Onychomycosis is caused by several groups of microorganisms that are resistant to most medications. Therefore, sometimes it is difficult to treat the nail fungus - a neglected form of the disease spreads quickly to healthy surfaces, covering an ever larger area. In such cases, complex therapy with the use of systemic drugs is required.
Why there is a run nail fungus?
Do not assume that severe forms of onychomycosis are associated with the lack of treatment. In most cases, the local medications used are simply ineffective, especially if they are lacquers or weak-acting creams.
In addition, characteristic symptoms (unbearable itching, discomfort, inflammation, aching pain) are caused only by yeast-like fungi, while other types of microorganisms for a long time do not make themselves felt. Clinical manifestations appear later in the form of changes in the color and structure of the nail, fragility, brittleness and thickening of the plate.
Effects of nail fungus on legs
Launched forms of onychomycosis provoke a number of serious complications:
- decreased efficiency of the immune system;
- susceptibility to viral and infectious diseases;
- the spread of fungi into the bloodstream, and further - into internal organs;
- the appearance of dermatitis and eczema;
- exacerbation of chronic pathologies;
- allergic reactions;
- involvement in the inflammatory process of nerve endings and rootlets, which causes intense pain;
- conjunctivitis;
- rhinitis;
- bronchial asthma;
- hives;
- asthmatic chronic bronchitis.
As you can see, the nail fungus in a difficult stage affects the functioning of absolutely all organs and systems. This is due to the fact that pathogenic microorganisms secrete toxins that interfere with the normal functioning of the body.
It is worth noting that the neglected form of onychomycosis is dangerous not only for the injured, but also for members of his family, close people, as the colonies of mushrooms multiply rapidly, increasing the risk of contracting the disease.
How to cure a nail fungus?
A conservative approach to the therapy of the severe stage of the disease under consideration includes a set of measures.
First and foremost, you must take systemic antimycotics:
- Fluconazole;
- Fucis;
- Terbinafine;
- Lamisyl ;
- Onihon;
- Diflucan;
- Flucostat;
- Fungavis;
- Mycomomax;
- Irunin;
- Mycositis;
- Forkan;
- Fungoterbine;
- Exifin;
- Rumikoz;
- Itrazole;
- Canditral;
- Terbisyl;
- Ketoconazole;
- Terbinafine;
- Itraconazole.
The appointment of medications should be made after scrapes, which reveal the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of microorganisms that have become pathogens of onychomycosis.
In addition to systemic drugs, it is important to use local medications:
- Terbisyl;
- Lamisyl;
- Terbinafine;
- Exifin;
- Lamella;
- Atitis;
- Thermic;
- Zalain;
- Fungoterbine;
- Terbized-Aggio;
- Batrafen;
- Myconorm;
- Exoderyl ;
- Terbiks;
- Cyclopyroxolamine;
- Mycospores;
- Mycosorrhal;
- Bifosin;
- Nizoral.
Some of these medicines are available in the form of a kit that includes a cream or ointment with an active antimycotic component, a scraper to remove the damaged
As a rule, after a complete course of systemic and local medicines, the onychomycosis disappears, and the affected tissues are replaced by healthy cells.
If conservative therapy does not have an effect, the treatment of running nail fungus on the legs is done using a medical laser. This is a minimally invasive procedure, during which rays of a certain wavelength penetrate deep layers of the horny surface and destroy mycosis colonies. At the same time, healthy tissue is not damaged at all.