
A discomfort like a mushroom on the nails of the legs is a frequent pathology, which when the treatment is ignored can cause various complications.The disease is poorly succumbing to therapy, but there are many alternative drugs and drugs that, with adequate use, help you get rid of the disease.
Nail mushroom - What is it?
In medical terminology, the nail fungus is called onychomycosis.The nail plate is infected in contact with the spores, then the rapid growth of the mushroom begins, hitting the nail deeper and width.
Very often, such a pathological condition is observed in people in old age.The following factors influence the occurrence of the disease:
- Excessive body weight;
- digestive diseases;
- weakening of the immune system;
- compromised thyroid functions or adrenal glands;
- Incorrect hygiene.
Experts determine different stages and forms of fungal damage.
The first signs and symptoms
The fungal damage to the nails is difficult to determine, since its clinical manifestations are meetings with symptoms of other diseases.
The first signs of a fungal infection pathology include:

- decrease in the shine of the nails;
- itchy near the fingers of the feet;
- Trusting the dish;
- fragility of the nails;
- irregular edges of the dish;
- white point, black or yellow on the surface;
- Blacration of the nail.
If the nails become fragile, thin and often crumble, then this symptom can also be an early symptom of the mushroom.
Forms of the mushroom
The symptoms of the disease depend on the shape of the mushroom:
- Atrophic.A gray shade is manifested on the nail, pallor and opaque plate are observed.The nail begins in atrophy from the external ends.
- Hypertrophic.As a result of the active growth of the skin stairs, the nail plate thickens over 2 millimeters.The deformation of the nail depends on the negligence of the pathology.The shadow is gray or dark yellow.One of the signs of such a mushroom is similar to a bird's claw.
- Normorophic.The color of the nail with this variety of mushrooms changes, but the shine and the thickness remain the same.In the early stages, stitches from the white to yellow shade are formed.If the disease is not treated, they become more size.In this case, the dish does not grow in the nail bed.
- Proximal.This mushroom spreads on the skin roller.Painful sensations are possible in the cuticle area.
- Total.This infection develops in the event of ignoring the treatment of other types of mushrooms.It is accompanied by the loss of color and shine, crushing and fragility.As a result, the complete destruction of the nail plate.
- Surface white mushroom.It is characterized by the formation of white spots and stripes that apply to the entire nail.
- Distal.The nail injury is accompanied by opacity, color loss and a change in the thickness of the nail plate.After the death of the affected area, the nail is deformed and crumbled.
- Side.There is swelling of the rollers of the skin, their redness and seal.It is characterized by the pain of the region near the nail.When a bacterial infection is attacked, a purulent process begins.

Depending on the severity of the pathology, adequate treatment is prescribed.
A typical clinical picture
The clinical manifestations of the fungal damage to the nail include:
- a sensation of burning and itching of the skin near the destination;
- fragility of the nail;
- swelling of the lesion;
- active exfoliation of the plate;
- Color changes (black color, yellow, gray, green, brown indicate the pathological process);
- A painful feeling in the place where the mushroom is located;
- Deformation of the nails.
When inappropriate treatment or therapy is ignored, the chestnation of the plate and the increase in seals is observed.
Phase of damage to fungal nails
Experts distinguish three phases of the disease.Each of them is characterized by some symptoms:

- 1st.It is difficult to visually determine.It manifests itself from small pale spots on the nails.
- 2nd.The superiors are formed, the color of the dish begins to change, the shine is lost.
- 3rd.The skin near the nail plate begins to blush and get sick.There is a stratification and a deformation of the nail.
Places of risk of infection
Only a qualified specialist can diagnose fungal damage.
The infection can occur in a wet and warm place where the mushroom develops quickly.Therefore, you should be careful and adhere to the rules of hygiene in the public environment:
- sauna;
- Shower cabin;
- bath;
- gym;
- Solarium;
- public locker room;
- beach;
- pool.
You can take a nail fungus, try someone else's shoes.In addition, the infection can occur in a cosmetic hall in the pedicure procedure if non -short tools are used or the master has a mushroom on the hands and performs the manipulation of the gloves.
Diagnostic methods
If signs of the mushroom appear, the patient should consult a dermatologist or mycologist.
The following laboratory studies include the diagnostic methods of the disease:
- Microsphere;
- cultural analysis;
- DNA search.
If necessary, further diagnostic methods can be prescribed.
Traditional treatment
As a result of the disease, various complications are therefore necessary, therefore, appropriate therapy is required.Only a specialist can prescribe a pharmacological treatment for a mushroom, given the following factors:
- form and phase of the disease;
- sections of the lesion;
- concomitant pathologies;
- Individual characteristics of the patient's body.

