How to treat thick toenails?

In daily life, if you find that your toenails are gradually becoming thicker, the color will often change. This is usually caused by onychomycosis. Onychomycosis is very harmful to patients and is prone to recurrence. If the immunity is poor, it may even induce other infections. Therefore, treatment should be carried out in a timely manner. Commonly used treatment methods include topical medications, oral medications and surgery.

1. Surgical nail removal :

Under local anesthesia, the affected nail is removed. This method causes large wounds, bleeding, and is prone to infection. Generally, you will feel more pain after the operation. Since it only treats the symptoms but not the root cause, the results are usually not ideal and it is easy to get re-infected. Moreover, patients with heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, etc. are not suitable for surgical treatment.

2. Oral medication :

Simply taking antifungal drugs such as griseofulvin has certain therapeutic effects and is convenient. However, because this type of drug must reach the deck where the fungus is parasitic to exert its antibacterial effect, and because its solubility in water is low and slow, and its absorption and metabolism are very fast, the dosage is large and the use time is long. In addition, oral medications have side effects and are prone to relapse after discontinuation of medication, so they are not suitable as a routine treatment for onychomycosis.

3. External therapy :

Generally, external therapy is recommended for the treatment of onychomycosis. Depending on the different medicines, there are mainly soaking, local application and packing and scraping methods. The treatment requires the removal of the diseased nail, so it is generally not as convenient as oral administration, but it is safe, painless and has no side effects. As long as the medicine is selected properly, the effect will be ideal.

This disease has a huge impact, so you can get some sun and exercise more often. At the same time, you should also pay attention to nutritional combinations, which will help improve your immune system. There are many factors that cause onychomycosis, and a humid environment is conducive to the growth of bacteria.