How To Naturally Cure Nail Fungus? Images of What It Looks Like & Treatment Tips Home Remedies

How To Naturally Cure Nail Fungus?

Nail fungus affects many adults and sometimes requires long-term treatment. However, natural and effective solutions do exist.

Summary

1.Toenail Fungus: What Is It? 

2.Natural Nail Fungus Treatments

3.Essential Oils Against Nail Fungus

4.Treatment Of Nail Fungus: Acting On The Body

 

Some Tips To Avoid Nail Fungus

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Particularly common in the elderly, nail fungus (or onychomycosis) tends to recur. It usually starts from the big toe before infecting the other nails.

1.Toenail Fungus: What Is It?

Onychomycosis is an infection of the nail caused by microscopic fungi. It is either a dermatophyte (Trichophyton rubrum) or a Candida (most often parapsilosis). 

It mainly occurs on the toenails but can also affect those of the hands. It often follows a fungal infection of the feet or hands. 

The diseased nail presents a yellowish spot on an edge which will then expand. Then it thickens, its matrix is then reached and becomes discolored. Ultimately, the nail can go so far as to peel off or even fall off.

2.Natural Nail Fungus Treatments

• To treat onychomycosis, when the symptoms are not very advanced, there are natural treatments.

• Olive leaf extract is known for its antibacterial and antifungal properties. To be taken in capsule form (1 or 2 per day) for a month.

• Apple cider vinegar has interesting antifungal properties. You can use apple cider vinegar for a daily foot bath: dip your foot in a basin of water to which you have added three tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. 

• Lemon juice: Citric acid has antifungal properties. Take a daily foot bath with a few drops of lemon diluted in a basin of hot water.

• Baking soda: Take a daily foot bath in a basin of hot water in which you have diluted 2 tablespoons of baking soda.

3. Essential oils against nail fungus

• The essential oils effective in the fight against nail fungus are

• Tea tree essential oil, which can be used in children and pregnant women

•  Linalool thyme essential oil, which can be used in children and pregnant women

•  Oregano essential oil: which should not be used pure, which should not be used in children under 15 years old or in pregnant or breastfeeding women.

•  Precautions for use: avoid contact with the eyes. Do a test beforehand in the crook of the elbow to check for allergy.

•  Essential oils can be applied directly to the affected area. After thoroughly cleaning it, you just need to dilute a few drops in vegetable oil and apply the mixture in local massage.

•  Danielle Festy, pharmacist and author of The Bible of Essential Oils, Leduc.s offers the following formula to be composed by a pharmacist: 3 ml of officinal lavender essential oil, 3 ml of noble laurel essential oil, 2 ml of 'tea tree essential oil, 2 ml of calophyllum vegetable oil. Apply a few drops of this mixture 2 to 3 times a day on the yeast infection.

 4.Treatment of nail fungus: acting on the body

Mycoses often occur on an organism whose flora is disturbed. A course of probiotics of 1 to 3 months allows to regenerate the intestinal flora, to modify the ground and to reinforce the immune defenses. This is particularly recommended to prevent recurrence.

Grapefruit seed extract can also be used to prevent recurrence. However, because grapefruit is known to cause drug interactions, do not take grapefruit seed extract without medical advice if you are taking treatment. "In all cases of mycosis, I have a course of grapefruit seed extract, an excellent anti-mycosis, for 6 months", confides Nathalie Clément, physiotherapist.

 

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SOME TIPS TO AVOID NAIL FUNGAS

• To optimize the results of the various treatments and foot baths, be sure to cut your toenails short. 

• Remember to disinfect the scissors you use to cut your nails.

• Do not share your towels with those around you.

• After washing, be sure to dry your feet well, especially between the toes

• Do not put varnish on an infected nail

• Choose wool or cotton socks rather than synthetic ones

• Avoid wearing the same pair of shoes for several days in a row. Ideally, if the season permits, opt for open shoes

• If you go to the pool, steam room, or use gym locker rooms, wear sandals to protect your feet.