Fungus on the fingers of the hands - this is the lesions of the skin, caused by pathogenic organisms. This disease is also called mycosis. By the nature of the pathogen it is divided into two groups: excited by yeast fungi of the genus Candida or fungi-dermatophytes.
Symptoms of fungus on fingers
When the fungus infects the skin on the fingers of the fingers in the interdigital folds, small cracks appear, dryness and thickening of the skin. In the palms of your hands, there may appear faintly-crimson lesions of oval contours. The edges of such foci of inflammation consist of vesicles, crusts, scales and nodules.
The symptoms of the fungus on the fingers also include:
- mealy exfoliation on the palms;
- deep cutaneous furrows;
- burning and itching, in neglected cases - pain;
- brownish or brown hue of palmar grooves.
On the nails of the patient appear white spots and stripes, and in the depth of the plate - yellow stains. The color of the nail plates often changes to yellow, gray, black, greenish or brown. In neglected cases small and large purulent non-healing ulcers are formed on the skin.
Treatment of fungus on fingers
If you contact a dermatologist when you have symptoms of fungus on your fingers and ask him how to treat this disease, you will most likely be prescribed special antifungal ointments or creams. This is due to the fact that drugs with which you can locally affect the lesion, penetrate the membrane of the fungus, affect its structure and it quickly dies. They quickly eliminate all unpleasant sensations and visual manifestations of the disease.
The most effective ointments from the fungus on the fingers are:
- Exoderyl ;
- Nizoral;
- Lamisyl;
- Zalain;
- Clotrimazole;
- Terbinafine;
- Ketoconazole;
- Fungoterbine;
- Mycosorrhal;
- Atitis;
- Mycospores;
- Terbisil.
Without consulting with a doctor, these medications are not recommended, since many of them are contraindicated in people with renal insufficiency.
In severe cases, the patient may need a hardware cleaning of the nail. During this procedure, the upper stratified layer is scratched, thereby ensuring better access of antifungal medicines to the affected area.
If a fungus develops on the thumb or any other finger of the hand, it can be used to treat and pulse-therapy . By this method, any ointments and creams are used not continuously, but in short courses. This method allows the body to cope with the disease without the occurrence of side effects, and the effectiveness is not inferior to the usual long-term use of medications.
Treatment of a fungus on fingers of hands folk methods
To treat the fungus on the fingers can be used and folk remedies. In a short period of time, you can get rid of all the symptoms of this disease, if every day for 7 days put on a sore spot a piece of cotton wool with Novokain for the night.
Well proven in the treatment of such problems and ointment with vinegar.
Ointment Recipe
Ingredients:
- 70% vinegar - 100 ml;
- butter - 200 g;
- 1-piece chicken egg in shell
Preparation
Combine the oil with the vinegar. In the resulting mixture, put the egg and put everything in the refrigerator. After 7 days, when the shell dissolves, the ointment can be used. Keep it in the refrigerator.
Can help get rid of the fungus special cream with butter and garlic.
The recipe for the cream
Ingredients:
- butter - 100 g;
- garlic - 100 g.
Preparation and use
Combine the garlic and butter. Daily, several times a day, apply the resulting ointment to the affected nail. This procedure can be repeated until the fungus disappears completely.