Fungus on the toenails is a common disease that spreads quickly in unsanitary areas, and can also occur due to excessive sweating of the legs, which occurs when wearing shoes from low-quality materials. If personal hygiene rules are not followed, the fungus spreads quickly through the nails. And in such cases it is necessary to undergo long courses of treatment with different medications that do not always help to completely get rid of the disease.

Quite often, a person does not attach importance to the fact that the color of the nail has changed, and its structure has become more fragile or, on the contrary, rigid. Rapid diagnosis of nail fungus, is complicated because nail fungus  has implicit first symptoms.

If you find such signs should begin immediate treatment:

1. The appearance on the nails of white dots, or vertical stripes.
2. Loss of natural shine, and formation of whitish or brownish patches.
3. The nail plate begins to exfoliate.
4. Inflammation of the skin near the nail, and inflammation of the other nails adjacent to the affected area.

As well as the treatment of most diseases, getting rid of this virus can be carried out; at home, using traditional remedies against fungus, it is possible to effectively treat the toenail fungus using the remedies provided by traditional medicine.

It is not necessary to buy a drug that is advertised on TV, as a rule, it is unreasonably expensive and not very effective.

First steps

Diagnostics should be made quickly. It is necessary to apply folk remedies for the treatment of nail fungus , so that the fungus does not have time to settle down in the nail for many years, it should be cured as quickly as possible.

At the first sign, a bath should be made; to do this, add soda solution to the hot water and dissolve a piece of laundry soap. In the resulting solution hold the feet for 15 minutes. Next, you need to wipe your feet dry, then smear with birch tar, and in this form leave your feet for two hours. Purification can also be done with tea tree oil. To do this, using a cotton swab, you need to lubricate the area under the fingernail, to strengthen the effect, you can glue the adhesive tape.

Effective treatments for traditional medicine

Treatment of fungus folk remedies includes a different therapy - from drugs that are freely sold in pharmacies to medicinal plants. Quite often, treatment with folk remedies involves a combination of different methods to achieve the best result.

The main thing in treatment is not to stop and bring the course to the end, because if the fungus is not cured to the end, it can manifest as a relapse, and lead to the defeat of already healthy nails.

It’s not strange that the popular recipes for nail fungus are practically not inferior to traditional medicine, it is possible to treat fingernail fungus successfully and at home without resorting to expensive medicines.

How to quickly cure the fungus? Here is a list of the most effective recipes, what folk remedies can cure nail fungus:

Recipe number 1

Garlic. To get rid of nail fungus will allow a few cloves of regular garlic. It is necessary to steam the nails well beforehand, then you should chop the garlic in such a way that a kind of porridge is obtained, apply the mixture on the area affected by the fungus. Put on a fingertip over the top or bandage with a clean bandage, so leave it at night, only in the morning wash it off and wash your finger with soapy water. This procedure should be carried out every other day, and until the final elimination of the disease.

Recipe number 2

Celandine juice is known for its healing properties  he has a strong antifungal effect, and it is he who will help in the treatment of this disease. In the summer, when celandine is actively flowering, we break the stems and orange (may also take on other shades) juice will flow out at the place of the break. This juice should lubricate the diseased skin, at first you may feel itching, or burning, but after a while it will pass. Repeat this procedure should be every 5-10 minutes and up to 4 times a day. This is very effective treatment a month of this practice will bring a noticeable improvement in the condition of the nail.

Recipe number 3

Probably one of the most effective is considered a recipe for nail fungus with onions. Juice, which should be applied 2 times a day. You can not even flush. Together with this, we use onion peel to make onion oil for it, which will require 2 tbsp. husks. Pour it with ordinary vegetable oil in the ratio of three to one and let it brew for one month with the obligatory shaking of this product. This oil should be applied 3 times a day to the entire area of ​​the nail.

Recipe number 4

The most affordable way to get rid of nail fungus is iodine solution 5%. It has an effective disinfectant and antiseptic properties. Twice a day it should be applied to all areas where there is a fungus. Also, iodine needs to process the skin near the affected areas so that the disease can progress and break into other areas.

