According to scientists, more than half of the populationEarth was faced with such a disease as the nail fungus on its legs. This infection can be infected in public places (showers, gyms, swimming pools, bathhouses) while walking barefoot. Many people repeatedly face such a disease.
In connection with the prevalence of this disease, many people have a problem: how to treat the nail fungus on the legs?
It is possible to get rid of the disease only combining medical treatment with various folk remedies and observing a number of rules.
First, you need to dry your shoes well andinsole. Nail fungus on legs prefers moist and warm environment, and wet shoes will only strengthen the disease. Therefore, it is necessary to dry the shoes well and to insulate the insole. If possible, it should be changed (that is, have several pairs for one season).
When buying is better to choose products from natural leather and fabrics. If such conditions are created, it will be easier for the feet to breathe, which will slow the spread of the fungus.
When you visit a swimming pool or gymalways wear reliable bathing slippers, which you need to shoot as rarely as possible. Thus, the risk of getting nail fungus on the legs is reduced to a minimum.
For the treatment of the disease, internal and external drugs with antifungal effects are used. To external means carry creams, ointments, peeling varnishes and plasters.
Thus, antifungal varnishes ("Batrofen") penetrate deeply into the nail and its bed. Before applying the remedy, remove the infected areas of the nail and degrease them with alcohol.
Plasters and keratolytic creams allow you to remove the affected areas of the nail fungus. They include trichloroacetic or salicylic acid, antiseptics or antifungal components.
On the affected nails impose keratolyticthe patch, which is fixed with an ordinary adhesive plaster, and then bandage. After three days, remove the damaged layer and repeat the procedure. The fungus of toenails is treated in this way for nine to twelve months.
In pharmacies today you can find special kits for treatment. For example, the drug "Mikospor", which contains a scraper, plaster and keratolytic antifungal ointment.
Treatment is made using creams.local effects (means "Terbizil", "Lamisil", etc.), which contain the active substance terbinafine. These drugs must be applied every day to the affected areas. The duration of therapy ranges from three weeks to one and a half months.
If the toenail fungus has appeared, treatmentexternal means effective only in the initial stages. With extensive lesions, it is necessary to take additional drugs inside. Tablets and capsules of general effect stop the development of mycosis and significantly reduce the possibility of recurrence of fungal disease. Medications are taken for two to three months, then a long break is taken and repeated treatment is performed.
Общие препараты для лечения грибка производят на based on ketoconazole, fluconazole, griseofulvin, terbinafine and itraconazole. The most effective and popular are the drugs "Orungal", "Lamisil", "Diflucan". Selection of medicines should be entrusted to a doctor.
Лечить грибок ногтей на ногах помогают и народные methods that should be used in combination with traditional ones. An effective natural remedy is the essential oils, apple cider vinegar, decoctions of herbs, from which daily wiping and baths before a positive result. At bedtime, you can make baths of table salt diluted in boiled water (for 1 liter of liquid, take a tablespoon of salt). This substance is an effective means of eliminating the fungus. After the procedure, wipe your feet dry.
