What is Nail Fungus?

Nail fungus is when fungi infect one or more of your toenails or fingernails. A nail fungal infection can start off as a yellow or a white  spot under your toenail or fingernail. As the nail fungus spreads deeper into your nail, it can cause the nail to discolor, thicken and develop crumbling edges. Nail fungus can be a very unsightly and potentially a very painful condition.

These fungal infections usually develop on nails that are continuously exposed to warm, moist environments, a great example here is sweaty shoes and shower floors. Nail fungus is not the same condition as Athlete’s Foot. Athlete’s foot mostly affects the skin on your feet, but at times the two conditions may coexist together, and they can be caused by the same type of fungus.

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What is Nail Fungus?

The main causes of toenail fungus are nail trauma, perspiring feet, poor circulation, foot fungus and a weak immune system.

The proper medical name for Toenail fungus is onychomycosis, but of course more often than not it is simply called “fungal toenails”. Onychomycosis can express itself with both fungus and yeasts conditions in the nail.

Back in 1800s, reported cases of fungal toenails were quite minimal. The increased number of affected people is usually related with much more contact with the fungus through using public wet areas. These include shower rooms at gyms, public hot tubs and saunas and also public swimming pools.

Who Gets Toenail Fungus?

Men tend to get this nail fungus more often than women do. It also affects elderly diabetics. Athletes are more prone to have nail fungus infection. Perspiration inside a person’s shoes together with frequent trauma to the nails adds to the possibility of fungal infection. Athletes who wear loose fitting shoes that allow congestion of the nails next to the shoe and people who wear shoes that are too tight are at greater risk of getting toenail fungus.

An infection with nail fungus can be hard to clear up, and re-infections may happen. But medications are available to help clear up nail fungus.

Which Nail Fungus Treatment Is The Best?

There are many nail fungus remedies and treatments. One of the treatments for fungus is through oral antifungal treatment. The most popular of these nail fungus medications are Sporonox and Lamisil. These medications can be costly and have to be used once a day for three months. The efficiency of these medications can vary from 60 to 80% and the  reappearance time is around 15%. Lamisil has been shown to be the more effective of the two, and it also has less side effects than Sporonox.

Taking these medications has been proven to come with side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, taste disorders and lightheadedness. More serious side effects, but luckily rare are hepatitis and acute hepatic necrosis.

This topical solution can only be purchased with prescription and can also be quite pricey. There are other prescription treatments that are proven to lessen the thickness of nails infected with fungus, such as Keralac Nail Gel and Carmol 40. This can definitely lessen the thickness and yellowing of the nail in some cases.

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