How to quickly get rid of nail fungus at home

Defeating a nail with a fungal infection is related not only to the external infection but also to the condition of the microflora in the human body.

As you know, fungi of different species (there are thousands of them) live successfully in the human body, opportunistic organisms. This means that they are not dangerous as long as the population is kept at an acceptable level. If there are too many of them, they show their toxic properties and have a negative effect on health.

Onchomycosis (fungal infection of the nails) indicates that the body is unable to resist fungal infection while maintaining the necessary acid-base balance (pH) of the skin and internal environment.

Appropriate comprehensive treatment includes both external agents and adherence to a special nutritional protocol that helps reduce the activity of the infection.

Effective treatments

1. Medication.
2. Radical methods by softening and gradually removing the nail plate.
3. Conservative methods that do not require nail removal: ointments, body lotions, compresses, baths.

Antifungal diet

It is recommended to reject all products containing mushrooms during the treatment period:

• baked goods and bread on yeast dough (you can use bread or pita bread without yeast);
• almost all types of cheese, with the exception of Adyghe cheese, mozzarella, feta cheese and burrata;
• fermented dairy products (kefir, yogurts).

You should limit or temporarily excludesugar and all sweets from your diet, as well as sweet fruits and starchy vegetables (potatoes, beets).
These supportive measures will increase the effect of external medications and treatment will be faster.

Important! If the patient is treating anemia and taking iron supplements, it should be reminded that iron strengthens the protective fungal membrane.

It is best to stop these medicines during antifungal therapy.

Pharmaceuticals or folk remedies

If the infection is neglected and has already led to deformation of the nail plates, drug therapy will be more appropriate, able to suppress the activity of the fungal colony.

For minor initial symptoms, you can try home remedies with folk remedies.

Many experts are of the opinion that it is quite dangerous to influence fungi with drug therapy, as this triggers a strong response of microorganisms, which leads to resistance. The stronger they try to remove the fungal infection, the stronger the resistance and resistance to chemical attacks. When a doctor chooses a drug treatment, he or she tries to change medications regularly so as not to cause addiction.

Treating nail fungus at home

Treating fungal infections at home with good hygiene and good practices can be beneficial, but you need to be patient.

Andriasyan method

Usually, the infection becomes noticeable after the nails change color or shape. In fact, the fungus grows in the bed under the nail plate, where it enters through the infected sole or penetrates under the edge of the nail.
Therefore, Andriasyan's doctor's method is to remove the nail plate and the subsequent treatment.
The affected nail is gradually dissolved with a pharmaceutical agent consisting of 15 parts barium sulfide and 85 parts talc powder.

1. The powder is mixed with water and applied to the nail in the form of crumbs for 30-40 minutes and moistened continuously with a pipette. You can make a small indentation in the 5 mm layer of paste and drop water every 3 minutes to keep the medicine working.
2. The crushed stone is washed off, the softened layer of the nail is removed with a scalpel and an attempt is made not to damage the nail bed, and then onicolysin is applied. You can remove the entire plate in 2-3 applications, this is important as the fungus affects the entire nail tissue.
3. The exposed surface is treated with 5% iodine solution.
4. The paste on the Vaseline base is applied to the nail bed. Made from salicylic acid, lactic acid (or benzoic acid) and resorcinol, each ingredient requires 15 g and must be mixed with 55 g of Vaseline. You can make the paste yourself, all preparations are available at the pharmacy.
   2-3 coats of gauze and compressed paper are applied to the top of the paste, the setting lasts for 48 hours. In 3 applications, the affected surface is completely cleansed of keratinized layers of skin and affected tissues.
5. Salicyl Vaseline is applied to the bed for an additional 48 hours during bonding.
6. The nail bed is treated with iodine tincture 1-2 times a day until the nail is restored.

Fast and effective alternative recipes for treating mycosis

Using herbal fungicides and simple home remedies can help fight fungal infections.
It is important to wash your feet thoroughly before each wellness procedure, cut your nails in time and get rid of the epidermis as much as your skin condition allows.

Table vinegar

Vinegar has a pronounced antifungal effect, as the acidic environment has a destructive effect on the fungus's ability to reproduce.
For home procedures you can use apple cider, wine and ordinary vinegar, just remember to note the concentration of the substance.
Vinegar essence contains about 70-80% of the substance, it must be diluted with water to avoid chemical combustion.
Example of 70% vinegar essence:

• To prepare a 3% concentrate, the ratio is 1: 20 (1 part vinegar and 20 parts water);
Dilute 6% acetic acid 1: 11; Dilute the 9% solution 1: 7.

It is recommended to start with a low concentration of acetic acid, gradually increasing to 9%.

Trays.Before using this method, wash your feet thoroughly, cut your nails and remove the keratinized epithelium as much as possible.

During the treatment, the hardened skin will soften, it will be possible to gradually remove it completely.
3 liters of heated water requires 1 liter of apple cider vinegar or a glass of 3% vinegar essence. Wash clean feet in the bath for 15-20 minutes until the solution cools. After bathing, do not rinse the solution off the skin, allow it to dry.

A few drops of iodine, manganese crystals or tea tree oil can be added to the bath to enhance the antifungal effect.

Baths can be used for a long time, it is important to monitor your health and the dynamics of healing.
A slight burning sensation on the skin surface is acceptable, but pain should not be tolerated. If the pain syndrome is severe, it is recommended to reduce the concentration of vinegar or temporarily leave baths and use other means.
The careful use of vinegar baths in case of severe violation of the integrity of the skin of the foot (cracks, ulcers) is demonstrated.

Body care and compresses.Wet gauze dressings soaked in vinegar were placed on the affected surface for 3 hours. It is important not to create a greenhouse effect by covering the bandages with a plastic cover, ventilation is required.

