Between people from different municipalities of the disease, not life-threatening, but expressed serious discomfort. Onychomycosis is the representative of the fungal diseases. It affects the nail plate, completely destroying them. A humid and warm environment ideal for the breeding. The symptoms of nail fungus in the foot, often with the hidden character, and in the end the disease is detected already in race form.
The main types of fungal infections
The nails are affected in different types of fungal infections. More often are dermatophytes. Trichophyton red affects the skin of the hands and feet. Its main manifestations — colored spots a yellow or white nail plates. Gradually square the infection grows, it changes the color of the nail, and begins to pull away from the nail bed. In more severe cases, this leads to a fungus that affects the skin.
Trichophyton Mentagrophytes starts with the tip area, after which it passes over. It has a yellow or white spot that turns into subungual hyperkeratosis. Usually the disease affects only the big fingers or small fingers. The pathogen most actively reproduces in the warmer months.
Much less common Trichophyton purple. It is more widespread in the Far East and in Central Asia. Affects the scalp and more commonly known as ringworm. In the absence of treatment for the nails appear darker lumps.
The fungus under the nails of the feet occurs due to the yeast infection fungi. Agents — candida white candida state. The disease usually appears on a background of already existing onychomycosis.
The main signs of defeat yeast fungi:
- a white coating on the nails, which with time becomes gray;
- the inflammation of the cuticle;
- purulent secretion.
All of these symptoms lead to severe pain. Often yeast fungi become an occupational disease, that develops in people who have a constant contact with the water. In the absence of prompt treatment, the nail plate is thin and depart from the bed.
Even more rare mold. The first is similar to manifestations of candida and usually occur after injury big fingers, and the second color the nails black spots.
Classification fungal defeats
Signs of nail fungus are many. They depend on the form of the disease and its severity. Some doctors share commitment to the containment and the penetration depth:
- When the distal unaltered form the surface of the free edge of the slabs of colour becomes brown or yellow. With time, the surface of the affected area, growth, and the structure of the nail changes and rough, uneven.
- The side form is manifested in the same way, only the affected side of the nail.
- When the proximal form of infection begins with the cuticle. From the skin of the pillow on a white spot, which becomes more and more. The surface becomes cloudy and loses its luster, in more severe cases, begins to crumble.
Some doctors prefer to classify the disease, with particular attention to the degree of thickening of the nail. When normo-trophic form still does not change the size, but are visible outbreaks of the disease. When hypertrophic occurs an excessive growth of the skin, which leads to a thickening of the nail and discomfort when you walk. The atrophic form leads to complete hair loss the nail.
The complexity of the treatment fungal defeat toenails is that in most of the cases the disease is detected at an advanced stage, when it already has atrophy. The first signs of infection — spots or stripes studded dishes. They do not cause any discomfort, because of this that people do not pay attention to the problem in time.
The characteristic symptoms
Determine how nail fungus appears on the legs, it is quite simple: on the plate will appear colored spots, it can warp, layer and away from the nail bed. With the progression of the disease, the side panels red and flake off. Some forms are accompanied by a rash at the tip of the area.
Another characteristic symptom is the sensation of burning and itching. The skin of the lateral shock absorbers thickens, and begins to flake off, after that it appears irritation. Combing only strengthens this unpleasant feeling.
The first sign of nail fungus in the feet is not only a change of color tvs, but also the loss of brightness. Her cloudy, with the progression of the disease becomes gray. When you try to cut actively crumbles and breaks, with the passing of time it make it more difficult. Often the process is accompanied by an unpleasant smell. In advanced cases of the whole of the nail plate thickens so, that can not be cut.
The sensation of pain occur rarely. They may appear due to the fact that the plate thickens and begins to rub on shoes, and it brings discomfort. In some cases, the pressure on the affected area causes the growth of nails into the cushions on the side.
Due to the spread of a dispute in the soft tissue is broken the work of nerve endings. They can cause paroxysmal pain that occurs even at times of rest. In the severe forms of fungi affecting the area between the toes. A rash in the form of small bubbles is of the skin, and when they burst, in their place appear wounds, offering serious discomfort when you walk.
Methods of treatment
To clarify the diagnosis, be sure to spend laboratory diagnostics. She just gives you the ability to locate the causative agent of the disease, and allows you to choose an effective treatment. A complex therapy includes medicines for internal and external use. Ointment applied to clean and dry the area.
The choice depends on the pathogen of the disease. The duration of the course is chosen individually, but usually, missing two months. The treatment must continue even after the disappearance of the symptoms.
Necessarily used oral medications. They are designed to kill the spores of the fungus. During the treatment the patient needs to be regularly published medical and the exams. This will allow you to determine the effectiveness of the treatment.
In rare cases, the use of the surgical removal of affected nails. This method does not eliminate contamination and, therefore, the new plate will also be hit by the athlete. Pedicure — the most indulgent a technique painless that allows you to remove the stratum corneum. The cleaning is carried out once every two weeks until complete removal of the affected layers.