Changing the color of the nail plates, their thickening, fragility and fragility, as well as unpleasant or painful sensations, the itch of the skin of the feet indicate a fungal attack. With the appearance of even the slightest of these symptoms, it is required to eliminate mycosis of the nails on the legs - the treatment consists in using an integrated approach that includes the use of systemic and local antifungal agents.
How to treat mycosis nails?
Depending on the severity of infection with fungi, the area of the lesion, the previous duration of the disease progression, the presence of concomitant tissue changes, the following types of effects are prescribed:
- Application of antimycotic varnishes. Such drugs are suitable for mild forms of pathology.
- Use of cleaning preparations. Such medicines allow painless removal of the layer of the nail plate, infected with fungi.
- Taking systemic drugs from mycosis. It is recommended for rapid development of the disease, rapid spread to neighboring healthy tissues.
- Use of local antifungal drugs. Can serve as a monotherapy, or be part of an integrated scheme.
As you can see, all methods of influence can be conditionally divided into system and local methods.
Systemic treatment of mycosis of nails
Running cases of fungal lesion of nail plates on the legs suggest oral administration of drugs that contribute to the destruction of the causative agent of the disease at the cellular level.
The most effective tablets from mycosis nails:
- Nizoral ;
- Diflucan;
- Fluconazole;
- Fungavis;
- Mycosyst;
- Forkan;
- Flucostat;
- Mycoomax;
- Ketoconazole;
- Orungal;
- Itraconazole;
- Canditral;
- Irunin;
- Itrazole;
- Rumikoz;
- Lamisyl;
- Terbinafine;
- Onihon;
- Terbisyl;
- Fungoterbine;
- Exifin.
To appoint one of the listed medicines the expert can only, as at such agents there are weight of by-effects and contraindications.
Local preparations and varnishes for the treatment of mycosis nails
Light forms of fungal attack can be treated with medicinal varnishes , serums or solutions:
- Cyclopyroxolamine;
- Loceril;
- Mycosan;
- Batrafen.
In addition, you can use effective local medicines in the form of gels, ointments, creams, sprays:
- Mycospores;
- Bifosin;
- Zalain;
- Mifungar;
- Thermic;
- Atitis;
- Exoderyl;
- Mycosorrhal;
- Lamisyl;
- Terbinafine;
- Batrafen.
Before applying them, it is desirable to clean the damaged nail from the upper layers. To do this, suitable drugs such as Nogtimitsin and Nogtevit.