Recipe number 5

Eucalyptus is an effective folk remedy against nail fungus. Recipe ointment is very simple, it is easy to make at home. Mix 50 milliliters of eucalyptus oil, with a spoonful of apple cider vinegar and 20 grams of linden honey. After preparation, put in the fridge for 3 days, then nails and inflamed skin should be lubricated once a day. This procedure should not be stopped until a new healthy nail plate grows.

Recipe number 6

It is necessary to treat the fungus not only from the outside, but also from the inside. For this, some mixtures are suitable. medicinal herbswhich should be drunk during the whole stage of treatment. For the preparation of therapeutic broth should be mixed oak bark, calendula flowers, blackberry leaves, and horsetail in equal quantities. After that, every 10 grams you need to pour one glass of water and boil for 20 minutes. The received medicine needs to be taken on one tablespoon 4 times a day. Also using this recipe you can make lotions, the use of which will speed up the restoration of the nail.

Recipe number 7

A decoction of poplar buds is a folk remedy for nail fungus that effectively eliminates most of the symptoms of the disease. To prepare the medicine you need to pour half a glass of kidney with a liter of water and let it stand for 10 days. Ready solution to wipe the affected areas of the fungus and make compresses. The result of this treatment will be noticeable on the second day, the nails will soften a little and a week later a new healthy nail will grow.

Recipe number 8

Coffee as a folk remedy for fungi. For this recipe, you need a liter of boiling water, which you need to pour 7 tbsp. coffee in a ground form. In a slightly cold product, the foot should float for at least 30 minutes. After the end of the procedure, do not wipe your feet, put on dry cotton socks. This will help the skin and nail plate to become softer.

Should know

In any case, before using folk remedies for nail fungus on the legs, it is worth getting a competent recommendation from experts on how to treat nail fungus. This will protect you from actions that could aggravate the situation with the disease. And also the doctor can advise several medical preparations, the use of which will significantly speed up the treatment.

The virus of fungal diseases, like any other virus, often mutates, which means that:

• It is very tenacious and can exist in extreme environmental conditions.
• With frequent mutations, it changes, as the virus develops, it produces immunity to a huge amount of drugs.

All this suggests that it is necessary to apply all available means against the fungus of the toenails and to treat from beginning to end, so that a relapse does not occur. Even if this period has been delayed for months or years, you should not give up and stop treatment. Only regularity will help to get rid of this disease once and for all.

If, nevertheless, you have not recovered and re-infection has happened, then you will have to choose new methods, the benefit of treating nails on your feet with a lot of folk remedies. The main thing that it had a different mechanism of action. After all, there is a huge possibility that microbes already have resistance to the previous medicine.

Treating nail fungus with folk remedies is pretty a good ideaIf you approach this issue with due literacy, you can overcome the disease. The main thing is to develop a treatment plan, try to observe it as much as possible and not lose faith in a speedy recovery.

Every person, every day, being in public places (bath, sauna, hairdresser) risks becoming infected with foot fungus. All types of fungus in medicine are called mycoses. If we are talking about a fungal infection of the nails on the hands or feet, then this is onychomycosis.

Infection occurs through close household contact with a sick person or contact with objects infected with fungus. After infection, the primary signs of the disease do not appear soon, which is why it is very difficult to find the source of infection.

How to prevent infection with nail fungus

The causative agent of nail fungus is very stable in the external environment. His arguments stand high temperature  up to 100⁰С, and low temperatures up to -60⁰С. In many cases, the spores of the fungus are tenacious, even when in contact with modern chemicals for disinfection.

Usually a fungus infection occurs in the dressing room of a bath, pool, gym, on the beach or in the salon for manicure.

About ⅓ of all registered patients with onychomycosis infection occurs in the family when in contact with the source of the disease through common objects: towel, socks, washcloth, shoes, etc.

These simple rules will help you protect yourself from being infected with a nail fungus:

- On the beach (river, lake), wear slippers;

- walk in the closed slippers in the dressing room and the pool;

- never use someone else's shoes;

- dry thoroughly soaked shoes;

- do not wear wet shoes;

- remove from the bathroom porous mats that preserve the spores of the fungus;

- Change daily socks;

- after washing your feet, wipe your feet thoroughly with a clean towel, in particular between the toes;

Treat your feet with powder or antifungal cream;

- With dry skin or excessive sweating, rubbing or abrasions occur, which need to be treated with brilliant green or iodine;

- use only your tools for pedicure and manicure (scissors, nail files, etc.);

Take steps to conduct a thorough disinfection treatment of the bath room if someone in the family gets sick with onychomycosis.

