What are the ways to prevent onychomycosis?

Onychomycosis has always been a disease that people hate, because onychomycosis not only harms health, but also can cause great damage to people's image. Therefore, preventing onychomycosis is an important lesson in life. Let's take a look at the methods of preventing onychomycosis. I hope everyone can understand that the impact of onychomycosis is spread to all aspects of life. I hope everyone will pay attention to it.

Onychomycosis is a very harmful nail disease. More than half of all nail disease patients suffer from this disease. In addition to the susceptibility of the disease, it is also related to its infectiousness. Therefore, we must try our best to stay away from the source of infection and wash our hands and feet more often. Onychomycosis is very harmful and we must not take it lightly. Once you suffer from onychomycosis, you must go to a regular hospital for treatment immediately to avoid blind treatment. In the end, not only will it not be cured, but it will delay the best time for treatment, making the cure of onychomycosis more difficult.

1. First of all, we must pay attention to the prevention and treatment of tinea pedis and correct the incorrect view that "tinea pedis will not cause other diseases". 2. Do not borrow or share daily necessities such as shoes, socks, slippers, foot basins, foot towels, etc. Do not share with others. This is the key to preventing indirect infection of onychomycosis. 3. Develop good hygiene habits, wash your feet and change your socks frequently, and expose your shoes and socks to the sun frequently to keep them dry. 4. People with excessive sweating of hands and feet can use some treatment methods to inhibit local sweating. Summer is the high incidence period of tinea pedis and hand, so special attention should be paid. 5. Maintain good environmental hygiene and do not create an external environment for pathogenic fungi to grow and reproduce. For example, avoid crowded and humid housing, pay attention to indoor ventilation, dry bedding frequently, and wash sheets, shirts and pants frequently. Daily necessities of patients with onychomycosis, tinea pedis and hand should be disinfected regularly with boiling water, and items that cannot be washed with scalding water should be disinfected by exposing them to sunlight for 2-3 hours.

6. Strengthening the body's ability to resist pathogenic fungi, such as increasing physical exercise and paying attention to nutrition, are beneficial to improving the prevention of onychomycosis. 7. If you suffer from onychomycosis or tinea pedis, you should seek active and serious treatment as soon as possible to avoid the disease from progressing and spreading to others.

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