Ignoring the initial symptoms of nail fungus sooner or later a person begins to seek an answer to the question — if treated advanced stage of onychomycosis? Unfortunately, many patients go to the doctor white with pronounced signs of disease when external physical defects join — the pain is unbearable itching. In this case, the expected long-term compilation of treatment ends is not always a guaranteed positive result. Plate is peeled from its bed as the space under it filled with mushrooms and other pathogens. Also affected skin around the affected part of the body— peel, turn red and swell, gradually, the infection spreads to them.
Treatment of nail fungus advanced forms of folk remedies
Recipes alternative therapies can log in integrated solution, but cannot be used as an independent method. The home use of herbs and natural products helps to accelerate the healing process.
Efficiency has the following tools:
- cider vinegar for nail fungus. Perhaps the most popular version of the fight against onychomycosis. There are many ways to use this product in traditional medicine, but the most effective are lotions based on it. Mix in a clean container, 2 tbsp. vinegar — Apple or table, 2 tbsp vodka and 1 tbsp glycerine. Ready mixture is applied on 15 minute pre-steaming nail with soaked cotton pad. After hours compress me a new one, again on a quarter of an hour, repeating the manipulation of 4 times. Treatment with acetic lotions may be accompanied by unpleasant sensations, but to worry about do not need. The discomfort will gradually go away. Therapy should continue until regeneration of healthy plates.
- iodine under the nail fungus. This tool known disinfectant, antimicrobial and wound healing properties — all these criteria are necessary in the fight against onychomycosis. Alcoholic solution of iodine applied to the pre-prepared nail plate 2 times a day. Perhaps the first treatment will be accompanied by burning and itching increased, but not to worry — discomfort mean that the drug works. The duration of therapy should not exceed 21 days because of the risk of side effects.
- hydrogen peroxide from nail fungus. And it is an inexpensive tool that is present in every home medicine Cabinet, it can be used from a legacy of onychomycosis in the form of an integrated approach. It disinfects the treated tissue and saturates them with oxygen, prevents the normal functioning of the pathogen. To get rid of the disease, you need to steam the foot in hot water and remove with nail excess stratum corneum. Then attach to the foci of infection a piece of cotton cloth, liberally soaked with 3% hydrogen peroxide, and fix it with a bandage. After an hour POV'yazku removed. Compresses peroxide is recommended to perform twice a day until recovery.Also, the drug can be used according to the method of Professor Neumyvakina. The doctor insists that the reception of the peroxide in combination with external procedures can relieve onychomycosis without prescription antifungal tablets and gels. The tool is used according to the scheme, details of which can be learned from the numerous videos on the Internet.
- copper sulfate from fungus nails. It would seem that this product is used in the agricultural industry and not to treat people, but reviews suggest that it copes with fungal infections at any stage of their development. From this we can make an effective ointment for treatment of the affected by nail fungus. For its preparation it is necessary to heat on a dry pan 1 tablespoon of copper sulfate until the color changes — it should be white. Then the powder is mixed in the same proportion with goose fat and medical gray, the product is placed in a sterile jar and then stored in the refrigerator. Ointment to apply daily, strictly at the centers of onychomycosis without affecting the surrounding skin. The positive changes are noticeable after a week.
- the garlic in the nail fungus. This plant is known fungicidal and disinfecting properties. Being a natural antibiotic, it promotes the destruction of pathogens of onychomycosis at any degree of the pathological process. On its basis it is possible to make a good healing cream. A few cloves of garlic crushed with a press and mix with an equal amount of butter. The drug is stored in the refrigerator. The cream is applied to areas of the nail fold, infected several times a day. A month later, the pathology will disappear.
- fir oil from the nail fungus. The drug has antioxidant and antiseptic action. They cure onychomycosis in the advanced form it is possible provided the system solution. Moisten a cotton swab in the fir oil and applied to the pre-steaming of the nail plate for 30 minutes, fixed on top of the bandage. Then pow'yazku to clean and the fabrics to dry naturally. Treatment is done daily until the disappearance of symptoms of the disease.
- rid from nail fungus. There are a lot of recipes from this medicinal plant, but one of the most effective is a tincture based on it. It is easy to prepare. Dry or fresh herb celandine pour alcohol in a ratio of 2:1. Insist on future therapeutic agent in a dark place for 12 days. When the drug is ready, it is filtered and begin to treat the nail infected, using no more than 5 drops per plate. Rekomendovany the course of treatment — 2 weeks. You need to remember that the tool is toxic, so deliberately to increase the dose should not be.
- the tea tree oil nail fungus. This drug is used in two ways — baths and rubbing. In the first case, the esters are added to hot water — 20 drops to 1 liter of the hands or feet are lowered into the liquid for 20 minutes. In another embodiment, to one part of tea tree oil to be administered to two of any base oil (olive, vegetable, etc.) and the resulting agent is applied to affected nails. In both cases the course of treatment is not less than a month. Treatments can be combined with each other.
- ammonia from nail fungus. Effective folk remedy for onychomycosis is a lotion of ammonia, and glycerin. Components are mixed in equal amounts and poured into a glass vial. The nail plate and the skin around them and the gaps between the fingers, smeared with a mixture of morning and evening. Also ammonia is added to a foot bath at the rate of 3 tablespoons per 1 liter of water.