More often used drugs for external use in such forms:
- cream or ointments;
- patch;
- Varrana special antifungal;
- solution for lotions and compressed;
- spray;
- oil.
You can use a medical paint based on mushroom amorophin.This tool is suitable for both treatment and prevention.They help you get rid of the pathological process on nails and other paints.
For the treatment of the mushroom, solutions that effectively face the disease are often prescribed.
To get an affected nail to get rid of the nail, a special adhesive plaster is used.Before its use, the legs must be cooked steamed in hot water.Apply the product for four days.To remove the patch again, you need to take a hot bath.The esfolly nail is carefully removed with scissors.If necessary, the procedure is repeated several times.
With a neglected form of the mushroom, it is possible to prescribe drugs for internal administration.
With serious damage to the nails, surgical removal is used.It is also possible to use acid disinfection, laser treatment, cryotherapy.Usually these methods are addressed if drug therapy does not give a result.
During the treatment, in order to prevent the re -infection, it is necessary to disinfect the surfaces with which there were contacts of damaged nails.
It is important to remember that a specialist should prescribe drugs.The car -mediation can aggravate the situation and cause the development of complications.
Alternative products in the fight against the nail fungus
There are a large number of alternative methods to combat a fungal infection.
In popular medicine, they are considered popular and effective procedures that help to eliminate the mushroom:
- compress;
- Bath foot;
- lotions;
- Application of ointments from vegetable products.
Effective antifungal agents of alternative therapy are:
- Garlic ointment.To prepare it, the butter is mixed with grated garlic.Request several hours from the nails concerned.
- Bath with sea salt.Create a warm solution and keep your legs inside for thirty minutes.After the procedure, it is recommended to apply olive oil to the nail.
- Bathroom feet with a decoction of calendula, curtains, field of field or milkweed.
- Compressed of the jump of the mint.A spoonful of salt is mixed with a crushed plant and applied in the problem of the problem for several hours.
- Lotion from Propolis.A cotton mat is wet in tincture and applied to an interested nail.
- Lubrication of a sick nail plate with curtain juice.
- Egg coil mixture.Methods, tar beat and sulfur are added to the protein.Mix thoroughly and applied to the nails.
- Compressed by the ammonia.A spoonful of ammonia has diluted in a glass of water.The material for the procedure is moistened in the liquid.
- Smol apricot.The tincture on alcohol is prepared by the wooden resin, taking the ingredients in equal parts.Using this tool, they make a compress.
- Bath Coffee Bath.Prepare a strong coffee, pour it into a basin.In this tool, it is recommended to steam the legs for twenty minutes.
- Compressed of the tar.For this procedure, take a tar beat.
- Bathroom based on bleach for the oral cavity, apple cider vinegar and lemon juice.
- Compressed by hydrogen peroxide.Before its use, it is recommended to take a sodium bath.
- Attack to the sick nail of the baby food from the onions.
An effective popular care for fungal damage is considered a means of soda and apple cider vinegar.The following ingredients are required for preparation:
- Apple vinegar - 250 ml;
- Food soda - 150 g;
- Water (hot) - 3 l.
The foot baths are made with this medicine.The peculiarity of this procedure is that at the beginning the legs are placed in a vinegar solution for twenty minutes.So, after a while, take a bath with soda.It is recommended to perform the procedure several times a day.
- The compressions can also be made by these ingredients:
- crushed horseradish (root);
- sunflower oil and vinegar (2: 1 product ratio);
- Tea mushroom;
- Mandarin juice;
- tea tree oil;
- Washed mountain ash.
It is recommended to apply these funds to the affected area at night.

Fitherapists are recommended to fill the medicinal herbs crushed in socks with a standing mushroom:
- mint;
- chamomile;
- nettle;
- wise.
The first signs of the disease can be defeated if you steam the legs in a soap solution for laundry.
Prevention measures
It is important to remember that it is possible to use alternative drugs only on well -washed legs.The dead layers must be removed every time using a file or scissors.
To prevent the occurrence of the disease, the following recommendations should be followed:
- Avoid contacts with infected people.
- In the sauna, bathroom, gym, swimming pool, put the disposable rubber slippers.
- Strengthen the immune system.
- Dry the shoes after the walks.
- For pedicure, use sterile tools.
- Wear clean socks in cotton material.
- Clean your legs dry after the bathroom and shower.
- Don't escape someone else's shoes.
- Do not allow burns and freezing.
- After visiting public places like a locker room, a sauna, a bathroom, you should wash your feet well.To do this, it is advisable to use soap for laundry.You can keep one leg in an unconscious hot solution of ration or soda.
- Choose comfortable, natural shoes.
- Follow the correct hygiene of the nails: remove pollution and coating.
- Take the drugs only for the medical prescription.
- Have individual domestic objects (washing canvas, pumice, slippers).
For the prevention of the infection, it is recommended to use a special antifungal paint.
Therefore, it is easy to be infected with a mushroom in public places.To avoid the development of the disease, prevention rules should be followed.
The pathology can be treated with the help of drugs and popular remedies.However, therapy should only be carried out with the doctor's approval.