Can use for this mixture washing powder  with chloramine or bleach in equal proportions (1: 1). Exposure of disinfection for at least thirty minutes, then rinse everything under running water. Only chloramine or bleach can be used.

For a patient with fungal disease, select a separate washcloth and other hygiene items. Disinfect the washcloth in a 5% solution of chloramine for one hour or more.

Personal linen infected with fungus (underwear and bedding, socks, pantyhose, etc.) boil twenty minutes in a 2% solution of soda and laundry soap.

Then iron a hot iron. After application, put pedicure scissors (manicure) in alcohol and pierce it over the burner flame.

After entering the body, the fungus begins to adapt. Inflammatory process  starts with defeat big fingers  feet. During one year, the pathogen of infection destroys the nail plate, a species that changes dramatically:

- acquires a yellowish-brown color;

- thickens;

- the edges of the nail crumble

How does the color change . In a healthy person, the nail is translucent, capillaries are visible, which give it a light pink color.

The infected nail changes its color to yellow, black or brown. Under the nail plate, there is a gap containing the fungus and other pathogens.

Crumbling  . In the absence of complex treatment, the fungus affects the entire thickness of the nail, which constantly crumbles and collapses.

Launched toenail fungus gradually becomes chronic. The pathogen penetrates deep into the body, affecting internal organs  and causing an allergic reaction.

Types of nail fungus

Mold fungus . It is found in debilitated patients with various chronic diseases. Affected nails become greenish, yellow, bluish and may even turn black. Gradually, the entire nail plate becomes bright yellow.

Yeast Fungi . The infected nail is uneven, covered with waves and furrows, turns yellow or becomes brown, may fall off. Nail rollers thicken, the inner surface is bent.

After examining the patient and clarifying the diagnosis, the doctor may prescribe the following drugs (ointment) for external use: Clotrimazole, Terbinafine, or Micoderil.

The cost of these funds is low and can be successfully treated without running forms  diseases.

In cases where nail plates  inflamed, and the use of funds for external use was ineffective, the patient is prescribed medication for oral administration: Griseofulvin, Flucostat, Itraconazole, Rumikoz, Atifin, Nizoral.

The mechanism of action of these drugs is the penetration of the active substance into the nail, delaying the growth and reproduction of the fungus. Comprehensive treatment  nail fungus may last 12 months or more.

In the late forties of the last century, the government issued a decree on the development of low-cost, but effective drugenhancing immunity in a person affected by radiation or working in hazardous areas.

In 1947, in the Scientific Center for Veterinary Medicine (VIEV) under the guidance of Ph.D. Dorogov A.V. a unique preparation was obtained - Dorogov's antiseptic-stimulator (ASD-fraction).

Currently, ASD-3 is produced continuously and is sold in veterinary pharmacies and hospitals for external use.

The drug has antiseptic, wound-healing and stimulating properties. Its only drawback is a sharp unpleasant smell.

The ASD-3 fraction was used in folk medicine to treat the nail fungus on the legs: the affected areas are pre-washed with warm water and laundry soap, then lubricated with the SDA-3 undiluted 2-3 times a day.

As you know, propolis is a product of beekeeping. It contains beneficial trace elements, the secret of the bee's salivary glands, tannins, it has a characteristic aromatic smell.

How to make propolis ointment . Cool in the refrigerator, grind on a grater, add vegetable oil, heated to 60 ° C.

Stir for about ten minutes, cool and filter the mixture. The medicine is stored in a glass jar under the lid. Lubricate the affected nails twice a day (in the mornings and evenings), cover with 3-4 layers of gauze and fix with adhesive tape.

Propolis tincture . It is necessary to dissolve crushed propolis in 90% alcohol before receiving the ointment.

Apply the ointment with a thin layer, cover the nails with wax paper and fix with a plaster. The course of treatment lasts fourteen days.

