How to treat mild onychomycosis?

Having onychomycosis is very painful because it will have a great negative effect on the shape and color of the nails, making the originally rosy nails turn black. Its morbid appearance can deter many people. Therefore, the social impact on patients cannot be ignored. The treatment of onychomycosis is best started in the early stages. Let’s take a look at how to treat mild onychomycosis. I hope everyone can understand.

1. Prepare an appropriate amount of vinegar. Pour an appropriate amount of vinegar into water and mix it, then soak your feet. The acetic acid in the vinegar is weakly acidic and has a bactericidal effect. The amount of vinegar must be controlled. Use the minimum amount and the right amount to achieve the purpose. Too much is as bad as too little. 2. Boil a kettle of water. Soak your feet in warm water for more than ten minutes. 3. Prepare a foot bath. Add an appropriate amount of vinegar to the foot bath water. The amount of vinegar must be controlled. Use the minimum amount and the right amount to achieve the purpose. Too much is as bad as too little. 4. Prepare an appropriate amount of eye drops. Eye drops have anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects. Apply an appropriate amount of eye drops to the uncomfortable area of the nail.

5. Prepare medical cotton swabs. After soaking your feet, use a cotton swab to apply the eye drops to the uncomfortable area above your nail. 6. Prepare a breathable, anti-inflammatory and sterilizing Band-Aid and wrap the affected area. Change Band-Aids frequently. Do not get water on the affected area of your nails. To treat onychomycosis, you also need to take griseofulvin orally for several months.

Here are some commonly used treatment methods: 1. Use Huijiajing in combination with softening cream to treat onychomycosis. Use softening cream to soften the nails first, then use scissors to scrape the nails thinly and apply Huijiajing. This way, the drug can penetrate effectively and the onychomycosis will not recur. 2. Use 40% urea ointment. The formula of urea ointment is: 40 grams of urea, 20 grams of wool, 5 grams of white wax, and 100 grams of vaseline. This urea preparation is a strong keratinolytic agent. When using it, protect the skin around the diseased nail with gauze, fix it with tape, and then wrap it with gauze. Change the dressing once a day. Use a knife to separate the nail plate each time to separate the nail plate from the nail bed. Generally, the nail plate will soften and separate from the nail bed after 5 to 7 dressing changes. After separation, use small scissors to cut the nail plate into two halves, disinfect the area with iodine, and add a few drops of 1%~2% procaine solution. After a few minutes, remove the diseased nail and scrape off the uneven keratinized material on the nail bed. Then apply a mixed ointment of equal parts of urea ointment and compound benzoic acid ointment. Change the dressing once a day until the new nail grows out completely.

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