How to get rid of toenail fungus quickly at home

The defeat of toenails with a fungal infection is associated not only with external infection, but also with the state of the microflora inside the human body.

As you know, fungi of different species (there are thousands of them) successfully live inside the human body, being conditionally pathogenic 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, then they show their toxic properties and have a negative impact on health.

Onychomycosis (fungal infection of the nails) indicates that the body is not able to resist the fungal infection, maintaining the necessary acid-base balance of the skin and internal environments (pH).

Proper comprehensive treatment will include both external agents and adherence to a specific nutritional protocol that will help reduce the activity of the infection.

Effective treatments

1. Drug therapy.
2. Radical methods with softening and gradual removal of the nail plate.
3. Conservative methods that do not require nail removal: ointments, lotions, compresses, baths.

Antifungal diet

For the duration of treatment, it is recommended to refuse all types of products containing fungal cultures:

• baked goods and bread on yeast dough (you can use bread or yeast-free pita bread);
• almost all types of cheese, except for the Adyghe cheese, mozzarella, feta cheese and burrata;
• fermented milk products (kefir, yoghurts).

You should also limit or temporarilyexclude sugar and any sweets from the diet, as well as sweet fruits and starchy vegetables (potatoes, beets).
These supportive measures will enhance the effect of external drugs, and the treatment will go faster.

Important! If the patient treats anemia and takes iron supplements, then it must be remembered that iron strengthens the protective fungal membrane.

It is best to discontinue these medications during antifungal therapy.

Pharmaceuticals or folk remedies

If the infection is neglected and has already led to deformation of the nail plates, then drug therapy will be more appropriate, they are 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 affect fungi with drug therapy, as it provokes a powerful response from microorganisms, which leads to resistance. The stronger the attempts to remove the fungal infection, the stronger the resistance and resistance to chemical attack. When a doctor selects a drug treatment, he tries to periodically change drugs so as not to provoke addiction.

Treating toenail fungus at home

Treating a fungal infection at home will be beneficial with good hygiene and good practices, but you may need to be patient.

Andriasyan's method

Usually, the infection becomes noticeable after the color or shape of the nails changes. In fact, the fungus grows in the bed under the nail plate, where it enters through the infected sole of the foot or penetrates under the edge of the nail.
That is why the method of doctor Andriasyan is aimed at removing the nail plate and subsequent treatment.
The affected nail is gradually dissolved with a pharmacy product, which is a powder of 15 parts of barium sulphide and 85 parts of talc.

1. The powder is mixed with water, applied to the nail in the form of a gruel for 30-40 minutes, moistening it all the time from a pipette. You can make a small depression in the 5 mm layer of the paste and drip water into it every 3 minutes so that the drug works continuously.
2. The gruel is washed off, the softened layer of the nail is removed with a scalpel, trying not to damage the nail bed, then onycholysin is reapplied. In 2-3 applications, you can remove the entire plate, this is important, since the fungus affects the entire nail tissue.
3. The exposed surface is treated with a 5% iodine solution.
4. Paste on a vaseline base is applied to the nail bed. It is prepared from salicylic, lactic (or benzoic) acid and resorcinol, each ingredient will need 15 g, they need to be mixed with 55 g of petroleum jelly. You can make the paste yourself, all preparations are available at the pharmacy.
   On top of the paste, 2-3 layers of gauze and compress paper are applied, the bandage lasts 48 hours. In 3 applications, the affected surface is completely cleansed of the keratinized layers of the skin and affected tissues.
5. Salicylic petroleum jelly is applied to the bed for another 48 hours under the bandage.
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 the treatment of mycosis

Using herbal fungicides and simple home remedies can help fight fungal infections.
It is important to thoroughly wash your feet before all wellness procedures, trim nails in a timely manner and get rid of the epithelium, as far as the condition of the skin allows.

Table vinegar

Vinegar has a pronounced antifungal effect, since the acidic environment has a destructive effect on the ability of the fungus to reproduce.
For home procedures, you can use apple cider, wine and ordinary vinegar, it is only important to remember the concentration of the substance.
Vinegar essence contains about 70-80% of the substance, it must be diluted with water so as not to get a chemical burn.
Example for 70% vinegar essence:

• to obtain a 3% concentrate, the proportion is 1: 20 (1 part vinegar and 20 parts water);
• 6% acetic acid is diluted 1: 11;
• 9% solution is diluted 1: 7.

It is recommended to start treatment with acetic acid at low concentrations, gradually increasing it to 9%.

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

In the process of treatment, the hardened skin will soften, gradually it can be completely removed.
For 3 liters of heated water, you will need 1 liter of apple cider vinegar or a glass of 3% vinegar essence. Dip clean feet into the bath for 15-20 minutes until the solution cools. After the bath, do not rinse the solution off the skin, let it 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 taken for a long time, it is important to monitor the state of health and the dynamics of recovery.
A slight burning sensation on the surface of the skin is acceptable, but the pain should not be tolerated. If the pain syndrome is severe, it is recommended to reduce the concentration of vinegar or temporarily abandon the baths and use other means.
People with serious violations of the integrity of the skin of the foot (cracks, ulcers) are shown careful use of vinegar baths.