Nail Treatment with Apple Vinegar

Recipe number 1

Every three days, hover your legs in a basin, after adding half a glass to the water.

Recipe number 2

Mix in equal proportions taken iodine tincture and apple cider vinegar. The resulting mixture lubricate the nail plate on the legs twice a day for six months.

Recipe number 3

Place one fresh chicken egg in a container and keep until completely dissolved in 150 ml of acetic essence. Add 100 g of unsalted butter and whip the mixture until a paste is made. Apply the medicine on your nails at night.

Recipe number 4

The medical mix consists of 2 p. apple cider vinegar, chopped garlic cloves, 10 drops. Stir all ingredients thoroughly. The tool is applied to the affected nails 2 or once a day.

Recipe number 5

Steam the feet in hot water with baking soda, soap, and table salt. Cut nails gently to a healthy surface with nail scissors. Now apply a compress - a piece of gauze soaked in apple cider vinegar, strengthen with adhesive tape or a bandage. Repeat the treatment until a clean, healthy nail appears.

Do not allow re-infection - process the inner surface of the shoe with apple cider vinegar or 0.5% bleach solution; Change daily socks.

Treatment of toenail fungus folk remedies

We offer you the most effective folk recipes that you can easily apply at home:

Grass St. John's wort . Lubricate problem areas twice a day with fresh sap of the plant, you can put your feet in the bath with a decoction or.

Celandine large . It is necessary to lubricate the nail plate with fresh juice.

Ginger  . Apply to the juice of ginger (you can also have a thin plate). Apply several times with an interval of 5-10 minutes, without washing it with water.

Tea tree oil . Lubricate the fungus on the legs several times with oil or mixed with sweet almond oil.

Iodinol  . Apply the cotton wool moistened in the solution to the nail and fix with adhesive plaster. Bandage change daily.

Apply a piece of gauze soaked in any vegetable oil for several days in a row. Soon your amazed the nail will come down  no pain and start growing healthy.

Stale butter . Place a piece of rustic butter in a small plate on the windowsill.

The medicine will be ready for the treatment of toenail fungus in a couple of weeks. Lubricate the nails overnight and put on plastic cellophane.

Ground coffee . Boil strong coffee, cool it and immerse the sick nails there, trying not to stir the sediment.

Tincture of iodine . Treat affected nails in the morning and in the evening for twenty days with alcohol 5-10% tincture of iodine.

Tea Mushroom  . Attach a plate to the affected nail. kombucha  for the night, wrap in cellophane, perebintuyte.

In the morning, rinse with warm water and smear with tincture of iodine. Soon you will begin to grow quite healthy nail.

Fungus of toenails is treated at home using baths:

- dissolve in a liter of warm water, 5 g of edible soda and 3 g of sodium chloride; place your feet in the bath for twenty minutes, then rinse your feet with warm water.

- brew in one liter of boiling water 2 l. leaves of eucalyptus and 3 l. pedunculate oak bark. Let stand for a few minutes and filter. Pour the infusion into the bath with warm water and place the foot for 20 minutes.

Today for many is one of the most pressing. The fact is that this sore is very slowly cured and, moreover, the probability of a relapse is high. Onychomycosis (the scientific name of nail fungus) is caused by a very tenacious infection that affects not only the nails, but also the skin of the feet. Therefore, in the fight against this problem, it will be most effective to use a set of means, in particular, the means recommended by traditional medicine. Despite the fact that physicians are often skeptical of self-treatment, many have managed to get rid of the fungus once and for all by such methods.

On the toenails, without resorting to the help of special and often expensive drugs that modern pharmacology offers?

How to treat nail fungus? Iodine will help you!

It can be said that iodine is the first helpers in the fight against fungus. A five percent solution of this substance is recommended to process nails affected by fungus. And this should be done every day, morning and evening. A few days after starting to use iodine, a slight burning sensation should be felt in the affected areas. This means that the treatment of your disease is effective. But if the burning sensation increases, then treatment with iodine should be carried out less frequently. And the whole course of treatment with this remedy is 20 days.

How to treat nail fungus? Propolis will help you!

