Toe Nail Fungus Removal- Taking Preventive Measures and Treatment
Toe Nail Fungus (Onychomycosis)
Toe nail fungus is a fungal infection which may affect one or more of the nails. An infection with nail fungus may begin as a white or yellow spot under the tip of a fingernail or toenail. As the nail fungus spreads deeper into the nail, it may cause nail to discolor, thicken and develop crumbling. Toenail fungus treatment Los Angeles can treat this unsightly and potentially painful problem very effectively.
How do they form?
People of all ages, especially, people in their mid forties and fifties are prone to toe nail fungus. Toenail fungus can form due to several different reasons such as:
- Sweaty socks right after exercise or morning walk can cause toe nail fungus. Fungi tend to multiple in dark and moist areas.
- Athlete’s foot if untreated, infection can spread to nails and infect the nail plates of the toes.
- Damage in the nail plate because of ill fitting shoes or stubbing of the toe.
- Damage during a manicure.
- Poor blood circulation, diabetes or HIV along with aging constitute other reasons
Prevention is better than cure
Toenail fungus removal Los Angeles suggests that toenail fungus prevention is easier than its cure. It might not be possible to prevent toenail fungus infections in everyone, but there are ways to reduce a person’s chance to get infected. The following are some of the methods to avoid nail infections: washing hands (and feet) after contacting another person with nail infections, avoiding barefoot in public showers or locker rooms, using antifungal spray or powder in shoes, insisting use of sterilized instruments while getting manicure or pedicure, keeping feet dry and clean, keeping finger and toe nails trimmed etc, are some of them.
Treatment
Creams or liquids can be used to treat toenail fungus that has infected the surface of the nails. But for the fungi that creeps in from the edges and spreads downward, creams and liquids may not serve the purpose. They infect the nail bed (the skin to which the nail is attached) and the matrix (the hidden root of the nail). Toenail fungus treatment Los Angeles oral medication is the only way to reach these areas. These oral medications travel through the bloodstream to the matrix and prevent the fungus from spreading into the new nail growth. They remain in the matrix and bed for months even after one stops taking the drug. Cure rates are as high as 70-80% and relapse rates are low. However, in very severe cases, when toenail fungus is resistant to treatment, toenail fungus removal Los Angeles may involve the removal of the entire toenail surgically.
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