How to treat toenail fungus

Onychomycosis is actually onychomycosis. Onychomycosis not only appears on our fingers but also on our toes. The cause of onychomycosis is fungal infection. Therefore, as long as we know the cause of onychomycosis, we can make targeted treatment. The appearance of onychomycosis on the toes not only affects the patient's appearance, but also brings certain psychological pressure to the patient.

So is there any way we can treat toenail onychomycosis? In fact, there are many methods we can choose from to treat toenail onychomycosis. We should choose the method that suits us according to our actual situation.

Onychomycosis is one of the most stubborn and difficult to treat dermatophytes. You can take oral or topical medications, or have your nail removed surgically. Fingernails and toenails grow at different rates. It takes 100 days for a fingernail to completely replace a new nail, while it takes about 300 days for a toenail, so you must be patient when treating onychomycosis.

1. Surgical nail removal

Suitable for single nails. Under local anesthesia, the affected nail is removed. This method causes large wounds, bleeding, and is prone to infection. The operation generally causes more pain and is prone to recurrence of infection, so it is rarely used in clinical practice. Patients with heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. are not suitable for surgical treatment.

2. Oral medication

Suitable for multiple nails. For example, take 250 mg of terbinafine tablets orally daily for 6 to 12 weeks; take itraconazole 400 mg/day for 7 days and rest for 21 days as a course of treatment, and continue for 3 to 6 courses; take fluconazole 150 mg 1 to 2 times a week for more than 4 months. It can cure more than 80% of onychomycosis and onychomycosis. However, because this type of drug must reach the deck where the fungus is parasitic to exert its antibacterial effect, the dosage is large and the medication time is long, adverse drug reactions should be monitored regularly.

3. Topical therapy

Depending on the different drugs, the main methods include local application of drugs and sealing and cutting.

(1) Use a nail file (non-professionals should not use a razor blade to avoid bleeding and infection) to thin out irregular nails. The best time to do this is once every two days.

(2) Apply 30% glacial acetic acid or 10% glacial acetic acid to the affected nails once a day for more than 3 to 6 months. The effect will be better if the diseased nail is thinned before applying the medicine. Before applying nail polish, be sure to protect the skin around the nails with a mild ointment;

(3) Antifungal topical medications such as terbinafine tincture, amorolfine nail liniment, and ciclopirox nail liniment should be applied topically.

In short, you need to be persistent in treating onychomycosis. At the same time, you should actively treat ringworm and chronic systemic diseases in other parts of the body, improve your own resistance, and pay equal attention to prevention and treatment. Only in this way can you completely cure onychomycosis.

Above we introduced what onychomycosis is. We know that onychomycosis not only appears on fingers but also on toes, so we must do a good job of preventing onychomycosis. The above article introduces in detail the impact of onychomycosis of toes on us and how we should treat onychomycosis of toes.