Get Social! Request an Appointment New Patient Forms. Phone Directory. There are also over-the-counter ultra-violet products that can prove effective in eliminating fungus. Switch Up Your Shoes: Wearing the same shoes every day can build up moisture from sweat, which creates a perfect environment for fungus.
Listen to your mom! Another way to get a fungal infection is by sharing items such as towels, toenail clippers, shoes, or socks. Be sure to put on those silly little sockies at the shoe store before you try on new shoes. And you thought that pedicure was your big reward! Unfortunately for you, toe fungus was the prize. Some salons do not sanitize their equipment properly between clients. Additionally, when pedicurists cut the cuticle, they leave your skin open to infection by sneaky fungus.
Those killer stilettos pose a peril to your toes. Wearing tight shoes or hosiery which have been squeezing your toes and traumatizing them, leaves them open to infection. People with weakened immune systems, poor circulation, or diabetes are more likely to get infected. Men are more likely to be infected than women. Women often wear open-toed shoes, so maybe they air their feet out more.
Fungus grows in warm, moist, dark environments, so the tight, dark, sweaty confines of your shoe present a perfect setting for fungus to flourish. In order to fight infection, you must work to keep your feet dry and away from any spores. Nail fungus is notoriously difficult to treat. If the cellulitis is severe, the infection may enter the bloodstream — with dangerous, even deadly, results. Dermatophytes, a pathenogenic fungus, can also arise on toenails and fingernails, mucous membranes, hair, and skin and it requires thorough and aggressive treatment.
Unlike onychomycosis, this fungal infection thrives also in a dry environment, so is common in summer months among sandal and flip-flop wearers. Tinea pedis and onychomycosis fungi will remain active on dead skin cells and wait inside your shoes until the next time you slip them on.
See your family doctor to begin treatment. In some cases, your doctor may immediately refer you to a dermatology specialist or to a DPM — a podiatrist — to correctly test and diagnose the fungal infection, determine its severity, and recommend the most effective treatment regimen to defeat it.
Effective options exist and your medical professional will know which anti-fungal tablet, cream, spray, or liquid will work best on your infection. All these treatment regimens work by encouraging new nail growth free of infection. Because the infected nail can be replaced only by the slow nail growth process, you must take these medications for six to 12 weeks, or longer. Keep in mind that if they have a toenail fungal infection, it will then likely become yours.
Always put them on before you try on any pair of shoes. Continue for at least one or two weeks after treatment. They may ask you to bring your own nail grooming kit, including nail clippers, trimmer, and file.
Giving up nail polish is a wise idea, since lacquers will seal any fungal nail infection into the nail bed and impede good treatment results.
While over-the-counter preventives and treatment options cannot replace medical intervention to address an active fungal spore infection, there are some common household products, such as vinegar, that have antifungal properties and may be useful in maintaining general foot hygiene and surface toenail health.
Other home remedies include alcohol rub hand sanitizers kill most surface bacteria and fungi; baking soda sodium bicarbonate is an antifungal agent and can be added to a foot soak; hydrogen peroxide kills fungus and bacteria that could cause an infection and may be applied to the surface of the foot; soaking your feel in a tablespoon of bleach in half a gallon of water will help kill fungus; and tea tree oil is a very popular antifungal agent you may mix with herbs and a carrier oil and apply with a swab to infected areas several times a day.
Keep in mind that these remedies are not fully proven and may be insufficient when dealing with a toenail fungus infection. Rubbing alcohol and disinfectants, such as Lysol, will kill fungus on surfaces and in the laundry. If your shoes can be laundered in very hot water, that will kill fungal spores but alas, maybe your shoes, too.
This will ensure efficacious results will be seen quicker. Is it safe to spray Lysol on a toe nail that has fungal infection rather than using something like Ciclodan?
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