My toenails are getting thicker and more painful when touched. Is this onychomycosis?

Thickening of toenails is the most common symptom of onychomycosis. Although toenails become thicker, they become particularly fragile. If you do not pay attention to good treatment, the nails will become uneven and the color will turn yellow, black, or gray. This is relatively common and may even cause the nails to fall off. At this time, you must receive regular treatment in time to avoid recurrence.

Early signs of onychomycosis

1. Hooked nail disease: The nail grows too long and bends toward the palm and plantar side; this is a typical early symptom of onychomycosis. 2. Hypertrophy and accumulation of keratin under the nail. 3. The most common pathogen causing different types of onychomycosis symptoms is Trichophyton rubrum; there are two types of onychomycosis. One manifestation is white nails, which often starts from the root of the nail. Small white spots appear on the surface of the nail plate and gradually expand, causing the nail plate to soften and sink. Another type of damage starts from the free edge and side wall of the nail, causing small depressions or transverse grooves on the nail plate, and gradually develops until the nail plate becomes brittle, easy to break, thickened, and brown inside. The accumulation of debris under the nail often causes the nail to become hollow, lift up and separate from the nail bed, and the surface of the nail plate to be uneven, rough and dull.

4. After the turbid onychomycosis fungus invades the nail plate or nail bed, due to the rapid reproduction of a large number of hyphae and spores, a large amount of keratin accumulates on the nail bed. When viewed with the naked eye, the nail plate becomes turbid and opaque. Therefore, onychomycosis is commonly known as gray nails (toenails). 5. Thickening: After the fungus invades the nail plate or nail bed, the keratin in the nail plate proliferates highly due to the action of the fungus. The accumulation of keratin causes the nail plate to thicken. The thickening of the nail plate also deepens the turbidity of the nail bed. Generally, it can be 1 to 3 times thicker than a normal nail plate. 6. Uneven surface. Due to the accumulation of keratin on the deck or under the deck, and the damage of the deck, the surface of the deck becomes rough, uneven and loses its luster. This unevenness may be either longitudinal or transverse. At the same time, it can also be understood that the main lesions of diseased nails are under the nail plate.

7. Warping of the nail plate. Fungi and hyperplastic keratin accumulate in large quantities under the nail plate, causing the distal end of the nail plate to be significantly higher and curled up. At this time, the diseased nail becomes thicker, more turbid, and the color change is more obvious. The curling of the nail plate affects the wearing of shoes and seriously affects the quality of life. Supplementing vitamin A can make protein, emulsion be absorbed and utilized faster, and calcium, magnesium and vitamin D are necessary nutrients for nail growth. Vitamin B contains riboflavin (B2), Bl2, and folic acid. If there is a lack of vitamin B, the nails will become brittle. Hangnails and inflammation of the tissues near the nails are related to the lack of vitamin C.

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