What are the ways to prevent nail fungus?

Nail fungus can often be seen in our daily life, so we must grasp the prevention of nail fungus. As we all know, nail fungus is a difficult nail disease, and there are fungal reasons, nail fungus also has a certain degree of contagion. In order to prevent the occurrence of nail fungus, we should learn more about prevention and use this knowledge to avoid the occurrence of nail fungus.

Summer is the most common period for ringworm of the hands and feet, and for people who are prone to sweating of the hands and feet, it is very easy to contract ringworm of the hands and feet, and once infected with ringworm of the hands and feet, the distance from the nail fungus is not far away. Such people can use some methods to inhibit local perspiration in summer.

Develop good hygiene habits, wash feet frequently, change socks frequently, shoes and socks are often exposed to the sun, keep them dry, and disinfect and sterilize with ultraviolet rays.

Strengthening physical exercise, enhancing physical resistance, and at the same time paying attention to proper nutritional regulation, enhancing the body's ability to resist pathogenic fungi, is of great help to improve the ability to resist fungal infection.

Do not share daily necessities with others, do not share bathing utensils with others, etc., to avoid cross-infection. Do not borrow shoes and socks, foot washbasins, foot towels, etc., which is also an effective way to prevent indirect infection. Maintain a good living environment and do not create an external environment suitable for the growth and reproduction of fungi.

Frequent changes in bed sheets** and clothes, frequent changes in socks, and attention to indoor ventilation. If there is a daily necessities for patients with ringworm of the hands and feet, they should be regularly disinfected with boiling water or sterilized with sunlight.

Precautions. Nail fungus is a very harmful nail disease, more than half of all nail disease patients are this disease, in addition to the susceptibility of the disease, there is also a certain relationship with its infectivity, so we must try to stay away from the source of infection, and usually wash our hands and feet. Nail fungus is very harmful, we must not take it lightly, once you suffer from nail fungus, you must immediately go to a regular hospital to accept, to avoid blindness, in the end not only not, but delay the best period of treatment, making nail fungus more difficult.

What is <> nail fungus? Nail fungus sounds reminiscent of gray nails, which is very ugly, but in fact, nail fungus is not only ugly, but also a fungal infectious disease. The nails of infected people will slowly turn from transparent to gray or even brownish-black, which not only affects the appearance, but also tends to cause other symptoms.

So how can we prevent nail fungus in our daily life?

What is nail fungus?

Nail fungus, commonly known as onychomycosis, is also known as "goose claw wind" in traditional Chinese medicine, which is a slow-infected nail disease caused by the invasion of ringworm, yeast and mold into the nail plate and the nail bed below the nail plate. Onychomycosis is a common and frequent disease in the first family, and it is also a relatively troublesome disease. Manifestations of nail fungus include nail cloudiness and loss of luster, nail hypertrophy, uneven nail surface, nail separation, discoloration, atrophy of the nail plate, detachment of the nail plate, lifting or hooking of the nail plate, or paronychia.

Middle-aged and elderly people, diabetic patients, people with low immune function, or people with nail trauma, sweating easily, and wearing tight shoes and socks for a long time are all potential susceptible to onychomycosis.

Why do I get nail fungus?

One of the causes of nail fungus: personal hygiene habits.

People who love sports are more likely to suffer from nail fungus than ordinary people, and there is a direct relationship between personal hygiene habits and nail fungus.

If you wear slippers indiscriminately for a long time and do not pay attention to hygiene, you may be "taken advantage of" by fungi, and this "bad habit" is closely related to the production of nail fungus. Those who often bathe and change clothes frequently have a lower probability of suffering from nail fungus, and those who often bathe and swim in public places such as public bathrooms and pools with poor sanitation conditions are more likely to be infected with nail fungus, and people who raise pet cats and pet dogs are also high incidence of nail fungus. In addition, patients with chronic diseases such as malnutrition, diabetes, hyperthyroidism and other diseases are also more likely to suffer from nail fungus, and some severe patients such as AIDS and advanced cancer not only have a high incidence of fungal ringworm, but also are stubborn and difficult to treat.

Cause 2 of nail fungus: Surrounding environmental factors.

The important conditions for the onset of nail fungus are high temperature and high humidity, so compared with winter and dry season, summer and rainy season have become the high incidence season of nail fungus, and some drought-resistant and cold-resistant ringworm nail fungus has a high incidence no matter what season, in addition, the patient's living and working environment is also an important cause of nail fungus, such as closed and stuffy places where the incidence is higher than that of well-ventilated places.

Cause 3 of nail fungus: individual genetic factors.

Genetic factors are another important factor that causes nail fungus to persist and is related to autosomal dominant inheritance.

Nail fungus cause 4: What is nail fungus?

What is nail fungus? Is it nail fungus?