It’s a fuss having to deal with recurrent tinea unguium. You’ve spent a few dollars for the treatment and have been meticulous with antifungal medications. Fungal infection takes several weeks to be treated and after growing back your nail, here comes another infection. The fact is, some people are just at risk for having to easily acquire the same disease more than twice or thrice in their lifetime.
Recurrent Tinea Unguium
Tinea Unguium, popularly called nail fungus, is difficult to treat. Not in the sense of the availability of medications but with regards to the length of relief. Even doctors believe that there are group of people that are just likely to get fungal infections. It can be compared to people who can easily catch cold or having sore throat after eating something sweet and cold. There are even people who can get allergies anywhere. Fungus can be found everywhere and they have been a part of the body’s normal flora. Fungi grow rapidly and there are circumstances that promote their invasion.
Tinea Unguium Can Be Genetic
There have been studies that say tinea unguium can be genetics. The skin contains different types of microorganism, bacteria, virus and fungi. They are in a number that won’t cause infection and harm in the body. In a normal individual, the rise in the number of microorganism trigger the body’s immune system to fight the microorganism to avoid the disease. There are people who have genes that couldn’t detect the fungi as threat. The body doesn’t allow the body part affected to kill the fungi, thus allowing the invasion of the fungi in the nail leading to infection and its return after treatment.
Other Types of Fungal Infections
There are many types of fungi and can affect different parts of the body. Fungi can affect also the skin and this disease is called ‘jock itch’. It can be seen as a red rash in the skin that is itchy. This grows in areas that are often moist by sweat like groin, back of the knee, underarm and forearm. It can give an unpleasant smell. Fungal infection that occur in any part of the body and scalp is called ‘ringworm’. The term ringworm is derived from the appearance of the rash which looks like a red ring on the skin. Tinea unguium is the infection of the nail and usually in the toenail. It often goes along with athlete’s foot. Both the nail and skin are affected which produces a smelly odor of the feet.
Stop Recurrence of Infection
Even if how many times you have your tinea unguium treated, the rate of recurrence is still high. Toenail fungus is very contagious and can easily be transferred from one person to the other. Here are ways you can do so the infection won’t come back.
- Complete the anti-fungal treatment as directed by your doctor. Never self-medicate especially ¬¬with oral anti-fungal medications.
- Natural fungal treatments are safe and effective. You can use them to treat the infection and even prevent them from happening.
- Protect feet from moisture. Use anti-fungal powders when using closed shoes and wear cotton soaks. Use protective foot wear when going to public showers and baths.
- Proper hygiene is the best way to kill fungi. There are anti-fungal soaps available. You can use them daily to clean feet before sleeping.
There’s no medicine you can take forever to stop fungi from infecting your nails again. There even has no vaccine yet for this disease. By applying ways to stop recurrence, you can really be successful in maintaining healthy nails.