1. It brings trouble to daily life

When the big toe suffers from onychomycosis, it will affect normal actions and sports, and wearing shoes and socks will also be problematic. This is the most common harm that onychomycosis brings to the body.

2, affecting the beauty of hands and feet

The most direct harm that onychomycosis brings to people is that it affects the beauty of hands and feet. The nail deck will thicken and become fragile, or the middle layer of the deck will be empty and the edge of the nail will be uneven, which will affect the beauty of the foot and even affect the normal job search or marriage. When patients are affected by onychomycosis in work, social interaction or marriage, it is difficult to have a certain inferiority complex, and they will also be severely hit psychologically, and gradually form psychological obstacles.

3. Causes other complications

If toenails are infected with onychomycosis and are not treated in time, it will not only cause discomfort and pain, but also allow a large number of bacteria to invade if they are traumatized again, so that the muscles inside the diseased nails are exposed or the injured nails are suppressed. After a long time, some complications such as onychomycosis, paronychia and pyoderma will be formed, and in severe cases, patients will suffer from some systemic symptoms such as cellulitis.

4. Causing other tinea diseases

Onychomycosis is very contagious, and pathogenic bacteria are also common in life, because the nail position and structure are quite special. If you suffer from tinea pedis with onychomycosis at the same time, it will increase the difficulty of treatment. Even if tinea pedis is treated temporarily, onychomycosis will recur if it is not cured. The pathogen of onychomycosis may also come into contact with other skin parts of the body, thus leading to the occurrence of new tinea.

5. Being a source of infection causes harm

Fungi in onychomycosis are invisible to the naked eye. If women suffer from onychomycosis and are not treated in time, then the germs will follow and scratch into the body and spread to women's genitals, eventually forming gynecological diseases such as candida albicans vaginitis or fungal vaginitis.

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factors affecting the prognosis of onychomycosis

1. patient compliance and treatment regularity.

Second, the local factors of A, the degree of infection, and the thickness of infected A all have important effects on the prognosis.

Third, the general state and diseases, such as diabetic patients and patients with poor local blood circulation, may have poor therapeutic effect.

fourth, heredity, research shows that genetic factors play a great role in repeated infection of onychomycosis.

5. Drug interaction. Other drugs taken by patients may have an impact on the efficacy of antifungal drugs, which requires the comprehensive judgment of clinicians.

To prevent onychomycosis, we can prevent it according to the susceptible factors of onychomycosis. For example, change shoes and socks frequently, avoid being stuffy and wet, and don't use shoes and socks with others; Avoid excessive manicure to avoid nail trauma; Actively treat tinea pedis and tinea manus; When there are basic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, actively treat the basic diseases.

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