Is it onychomycosis if the toenails are hollow?

If there are symptoms of hollowness inside the toenails, the most common cause is onychomycosis. After suffering from onychomycosis, the fungal infection often causes the nails to become brittle and yellow, and become hollow inside. In more severe cases, the nails may fall off. These are all common symptoms of onychomycosis. It can cause severe damage to the nail plate and make the surface uneven, so it should be treated in time.

What are the symptoms of onychomycosis? 1. Discoloration: Fungus accumulates on the nail plate or under the nail plate of patients with onychomycosis. Different fungal hyphae or spores themselves can have colors. The symptoms of onychomycosis are lesions and thickened nail plates that may also appear colored. In patients with onychomycosis, the keratin under the diseased nail falls off, allowing dirt to enter and take on color. When the deck is damaged and debris falls off, it will also take on color. The symptoms of onychomycosis may include dirty gray, brown, white, yellow, black, etc. 2. Uneven surface: The symptoms of this onychomycosis are due to the accumulation of keratin on the nail plate or under the nail plate, and the nail plate is damaged, making the surface of the nail plate rough, uneven, and dull. This unevenness may be either longitudinal or transverse. At the same time, it can also be understood that the main lesions of onychomycosis are under the nail plate.

Methods for treating onychomycosis 1. Oral medication This method of treating onychomycosis is suitable for people who have multiple nails (toes) affected at the same time. This method has been used clinically for a long time, has certain efficacy, and is convenient. However, because this type of drug must reach the nail plate where the fungus is parasitic to exert its antibacterial effect, it requires a large dosage, a long use time, has side effects, and is prone to relapse after discontinuation of the drug, it is not suitable as a routine treatment for onychomycosis. 2. Surgical nail removal is suitable for single onychomycosis. The affected nail is removed under local anesthesia. This method of treating onychomycosis causes large wounds, bleeding, and is prone to infection. The operation generally causes more pain and is prone to recurrence of infection. Since it only treats the symptoms and not the root cause, it is rarely used in clinical practice. Moreover, patients with heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, etc. are not suitable for surgical treatment. 3. Topical therapy is safer, generally painless and has no side effects. It is the first choice for treating onychomycosis. Depending on the different medications, soaking, topical application, and packing and scraping are all common methods for treating onychomycosis.