What does onychomycosis look like, common clinical types

Onychomycosis is the most common nail disease, and there are many types of it. Many times, the early symptoms are not very obvious, and if not treated in time it will cause a lot of serious harm. Everyone should understand its types and symptoms for early detection and treatment.

1. The clinical types of onychomycosis are:

1. White superficial type: There are white spots or white spots on the surface of the nail plate, and the diseased nails may be brittle and can be scraped off.

2. Other types: chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis, chronic paronychia, fungal onychomycosis and panonychial dystrophy, etc.

3. Distal subungual type: small white spots appear on the distal nail plate surface, which gradually turn into dull gray spots and may gradually turn into yellow-brown or even black.

4. Proximal subungual type: The nail plate turns white near the nail wrinkles and cracks, which gradually expand into spots and may expand to the entire nail.

2. The symptoms of onychomycosis are not obvious at the beginning, and people do not take it seriously, which often delays the treatment of the disease and causes many serious hazards. The hazards of onychomycosis include:

1. Impairment of appearance: Changes in nail shape, color and texture have a direct impact on the patient's appearance. At the same time, many inconveniences may occur in life and work. Long-term unhealed onychomycosis can also cause psychological changes in patients and even cause inferiority complex.

2. Highly contagious: Onychomycosis is caused by fungal infection and is highly contagious. It can serve as a source of infection and cause a variety of other skin ringworm diseases. It can not only infect oneself but also others.

3. Concurrent diseases: The affected nails are prone to infection, leading to serious diseases such as erysipelas or cellulitis. The bacteria can also invade deep tissues of the human body, which can endanger life in severe cases.

Warm reminder: If onychomycosis is not treated in time, it is likely to cause us serious complications, so we must pay attention to the prevention and treatment of this disease. There are no dietary taboos in the methods of preventing and controlling onychomycosis infection, but once onychomycosis is combined with paronychia and subungual infection, you should eat less spicy food. Onychomycosis is contagious, which also means it is a relatively stubborn disease. Therefore, you should not take any medicine on your own, because some medicines have a nourishing effect on fungi, and if not treated, the condition will worsen. Therefore, regular treatment is the shortcut to recovery.