Fungal infection of nail

Today i am gonna share with you a very important topic that is fungal infection of nail.for a few days i observed some changes in my toes.as i am a medical student i got to know about this..and it is a very common disease among the people.so i thought why not i share this with you about my knowledge and experience.i hope you like it

Fungal infection of nail or in medical terms it is known as onychomycosis.it is a type of fungal infection of nail that affects finger nail and toes of foot.commonly it affects the toe of foot.it caued by the some group of fungas commonly dermatophyte yeast and molds.

Risk factor:old age

Bare foot

Diabetes mellitus

Any nail or skin injury

How would you know that it is onychomycosis..lets know it

Symptom:

White and yellow spot in the nail..

Broken nail

Shape will be distorted

Thickenned nail

Here is my toes picture..that i have been suffering.i hope you will understand better.

Mine is painless ..in rare cases it causes pain

What you do in this condition:

Though it not cause severe illness ..but you have to visit doctor if you have pain and severe disturbance.i regularly apply anti fungal drug on it..it improve this condition..

How you prevent it: regular some small measures of your lifestyle can prevent this condition please follow this

1. Regular washing of hand and feet properly

2. Regular trimming of nail and of course after use It must be disinfected

3. Keep your nail size small and dont use artificial nail

4. Dont wear tight shoes and use sweat absorbing shoes.

5. Dont wear the socks through out the day

I hope you all like my post.and you will be benefited by this..in this corona crisis this measure will also help you to be healthy.

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