- soda from nail fungus. Sodium bicarbonate is probably the most inexpensive and easiest option of home treatment of onychomycosis. The substance softens the nail plate, contributing to their exfoliation, relief of symptoms of pathology and preparation of tissues to the action of drugs. Soda doing a foot bath and paste, which is applied in the form of applications on the affected nails. Because relapses in onychomycosis — an event part, therapy was continued until the regrowth of healthy nail plate.
Laser therapy
The necessity of removing the nail is more likely to occur if other options therapeutic effect proved to be inefficient. More recently, the widely used surgical intervention which was carried out on an outpatient basis and was painful, but now they were replaced by the laser. The method is absolutely safe, because during the procedure there is a destruction only cells of the mycelium, healthy tissues are not affected and do not suffer. Treatment that way more effective, but the signs of improvement of the nail can be noticed already after the first session. During the course of laser therapy, when diagnosed onychomycosis need several treatments — usually about four. During these specialist will remove the layers of the affected areas of the nail plate. Treatment by this method does not preclude the use of external medicine from antifungal effect and preventive procedures. Plate with a laser to clean not only partially, but in full, if the infectious process has reached the deeper layers of the nail and nerve endings, and therapy local antimicotica not bring improvement.
Medications, regimen
In dermatology recently applied the concept of "pulse therapy". According to this method, drugs for nail fungus are used in short courses with long interruptions. This makes it possible to exclude the development of adverse reactions in the body and accumulate in the affected tissues of the plate a sufficient amount of medicinal ingredients that, despite the pause in the treatment, continue to provide the necessary action. The scheme of treatment of onychomycosis depends on the symptoms of the disease and its severity. In advanced disease should include:
- oral antifungals tablets or capsules;
- the use of antifungal ointments, creams and lacquers externally;
- treatment methods of folk medicine;
- removal of the nail plate with excessive destruction.
Pills
A neglected nail fungus cannot be cured without drugs meant for ingestion, i.e. tablets and capsules. Once in the digestive tract of humans, they are easily absorbed into the bloodstream, providing a powerful antifungal effect on the body.
Ointment
Local antifungals are also in demand in the fight against chronic fungal infection. They are applied directly on the lesions of the disease, following the advice in the instructions, 2 times a day until complete recovery. There are popular ointment with a fungicidal and fungistatic effect.
Antifungal varnishes
Appointed for the local treatment of nails affected by infection. Lacquer penetrates the nail plate cavity through micro cracks and pores, increasing the effectiveness of the therapy. The film, which is formed immediately after application of the drug, prevents oxygen to the fungus, depriving him of breath. Additionally, the fabric is protected from negative external environmental factors. Before treating nail infected with onychomycosis, the treatment with varnish, the surface is degreased with an alcohol solution of hydrogen peroxide, and separating the tissue is processed in advance disinfected nail file.
Factors contribute to the rapid recovery
How effective was the selected remedy for the onychomycosis, it is better to show themselves, if before it is applied to pre-processed training zones. To do this:
- do bath with 3 liters of hot water, 50 grams of powdered Laundry soap and 3 tbsp. of baking soda;
- lower hands or feet in the solution for 15 minutes;
- steaming nail trim around the edge with scissors, to remove loose fragments of special clippers or a pumice stone;
- rinse again limbs and wipe dry.
These manipulations should be carried out each time before applying the drug to the foci of infection. Thanks to them, the active ingredients easier and more successfully penetrates into the deepest layer of the nail, forming a more pronounced therapeutic effect. In case of advanced onychomycosis baths play a positive supporting role, that is of great importance. Additionally, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the rules of hygiene, to avoid the possibility of samsarajade and recurrence of infection. To this end, the patient is advised to change the daily hosiery, boil them while washing, use of disposable items to handle nail periodically disinfect shoes. In addition, attention is paid to proper nutrition. For example, if the disease in humans triggered by candidiasis of the nails, then it is assigned a special diet which forbids the intake of sweet food, white bread, yeast.
A neglected nail fungus in children, pregnant, lactating and elderly
Onychomycosis affects not only adults but also children and the elderly, women during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Fragile immune system and the impossibility to apply a wide range of drugs seriously complicates the treatment of nail fungus in these patients.
- children and the elderly. Experts are trying the specialties of the destination system antifungals. Mostly kids getting external preparations and tablets and capsules only in case of emergency, with individual dose calculation depending on the weight and age of the child. These limitations relate to the patients in age.
- expectant mothers breastfeeding. Antifungal agents are appointed under the strict supervision of a physician. During this period, specialists try to limit the deterrent measures — local antimicotica and recipes of traditional medicine, helps to stop the growth and reproduction of causative agents of onychomycosis. But if we are talking about the advanced form of the pathological process, the woman assigned to the system and external medications taking into account the period of pregnancy and the possible risk to the fetus.
Prevention of advanced onychomycosis
Prevention chronic fungal infection is based on timely treatment in medical institutions — it must be done at the first signs of the pathological process. Compliance with all recommendations of the doctor ensures faster recovery and restoring the plates. In order for nails to remain healthy, it is important to monitor the cleanliness of hosiery and shoes, not walking barefoot in gromadskikh places to use talc or special deodorants for excessive sweating stop. Additionally you need to pay attention to the tools used by the master in the salons, before taking a manicure and pedicure. Ideally, it's better to have your own personal items. Daily recommended to wash your feet using soap.