What are the dangers of onychomycosis on the feet?

People attach great importance to fingernails and toenails, because the nails in these two parts are also part of people's image. Beautiful nails can make people more popular with people around them, and damage to the health of nails will affect the establishment of image. For example, onychomycosis is a disease with a very big impact. Let's take a look at the dangers of onychomycosis on feet.

Onychomycosis has many hazards, the main one being that it becomes a source of infection. The fungi in the onychomycosis are invisible to the naked eye and are a source of infection that often spreads pathogenic fungi to the outside world. Onychomycosis can spread the fungus to other parts of the body due to scratching, causing new ringworm, and can also cause ringworm in family members and others. Modern medical research has shown that onychomycosis can spread to the genitals of lesbians, causing difficult-to-cure gynecological diseases such as candidal vaginitis and candidal vaginitis. Onychomycosis bacteria can also invade deep tissues of the human body, causing infection of deep tissues and organs, and even endangering life.

Onychomycosis on the feet may also lead to many complications. Severe cases of onychomycosis can cause pain and discomfort. Moreover, the muscles inside the affected nail are exposed or compressed by the thickened nail. Once it is injured by various injuries, bacteria can easily penetrate directly, thus causing complications such as paronychia, onychomycosis, and pyoderma of the fingers. A disease that causes patients to develop severe systemic symptoms such as erysipelas or cellulitis. Onychomycosis on the feet brings great pain to patients and affects their daily lives. Toenails have great physiological significance for us. Having onychomycosis on the feet will definitely be detrimental to walking and running, and it will also make wearing shoes and socks awkward and troublesome. In addition to affecting our lives, onychomycosis also affects our appearance. Directly affects a person's temperament. The most annoying thing is that it also restricts our work. The consequences of nail damage are not limited to the aesthetic aspect, but may affect or even endanger the patient's work, especially those who are in the public eye and have strict hygiene requirements.

At the same time, onychomycosis on the feet still causes abnormal psychological disorders for many patients. Patients with onychomycosis often have an inescapable sense of embarrassment and frustration, especially when long-term treatment is ineffective. Especially when certain aspects, such as work, marriage, life and social interaction, are affected and fail due to onychomycosis, the psychological blow to the patient is greater than that of normal people, and he often develops a sense of inferiority. Patients with onychomycosis should be well aware that its harmful effects are far more than these. We usually think that “it doesn’t matter”, but if we think about it carefully, it is indeed harmful to health and causes inconvenience to patients in various aspects.

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