First solution:

• 100 ml of water.
• A few drops of iodine.
• a teaspoon of vinegar.

Second solution:

• 2 tablespoons water.
• tablespoons glycerin.
• 2 tablespoons 3% vinegar.

The course lasts from 2 months to one year.

If the use of vinegar causes irritation and an allergic reaction, stop therapy.

Tea Tree Oil

tea tree has a strong fungicidal effect, containing about a hundred fractions of terpenes - substances that are toxic to fungi and microorganisms.

It is more effective to use 100% crude oil instead of cosmetics, half of which contains 40-50% tea tree oil along with other vegetable oils.

Undiluted oil is rubbed into the nail plates and the rough skin around them. No need to rinse or wipe the product, it dries in part and penetrates the tissues. Use the drug twice a day for 2 months and beyond.

A refreshing soak in warm water and a few drops of tea tree oil can be used to soothe and deodorize the skin.

Hydrogen peroxide

The most common 3% hydrogen peroxide solution used in therapy is sold ready-made in a pharmacy. Peroxide is known as an antiseptic, hemostatic and deodorant agent, and its antimicrobial and antifungal activity is also known.

Peroxide treatments.

Baths: add 2-3 ml of peroxide to 3 liters of warm water, keep the feet in the solution for 10-15 minutes, then dry them without wiping.

You can buy hydrogen peroxide in powder or tablet form, add a little water to the substance to turn it into a slurry. This bag is gently applied to the affected nail with a cotton ball for up to 5 minutes and then washed off.

Propolis

Propolis is a gummy sticky substance that bees make from pollen using their own enzymes. Thanks to its unique chemical composition, it successfully fights fungal infections.

Propolis tincture can be used as follows:

Trays are made at a rate of 1 teaspoon of product / 1 liter of hot water. It should be tolerable but hot to keep the feet in liquid for 20 minutes. It is important not to rinse the solution off your feet.

Body lotions are made from a cotton ball soaked in tincture and tied for several hours (preferably overnight).
Ointment can be made from pure, untreated propolis: mix 50 grams with 100 grams of Vaseline. The ointment is applied generously to the affected nail and is gradually absorbed, the residue can be wiped off with a towel or wait until it is completely absorbed.

All propolis products are used daily for 2 months and longer if needed.

Iodine tincture

The use of iodine complex has already been noted in the composition of various products. Iodine can coagulate (stick) to protein: fungi made up of protein compounds stick together and die.

Even if the patient has no other medicine on hand, they can only start treatment with the pharmacy's alcoholic iodine tincture.

Iodine creams. The therapy is very simple:

Soak a cotton pad with tincture and apply for one hour to the affected nail to avoid contact with the skin. Iodine is unsafe for the skin, it can cause chemical burns, also avoid contact with mucous membranes.

A slight burning sensation is appropriate. The procedure can be performed every day for 1, 5-2 months.

Celandin

Because celandine is a very toxic herb, a tolerance test should be performed. To do this, apply a small amount of product containing celandine to the skin of the wrist and wait for the reaction. In case of intolerance, the skin will react with redness, rash and itching, a few minutes will be enough.

With good tolerance, celandine can be used in the form of juice, decoction, oil or tincture.

You can make your own

juiceby taking off the fresh grass and rubbing it well with rubber gloves. This juice cannot be stored for a long time, it is better to prepare each portion separately. Apply the clear juice to the affected nails for 10-20 minutes and then wash off. You can repeat the procedure every day, but this is only available in the summer.

Celandine oil is sold in pharmacies and is used twice a day, morning and evening, to rub into the nail plate. The nails may turn yellow from the product, this is normal.

Celandin-brewed

traysare made from dry pharmaceutical ingredients and water.

First, add 7 tablespoons of dry herb to 2 liters of boiling water, keep the preparation in a water bath for 15 minutes.

It is then filtered and used for bathing, filled with hot water if necessary. The duration of the procedure is 20 minutes, the broth does not need to be washed.

Celandin tincture can be purchased at the pharmacy or prepared yourself. It is used to treat affected nails, lubricated twice a day.

Potatoes

Potato tubers contain substances that can help fight fungal infections, but are not strong. Use raw potatoes or potato soup against the mushrooms.

The raw potatoes should be grated on a fine grater, and the resulting crumb should be applied to the sore nails and bandage for one hour. Rinse with water.

For convenience, you can replace the dough with thin potato slices.

Option: squeeze the juice out of the oatmeal, soak it in cotton pads and apply to the nails.

Potato soup is used in the form of foot baths after partial cooling. Procedures with potatoes should be performed daily for 2 months.

The most effective drugs

Medications are essential in the complex treatment of complex advanced infections.

Inside tablets or capsules are prescribed.

Applied Locally:

ointments and creams;
• varnishes;
• solutions;
• natural preparations.

If folk remedies are relatively safe to use, medication should be prescribed by a physician based on analysis and symptom data. Do not self-medicate and prescribe pills yourself.

Better treatment of nail fungus

If you're literate, you'll start reading from the end. Therefore, especially for you, the most important useful conclusions are:

• In the treatment of onychomycosis, it should be understood that the fungus always affects the whole body and not any part of the body, so complex therapy is needed.
• No drug is considered a panacea for fungal infections. You will need medication, simple hygienic daily procedures, and adherence to a nutrition protocol.
• Many treatments for onychomycosis are designed for up to 2 months, during which time it is time for the nail plate to regenerate. It is important not to stop therapy prematurely.
• Mycoses are difficult to cure, impossible to completely eliminate fungal infections in the human body, but can significantly reduce the pathogenic effects of fungi and maintain a healthy level of immunity.

Be healthy!