Fungal infections manifest in different ways and can affect many organs and parts of the body.The most common appearance is the fungus of the legs.In each case, the infection rate is an individual, depending on many factors: the resistance of the immune system, such as pathogens, lifestyle, and the age of the patient.
Furthermore, the concept of leg fungi is scalable because the disease can touch the feet, fingers or space between the fingers, fingers or nails.In each case, there are individually effective ways to fight fungi.
The main symptoms of fungal infection
It is necessary to diagnose the disease accurately before starting treatment.In some cases, treatment is useless in the long term because the symptoms of fungal infection are similar to those of psoriasis or bacterial infection (streptococcus, staphylococci infection).
The best choice to determine the disease is to isolate the lesion or to the laboratory analysis of the skin (nail).This approach not only allows elimination of a specific pathogen, but also determines its sensitivity to one or another drug.
If there is no possibility of accessing a lab, you can see photos of the fungus on the internet and compare it to your situation.
Signs of disease
You also need to know its main characteristics:
- Itching;
- Skin peeling;
- The appearance of small cracks;
- Wet injury;
- combustion;
- The feeling of pain when palpating or walking;
- a specific smell of rot;
- The appearance of thickening of the skin.
Damage to the nail plate can be observed, depending on the fungal stage on the legs:
- color changes or spots;
- Thickened along the edge;
- Separation;
- deformation;
- The distance of pus.
During the last overlooked phase, you can observe a complete wipe of your nails.In this case, treatment does not guarantee that the new nail will have a normal aesthetic form.
Causes the appearance of fungi
No one is immune to fungal infections.Often, several basic causes of fungi appearing on the legs are distinguished, and two factors come from the human environment and internal processes within the body.
But often, this disease makes oneself feel, and at some point when several triggers interact, they can be attributed to them:
- Wear the same pair of shoes for a long time;
- Visit the public bathroom, sauna, swimming pool;
- Infected by pedicure instruments;
- Use someone else’s shoes or socks;
- prolonged antibiotic treatment;
- Violating the integrity of the skin;
- Immunity may decline seasonally with HIV background.
Risk Group
There are also risk groups for people exposed to fungal infections:
- Patients with endocrine diseases (diabetics, thyroid disease patients);
- People who are overweight;
- Sweet lover;
- Used for artificial feeding babies.
Fungal treatment
To avoid recurrence, doctors recommend resorting to complex therapies, i.e. directly using medications in the damage area and inside.How to deal with fungi on legs depends mainly on their spreading stage.
In advanced cases, medication is usually powerless, and the soreness of the feet is cut surgically.This is why it is important to start treatment early and the first symptoms appear.
To understand how to effectively fight fungi at home, you need to keep the following rules in mind:
- In no case should you take antibiotics;
- You cannot independently remove the dead area and try to remove the pus (this kind of procedure should only be done under sterile conditions in the clinic);
- You can't use cosmetics (decorate nail polish, scrub, moisturizer to stop)
- Salon pedicures (medical) are strictly prohibited.
Traditional treatment methods
Traditional treatments have shown the use of antifungal external drugs, tablets, immunostimulators and fungi varnishes.
This treatment is performed for a long time and usually lasts for several weeks after all symptoms of the disease disappear.
In the case of observation of foot fungi, antifungal drugs are administered only after the exfoliation of the keratinized cell layer.
This process must be performed very carefully so that the cells of the infected epithelium do not spread into the air to provide furniture and clothing.
Use a special tool to soften the skin to remove the character area.First, after applying the ointment, you need to fix the legs in hot water and leave them for a while (3-4 hours).
Some of the above drugs can cause allergic reactions.In the latter case, the doctor prescribed antihistamines (anti-allergicity).