Fungus on the nails of the feet is one of the most common conditions and lends itself to which too little attention until the fungus is already fully developed. It is important to know that it the growth of a fungus is a process slow, usually lasts 3 times more than what lasts a normal nail growth, and this makes that it hinders a lot to time to detect any anomaly on your feet when you realize, it's because you're completely invaded, and that's where you must begin to make you treatments to heal completely from fungi.
The scientific name given to this condition is Onychomycosis, and it is important to have in mind that total eradication is a bit tricky, this due to requires much time and record so that it can be eliminated in its entirety, either will be treat as natural or allopathic treatments.
Causes
One of the causes that produce more mushrooms on your feet is sweating, is for this reason that most of time occurs in summer, in which the feet are exposed to moisture for an extended time, and if you add a greater exposure to swimming pools or showers because the infection will increase significantly. As you must already know fungi reproduce easily in humidity, so your feet must be careful with what as well dry.
Symptoms
Some of the symptoms of fungi so that you have in mind is the change in the color and the thickness of the nail, also sometimes acquire a strong smell, but you should know that fungi reproduce not only nails, but also, between fingers and those should also be quickly treated to avoid all kinds of complications.
A nail with fungal growth is also very slow, which could allow you to find it easily, but the problem is that you're only going to notice until the nail begins to acquire a color and very different to normal thickness, that is why we recommend you to be very attentive to any changes, since this could be decisive at the time to prevent any type of infection or disease.
If suddenly you arrive to be lucky and manage to detect the fungus from the beginning, one of the things you can do is go to a Podiatrist, this will go by removing worn pieces of nail which will allow the growth of a new fully healthy, perhaps this procedure you not look the best, but you should know that if you already have a nail with fungus , it should be removed, since otherwise it can become a very uncomfortable condition.
How to protect your feet?
- It is important that you periodically use a shoe that allows the ventilation in your feet, as the favorite by fungi will always be darkness, humidity and heat, so don't forget to ventilate so your feet.
- Don't walk barefoot in crowded places, some such as gym showers, swimming pools, among others.
- Constantly dry your feet after every shower, and even each have a moisture.
- Expose your feet from time to time directly to the Sun will help eliminate this annoyance.
- As far as possible do not share your shoes with anyone, since you don't know who can be infected from these fungi and very likely if you share shoes will you catch yourself also.
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