Defeating the fungus is possible with the help of propolis. To do this, apply tampons moistened with a 20% tincture of propolis or its extract on the affected areas every day. As a result of such manipulations, the diseased nail will disappear, and in its place a new and healthy one will grow.

How to treat nail fungus? Kombucha will help you!

Decent place in a row folk remedies  treatment of fungus on the nails takes Kombucha. From the plate of this fungus it is necessary to make compresses on sore nails, and wrap cellophane on top or cling film. Secure this bandage with a bandage and put on socks. keep all night, and the next morning, treat the affected areas by washing them with warm water, carefully removing the dead particles and smearing the nail plates with iodine. It should be immediately noted that the use of a fungus such as Kombucha, often causes strong pain sensations. On the other hand, it is he who helps to achieve a stable and fast recovery. An even, healthy nail will soon grow on the affected area. To achieve the effect of treatment, as practice shows, it is enough to carry out no more than five procedures.

How to cure others folk recipes

Rowan leaves. Collect fresh leaves from mountain ash, wash, intensively rub them, put on the affected places and secure with a bandage bandage. Such a compress do at night.

Egg-oil mixture. Raw egg, sunflower oil (1 tablespoon) and dimethyl phthalate (1 teaspoon) mix and put on the places affected by fungus. Leave the rest of the mixture in the refrigerator. Wrap your nails in cellophane and put on your socks. Leave the mixture on its feet for the night. The course of such treatment lasts from three to four days, after which the diseased nails will peel off, in their place the healthy and smooth nails will grow.

Well, and finally, I want to give some advice on how to protect yourself from such a problem as a nail fungus. In no case do not wear other people's shoes and shoes. After walking barefoot (for example, on the beach) or visiting the pool, be sure to take a shower and treat your feet with an antiseptic. When purchasing a new shoe in the store, remember that other people could try it on you - always carry your socks with you on trying on and also when you come home, disinfect your nails and feet. Disinfect and dry your own wearable shoes at least once a week. Also know that open shoes, sandals, etc. in public transport can be dangerous not only injuries of the lower extremities, but also infection of the fungus of the toenails. Health to you and your legs!

Nail fungus  - A common disease in which nails on the hands and feet are affected by expanding colonies of the fungus. According to statistics fungal disease  nails appear in every fifth person on earth. According to the official and traditional medicine, the nail fungus and its treatment must be under the most serious control until full recovery, otherwise the disease will relapse with a longer and more extensive lesion of the nails.

It is very easy to get infected with a fungus: it’s enough to go to the pool, sauna, walk barefoot on the beach, do a pedicure or manicure with unclean tools, put on the shoes of another person who already has a fungal disease.

The nail, which is affected by the fungus, begins to exfoliate, break, crumble, it is often deformed, becomes dull, changes color to gray, brown, yellow.

As a rule, fungal nail diseases most often men, but also women can “catch” this unpleasant disease.

Treatment must be taken from the first symptoms of the disease, because the fungal infection never goes away by itself. After a time, the process can spread to all the nails of the legs and hands, changing their color, making it thick and crumbly. Not only is the sight of such nails far from aesthetic, a patient with a fungal infection becomes a direct source of infection with a nail fungus for others.

Nail fungus affects not only the nail plate - very often the patient is found to have low hemoglobin, he often gets sick catarrhal diseases  - and this means that a person has problems with the immune system.

  Nail fungus and its treatment

For the treatment of nail fungus, there are many schemes, for this the doctor conducts research on the identification of the type of fungal infection and takes into account the degree of damage, age and health of the patient with a fungal infection. In the dermatological clinic, where you need to turn immediately after the first symptoms of the disease are detected, special ointments and medications, make cosmetic cleaning of the nail bed. Treatment of nail fungus should be comprehensive and regular, until the fungal infection is completely cured.

At home, simultaneously with the start of treatment, you need to take care not to infect other members of the family with fungus. To do this, you need to wear only your shoes, use individual towels, carefully disinfect the bath and the floor in the bathroom. Shoes and socks should be made from natural materials that do not create a "greenhouse effect."

ethnoscience  - nail fungus and its treatment

1)   For 20 days, on nails affected by the fungus, drip 5% solution of iodine in the morning and evening. After 5 days, a slight burning sensation will appear in the tissues near the nail - this means that the treatment is going well. After 20 days will begin to grow healthy nailswithout fungus.

