Common Symptoms of Nail Fungus Infection

April 6, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Symptoms of nail fungus infection will depend on the type of fungus infection you have. Nail fungus infection can cause unpleasant feeling but is usually not hurt you at the beginning and Athlete’s foot is often present.

The most common nail fungus infection, distal subungal onychomycosis, is caused by dermatophytes. It infects both the nail and the nail bed (skin underneath the nail). Dermathophytes cause approximately 90% off all nail fungus infection. Some common symptoms if your nail infected by demathophytes:

• Your nail distorted in shape
• Yellow stripes in the nail bed and on the underside of the nail.
• Dry, with no luster or shine.
• Buildup of bits and pieces of skin and nail fragments (debris) under the nail.
• Easily broken, crumbly or ragged.

(Infected nails may also separate from the nail bed, a condition called onycholysis. You may even feel pain in your toes or fingertips and detect a slightly foul odor.)

The second most common nail fungus infection that also caused by dermatophytes is white superficial onychomycosis. This type of nail fungus infection appears on the nail surface. Some symptoms of white superficial onychomycosis:

• White stripes or spots on your nail surface.
• As the infection gets worse, your nail surface becomes soft and powdery.
• Your nail surface color becomes brown of gray and crumbly, however the nail does not separate from the skin underneath.

And there are two types of rare nail fungus infection. Candida onychomycosis and Proximal subungal onychomycosis. Candida onychomycosis is a fungus infection that causes approximately 1% of fungal nail infections. Proximal subungual onychomycosis is a rare fungus infection, only less than 1% off all nail fungus infection, it affects to many people infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

Fungus can infect your nails

April 4, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Infection of nail fungus happens if a fungus attack one or more of your finger nail, a toenail, or the skin below the nail (nail bed). Fungus can infect your nails through little cuts in the skin around your nail or through the area between nail and nail bed.

Nail fungus infection maybe won’t cause serious problems if the condition of your body (immune system) is healthy. But you should as soon as possible cure the infection before the nail fungus spreads deeper into your nail, because it may not only cause your nail to discolor, thicken and develop crumbling edges – an unpleasant and potentially painful problem. (If you have diabetes or a weak immune system, fungal nail infection could lead to more serious health problems. Talk to your doctor about the best way to treat a nail infection if you have one of these problems.)

Nail Fungus Infection usually develop on nails continually exposed to warm, moist environments. Nail fungus isn’t the same as athlete’s foot, which primarily affects the skin of the feet, but at times the two may coexist and can be caused by the same type of fungus. (check, nail fungus symptoms)

An infection with nail fungus may be difficult to treat, and infections may happen again. But medications are available to help clear up nail fungus.