can also use it to focus. For the production of compresses using a mixture of a 9% vinegar solution and hot water. 1 a part of vinegar to be of 8 parts of water.
2 tbsp of 70% of vinegar mixed with 2 tablespoons of vodka, and three egg whites (instead of eggs, you can take the glycerin). All of these ingredients are mixed until homogeneous and applied on the affected areas twice a day. It is kept in the refrigerator no more than 3 days.
You can also mix apple cider vinegar with any vegetable oil (sea buckthorn, olive, sunflower, peach), in a ratio of one-to-one.
The use of these compositions in the same manner. To do this, wet a cotton swab or gauze. A swab is applied to the affected area.
A compress moistened with the medicine, as a mixture of the dry. To keep you need to from half an hour to one hour, after which the poultice is removed, the foot washed abundantly with hot water, and dried.
Repeat the process, you need at least 1 time a day for two to three weeks.
Exercise caution when treatment with compresses of vinegar. When the first signs of Allergy or skin lesions should immediately discontinue treatment and contact your doctor immediately.
Celandine
For the treatment of the fungus to actively apply the oil of celandine. The performance of the procedure, I recommend 1 time a day at bedtime. Prior to use, prepare a soda bath (1 tablespoon of baking soda to 3 gallons of water) and cooked it in her fingers or toes are affected by fungus.
After that, your fingers, carefully wiped with clean towels. To the affected areas using a cotton swab or a cotton swab, apply the oil of celandine.
In order to successfully treat the need to implement a procedure to regularly take up to a full recovery.
In the course of the treatment, the nail plate will change the color of the orange. However, the celandine, may cause quite strong allergic reaction, so be careful.
Fat herbs
The treatment of the fungus were some of the ointment on the plant. For this you will need to grind the thyme to the right. 1, the section taken at right of the 4 parts of petroleum jelly. In the course of the treatment may be applied to garlic in the plane, in order to provide a comprehensive treatment of the.
Ointment of honey and eucalyptus
To prepare this oil you need to take 15 g of liquid honey, 15 g of softened butter, 1.5 teaspoons of vinegar. This mixture is mixed until smooth, and add 25 drops of the essential oil of eucalyptus, or tea tree oil.
Stir the mixture once again until a homogeneous mass and stored in the refrigerator for three days. The finished composition should be applied to the affected area once a day.
To prevent
- First, you have to monitor the hygiene of the skin, at the risk of the destruction of a fungal infection (the skin of the hands, feet, nails, plates). Thoroughly clean the skin on your feet and your hands with soap and water for a day, after washing, carefully dry the skin. In particular, in the folds.
- Wear socks and shoes made of natural materials (cotton, linen). These materials provide adequate insulation and to help absorb any excess moisture. Change socks every day for cleaning, as they can accumulate pathogenic micro-organisms.
- The shoes should be made of breathable materials. It doesn't have to be a squeeze, a RUB, or cause any kind of inconvenience. In the course of the summer is the time you will be well in the majority of outdoor shoes with perforation.
- Regular treatment of the inside part of the Shoe, especially one that can't be washed, in particular antibacterial agents. Let your shoes dry out after the treatment.
- You should wash your lingerie at a temperature below 60 °C. To the highest antimicotic and antibacterial effect linen should be ironed.
- The use of an individual's rubber boots from the can easily be to treat the material, while in attendance at the public showers, saunas, steam rooms, spas and swimming pools.
- Don't wear someone else's shoes, towels, and bathrobes. I don't use other people's personal hygiene needs.
- Did not start a fungus. To start treatment when the first symptoms. The earlier the treatment begins, the easier it will be to cure it.
- Carefully monitored, giving the doctor a plan of treatment. If you are finished with the treatment before fully treating the fungus, you may experience a relapse.
Conclusion
Nail fungus is a complex and common disease, and it is very easy to get infected. In order to avoid this, follow the rules of prevention. However, if you have already been infected – it is necessary to consult a doctor who will help you to choose a suitable individual treatment and to get rid of this problem.