Nail Fungus - Effectiveness of Soak Home Remedies
Nail fungus is not sight that you want to experience especially in the last stages of its development.
It leaves the toes or fingers naked and in very rugged formation.
Nail fungus infection starts with the softening of the nail plate and the cuticle of the nail.
This can happen as a result of physical trauma or chemical effects.
Alternatively, it can be caused by a lose nail bed as a result of an accident.
Once the keratin part of the nail is weakened or the nail not firmly held on the bed, it will allow for fungus such as candidas or dermatophytes to colonize the nail.
The most effective solution to nail fungus is to prevent it.
You can do this by making sure that the feet and fingers are not damp or wet.
Always clean the feet or the fingers/ hands well using soap and dry them using a towel.
You would rather spend a few more minutes of your life after handling water on your feet or hands to dry them rather than spend a longer period of your life nursing toenail and fingernail wounds.
Keeping yourself healthy by managing systemic diseases such as cancer and diabetes would help keep your immunity at its best and therefore prevent fungal infection.
Where the fungal infection has occurred, you need to seek medical attention immediately.
There are both topical medicines that are applied at the point of the infected nail.
If done at the early stages, then there is a chance of healing the nail and also preventing further infection of the adjacent nails.
Alternatively, you can take oral medicines which are designed to take effect against the pores of the fungi in the blood.
These may however be dangerous as they may have serious side effects.
Soaking of your feet in mediums that would destroy the pores or 'eggs' of the fungi is one of the most effective treatment of fungal infection of the nails.
This involves warming some water and adding some solutes that have active action against the fungi.
You can therefore soak your feet or fingers to immerse the nails in saline water.
This is also effective bacteria as is causes osmotic imbalance.
You need to be careful not to cause dehydration of the cells around the toe or finger.
One can also add aloe vera or tea tree to the water for soaking.
These contain essential oils that act against the fungi and the pores.
Home remedies are convenient since you do not have to travel and also cost effective.
It leaves the toes or fingers naked and in very rugged formation.
Nail fungus infection starts with the softening of the nail plate and the cuticle of the nail.
This can happen as a result of physical trauma or chemical effects.
Alternatively, it can be caused by a lose nail bed as a result of an accident.
Once the keratin part of the nail is weakened or the nail not firmly held on the bed, it will allow for fungus such as candidas or dermatophytes to colonize the nail.
The most effective solution to nail fungus is to prevent it.
You can do this by making sure that the feet and fingers are not damp or wet.
Always clean the feet or the fingers/ hands well using soap and dry them using a towel.
You would rather spend a few more minutes of your life after handling water on your feet or hands to dry them rather than spend a longer period of your life nursing toenail and fingernail wounds.
Keeping yourself healthy by managing systemic diseases such as cancer and diabetes would help keep your immunity at its best and therefore prevent fungal infection.
Where the fungal infection has occurred, you need to seek medical attention immediately.
There are both topical medicines that are applied at the point of the infected nail.
If done at the early stages, then there is a chance of healing the nail and also preventing further infection of the adjacent nails.
Alternatively, you can take oral medicines which are designed to take effect against the pores of the fungi in the blood.
These may however be dangerous as they may have serious side effects.
Soaking of your feet in mediums that would destroy the pores or 'eggs' of the fungi is one of the most effective treatment of fungal infection of the nails.
This involves warming some water and adding some solutes that have active action against the fungi.
You can therefore soak your feet or fingers to immerse the nails in saline water.
This is also effective bacteria as is causes osmotic imbalance.
You need to be careful not to cause dehydration of the cells around the toe or finger.
One can also add aloe vera or tea tree to the water for soaking.
These contain essential oils that act against the fungi and the pores.
Home remedies are convenient since you do not have to travel and also cost effective.