2)   Mix 2 tbsp. alcohol with 2 tbsp. acetic acid (essences) and 1 tbsp. glycerol. At night, use a cotton swab to apply the solution to the affected nail, let it air dry and wear cotton socks. On the okolonogtevye rollers in order to avoid burns should be applied fat cream. Procedures to perform within a month.

3)   To wipe a fresh sheet of burdock with a dry cloth (do not wash it!), Break the veins on it on the reverse side with a hammer, roll it flat, but not to tear the sheet. Put the foot on the sheet, wrap the foot with the sheet and put the sock on top or fasten it with a bandage. This procedure is carried out twice a day, morning and evening, for three weeks. Such compresses of burdock treat nail fungus, foot fungus, and also help to get rid of cracks on the heels.

4)   Every day, place a cotton pad moistened with a 20% alcoholic propolis tincture overnight on a sore nail, covering it with cellophane and fixing it with a bandage. Treatment is carried out within a month.

5)   Apply pieces of tea fungus to the affected nails at night, covering it with cellophane and fixing it with a bandage. In the morning, remove the bandage, wash your feet with warm water with the addition of two tablespoons of soda to 3 liters of water, wipe dry with a towel and apply iodine on the nail and periungual tissue. The procedure is performed daily, until the fungus is completely cured.

6) Daily for the feet to do the bath with warm water, dissolving in it sea salt - 2 tbsp. on 1 liter of water. Keep the feet in the solution for 15 minutes, the number of procedures - from 10 to 20.

7) Fresh juice  plants celandine lubricate the affected nails 3 times a day for two to three months.

8)   Daily make foot baths. In 3 liters of water with a temperature of 40 degrees add 2 tbsp. soda and 2 tbsp. rubbed on a tar tar soap. Keep your feet in the bath for 15 minutes, then blot them with a towel and smear the affected nails alcohol tincture  propolis or iodine. Foot baths do daily for several months, until complete recovery.

9)   Take fresh rowan leaves, grind them until the juice appears, apply to affected nails, fix with a bandage. In the morning remove the bandage, and do not wash off the rowan juice. The procedure is done daily until complete disposal of the fungus.

10)   Mix in equal proportions freshly squeezed carrot juice and vinegar essence. At bedtime, after foot baths, apply a solution with a cotton swab onto affected nails. Treatment should be carried out daily, until complete disposal of the fungus.

11)   A handful of peppermint leaves must be finely chopped, add 3 tbsp to the mixture. salt, knead well. At night, apply the mixture to the affected areas of the nails and feet, fixing with a bandage and putting on cotton socks. The procedure is performed daily for a month.

12)   A day later, you need to do foot baths with euphorbia. 2-3 plants with roots rinse from the ground, put in a bowl and pour 3 liters of water. Cover with a lid and wrap for 1 hour. Without taking out a plant. Dip your legs in a bowl and hold for 30 minutes. Dry your feet with a towel, trim your nails gently with scissors and smear with iodine. Baths with spurge to do in 2 days.

  Disinfection methods for fungal diseases

Bath, shower pan to handle a mixture of detergent and chloramine, diluted to the consistency of sour cream.

Bed linen, socks every evening, ironing a hot iron. Bed linen, socks, foot towel should be boiled for 15 minutes in a solution, to which rubbed soap (1 tbsp per 1 liter of water) and soda (2 tbsp per 1 liter of water) are added.

Shoes handle apple cider vinegar. To do this, wipe the shoes from the inside with a cotton swab dipped in vinegar, put a cotton swab dipped in apple vinegar and slightly wrung out every evening, and put the shoes in a plastic bag and tie tightly. In the morning, to eliminate the smell of vinegar, shoes from the inside can be cleaned with a tampon dipped in liquid ammonia.

Scissors for trimming nails, tweezers should be rinsed with medical alcohol, and before use, hold over a gas stove burner flame.

The official and traditional medicine of the nail fungus and its treatment are proposed to be closely monitored from the very first symptoms of the disease, and the use of traditional medicine methods in parallel with the prescribed treatment by a dermatologist.