Onychomycosis nemesis

Onychomycosis is a relatively common infectious disease caused by fungal infection. Although it is not particularly serious, it must be treated in time. After all, it will affect the color of a person's toes and fingers. It is not only unsightly, but also has a significant impact on life. Generally speaking, if you have onychomycosis, you should use some antifungal drugs in time. These drugs have very good treatment effects. After the treatment improves, you must prevent the recurrence of onychomycosis.

What medicine should be used for onychomycosis

1. Itraconazole: Itraconazole is a broad-spectrum antifungal drug with efficacy against dermatophytes, yeasts and molds. Nowadays, most people use intermittent shock therapy to treat onychomycosis. The method is to take 200 mg orally, twice a day, for 1 week, and stop for 3 weeks, as a course of treatment. Nail fungus can be treated with 2-3 courses, and toenail fungus can be treated with 3-4 courses. Follow-up visit should be conducted 6 months after stopping the medication to observe the efficacy.

2. Terbinafine: It is currently the most widely used oral drug for the treatment of onychomycosis in the world. The method is to take 250 mg/d orally. The course of treatment for nail fungus is 6 weeks, and for toenail fungus is 12 weeks.

Onychomycosis is one of the more difficult superficial fungal diseases to treat, and patients must be mentally prepared for a "long-term battle." Experts remind patients not to stop taking the medicine without authorization if they do not see obvious effects after taking it for three to five days. Current antifungal drugs have little effect on liver function and can be used under the guidance of a doctor as long as the patient has normal liver function. To be on the safe side, patients should also undergo liver function tests regularly.

Prevention of onychomycosis starts with prevention of tinea pedis and tinea manuum

1. Seek timely treatment and cut off the source of infection. We should pay attention to the prevention and treatment of tinea pedis and prevent onychomycosis caused by tinea pedis.

2. Do not borrow or share daily necessities such as shoes, socks, slippers, foot basins, foot towels, etc. with others.

3. Develop good hygiene habits, wash your feet and change 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 peak season for tinea pedis and tinea manuum, 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, expose bedding to the sun frequently, pay attention to indoor ventilation, 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.