What causes nail fungus? What are the symptoms?

Causes of nail fungus.

Nail fungus is a colloquial name for a contagious disease that occurs on human nails.

Formerly known as onychomycosis in medicine, it is now called onychomycosis, which is caused by a large group of microorganisms called pathogenic fungi.

There are many kinds of pathogenic fungi that can cause nail fungus, the most important of which is the fungus, which lives around us, such as in the soil, on the floor of baths and swimming pools, on animals (found in cats, dogs, pigs, etc.), and in the rash of patients with mycosis. Nail fungus, like other ringworms, occurs in hot and humid areas. In addition to geographical factors, there are also personal factors, such as lack of personal hygiene, preference for tights and non-breathable shoes, old age and infirmity, etc.

It is often the first to suffer from ringworm, such as athlete's foot, and then to the toe (finger) nails, but there are also a few people who have nail fungus first, and then cause **infection through the diseased nails. Nail fungus can be transmitted not only on its own, but also on others. Although ringworm does not invade the blood and internal organs, once it invades the deck, it forms a hotbed for the production of ringworm infection, and long-term ringworm disease may cause secondary bacterial infection, causing local redness and swelling and even suppuration, which can affect people's social interaction and employment, dampen people's self-confidence, lead to a decline in quality of life, and may also spread to family and friends.

Onychomycosis, commonly known as "nail fungus", is a disease caused by dermatophytes invading the nail plate or under the nails.

Onychomycosis is an infection of the nails caused by fungi such as dermatophytes, yeasts and non-dermatophytes.

Fungal leukonychia (superficial albichomycosis) This type of lesion is confined to a piece of the nail surface or its tip;

Subungual mycosis is divided into distal lateral, proximal, and superficial white lesions that begin on both sides or distal to the nail and then become infected under the deck.

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1. Some patients like to buckle their nails, and often have the action of reverse nail peeling, which is easy to cause wounds on the nail area, and then become infected with fungi and lead to the formation of nail fungus.

2. The nail chain groove is infected or the nail (toe) is often stained with moisture, which can cause the nail fold to be diffusely soft, making it easy to separate from the nail outline and be invaded by the fungus to become a gray nail call.

3. Women who are pregnant, due to the endocrine function in the body is easy to dysfunction, the body's immunity decreases and the body's ability to resist fungal infection decreases, which increases the probability of nail fungus infection.

4. If the body suffers from other major diseases and needs to take antibiotics for a long time, it is easy to cause the normal flora of the human body to become unbalanced, which is conducive to the reproduction of fungi and the appearance of nail fungus.

5 Nail trauma is one of the common causes of nail fungus, half of the patients who visit the clinic have a history of trauma, which is mainly because the trauma of the nail site is easy for fungi to invade the nail and cause nail fungus.

6 This disease is a disease that affects both men and women, young and old, regardless of time or place, and is therefore the reason why young men and women are more likely to suffer from nail fungus; People who love sports and are active are also prone to nail fungus.

Human hygiene habits are directly related to ringworm. People who change their clothes frequently and bathe frequently are less likely to suffer from ringworm; People who wash pots in public baths and swim in pools with poor hygiene are susceptible to tinea disease. People who keep pets such as cats and dogs are susceptible to infection by the ringworm bacteria on their pets.

People who sweat a lot are susceptible to ringworm.

7. The important conditions for nail fungus are high humidity and high temperature. For this reason, the incidence rate is higher during this time of summer and rainy season than in winter and dry season, and some cold-resistant ringworm bacteria still cause disease in the dry season, mostly in our north, and the working and living environment of patients cannot be ignored. Well-ventilated places have a lower incidence than enclosed, stuffy places.

Incidence is high in crowded places and low in places on the contrary.

8. The transmission route of female nail fungus is mainly nail art, because some dyes and chemicals used in nail art will directly erode our nail tissue, which will deform and deteriorate the nail and cause inflammation of the nail bed.