Lotions and compresses.Wet gauze dressings soaked in vinegar solution are applied to the affected surface for 3 hours until dry. It is important not to create a greenhouse effect by covering the dressings with plastic wrap, ventilation is necessary.

First solution:

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

Second solution:

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

The course of treatment will take from 2 months to a year.

If the use of vinegar causes irritation and an allergic reaction, the therapy should be discontinued.

Tea Tree Oil

Tea tree has a powerful fungicidal effect, it contains about a hundred fractions of terpenes - substances that have a toxic effect on fungi and microorganisms.

It is more efficient to use 100% crude oil, rather than cosmetic, it contains 40-50% tea tree oil in half with other vegetable oils.

Undiluted oil is rubbed into the nail plates and the rough skin around them. There is no need to rinse off or wipe off the product, it partially dries, partially penetrates the fabrics. Use the medicine twice a day for 2 months, and longer.

Refreshing baths with warm water and a few drops of tea tree oil can be used to soothe and deodorize the skin.

Hydrogen peroxide

Most often, a standard 3% hydrogen peroxide solution is used in therapy, it is sold in a pharmacy in a ready-made form. Peroxide is known as an antiseptic, hemostatic and deodorant agent, and its antimicrobial and antifungal effects are also known.

Peroxide treatments.

Baths: add 2-3 ml of peroxide to 3 liters of warm water, keep 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 gruel is gently applied with a cotton swab to the affected nail for no more than 5 minutes, then washed off.

Propolis

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

Pharmaceutical preparation of propolis tincture can be used as follows:

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

Lotions are made from a cotton swab soaked in tincture, which is bandaged for several hours (preferably for the whole night).
An ointment can be made from pure, untreated propolis: mix 50 grams of the substance with 100 grams of petroleum jelly. The ointment is generously applied to the affected nail and is gradually absorbed, the residues can be blotted with a paper towel or wait until completely absorbed.

All propolis products are applied daily for 2 months and longer as needed.

Iodine tincture

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

Even if the patient does not have other drugs at hand, he can start treatment using only a pharmacy's alcoholic tincture of iodine.

Iodine Lotions. The therapy is very simple:

It is necessary to soak a cotton pad with tincture and fix it on the affected nail for an hour, trying to avoid getting the substance on the skin. For the skin, iodine is unsafe, it can cause a chemical burn, also avoid contact with mucous membranes.

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

Celandine

Since celandine is a highly toxic herb, a tolerance test must be performed. To do this, a small amount of celandine is applied to the skin of the wrist and wait for a reaction. In case of intolerance, the skin will react with redness, rashes 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 picking off 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. Pure juice is applied to the affected nails for 10-20 minutes, then washed off. You can repeat the procedure every day, but this is only available in the summer.

Celandine oil is sold in a pharmacy and is used for rubbing into the nail plate twice a day, morning and evening. From the product, the nails may turn yellow, this is normal.

Trayswith celandine broth are prepared from dry pharmaceutical raw materials and water.

To begin with, add 7 tablespoons of dry herb to 2 liters of boiling water, the composition is kept in a water bath for 15 minutes.

Then it is filtered and used for a bath, topping up with hot water if necessary. The duration of the procedure is 20 minutes, the broth does not need to be washed off.

Celandine tincture can be purchased at the pharmacy or made by yourself. It is used to treat affected nails, lubricating 2 times a day.

Potatoes

Potato tubers contain substances that can help fight fungal infections, but they are not powerful. Against the fungus, use raw potatoes or potato broth.

It is necessary to grate raw potatoes on a fine grater, apply the resulting gruel to sore nails and bandage for an hour. Rinse with water.

For convenience, you can replace the gruel with thin slices of potatoes.

Option: squeeze the juice out of the gruel, soak cotton pads with it and apply on nails.

Potato broth is used in the form of foot baths after partial cooling. Procedures with potatoes must be carried out every day for 2 months.

The most effective medicines

Pharmaceuticals are essential for the complex treatment of complex advanced infections.

Inside are prescribedtablets or capsules.

Topically applied:

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

If folk remedies can be used relatively calmly, then drug therapy should be prescribed by a doctor, based on the data of analyzes and symptoms. Do not self-medicate and prescribe pills yourself.

The Better Treatments for Nail Fungus

If you are a literate reader, then you start reading from the end. Therefore, especially for you, the main useful conclusions:

• When treating onychomycosis, it is necessary to understand that the fungus always affects the body as a whole, and not any particular part of the body, therefore, complex therapy is needed.
• No remedy can be considered a panacea for fungal infections. You will need drug therapy, simple hygienic everyday procedures, and adherence to a nutritional protocol.
• Many treatment regimens for onychomycosis are designed for up to 2 months, during which time the nail plate has time to completely renew itself. It is important not to quit therapy ahead of time.
• Mycoses are difficult to cure, it is impossible to completely eliminate fungal infections in the human body, but you can significantly reduce the pathogenic effect of fungi and maintain a healthy level of immunity.

Be healthy!