Toenail Pain [Toenail Fungus, Ingrown Toenails, Discolored Toenails]
Really Bad Toenail Fungus: [Causes, Home Remedies & Best Treatment!]
We go over the 100% best treatments to stop REALLY bad toenail fungus: We go over the Best Home Remedies & Treatment. Feel better IMMEDIATELY!
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- Yellow & green toenail fungus can be improved with a few simple treatment changes.
- We are foot doctors & we see this problem get better almost every day.
- The goal is to solve this problem without medication or surgery if at all possible.
So, let’s GO!
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Toenail Fungus Picture Gallery:
This gallery shows different types of toenail fungus.
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- The most common type is called subungual onychomycosis. This is when the toenail fungus gets underneath the toenail and lifts the nail.
- This can cause damage to the toenail bed, preventing future attachment of the toenail.
- It is also possible to get superficial white onychomycosis. This is the buildup of white superficial fungus on top of the toenail.
- If you just removed your toenail polish, this may not be fungus. It may be something called keratin granulations.
- This may not be fungus if you have white horizontal lines or white horizontal ridges on your toenails.
- It is also possible to get it throughout the entire nail, or the nail is destroyed and is dead.
- The good news is these are all very treatable!
So click on the photos for gallery mode & description!
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Really Bad Toenail Fungus Overview:
- We go over the best treatment for really bad toenail fungus and stop it from ever coming back.
- People who develop toenail fungus at increased risk due to the space under their nails!
- If you have had bad toenail fungus or are worried about it, the best way to prevent it is to keep it out from under the nail.
Really Bad Toenail Fungus Causes:
- This prevents blood flow and hence the need system from getting into the nail.
- Essentially at this point. This is now dead skin and dead tissue that allows bacteria and fungus to live on the thick skin on interrupted.
- Thus it is important to get rid of the dead dry skin.
Really Bad Toenail Fungus Symptoms:
- These thick and bad toenail fungus nails will be multiple colors.
- They can be yellow, brown, green, or even black.
- If they are red or black.
- This usually means the nail is actively ripping away, and this is dry blood.
- A less pink nail bed makes the nail yellow, not the fungus!
Fungus can only get Under an Already Damaged Toenail:
- If you are completely healthy and your toenails are free of inflammation, poor blood flow or microtrauma – you will probably never develop nail fungus.
- If you were tight shoes where your toenails are constricted and swollen , have stiff toes, overwork them or have hammer toes then fungus is able to enter through little microscopic cracks under and around your toenail.
- What makes it worse is if you have poor blood flow due to smoking, diabetes or any other systemic problem; your immune cells can’t get there to fight off the fungus.
Learn more at The Complete Toenail Fungus Treatment Guide
Prevent Bad Toenail Fungus:
It is essential that you start to control your sweating, correct your footwear (and throw out the disgusting gym shoes!), use anti-sweat powders and use lysol to spray down your old shoes.
Sweating:
- Control your sweating! People at risk for this are labor workers, people on their feet for a long time and athletes.
- It is not always possible to wear shoes that air out your feet.
- So get your hands on an anti-sweat powder like gold bond or ask your pharmacist what they have available in the local drug store.
- If you can wear sandals or a non-occlusive shoe or sock. Wear that too!
Socks
- Wearing socks if you were not previously using them can be fantastic.
- The best socks for summer are synthetic socks and the best socks for winter may be wool socks, these decrease friction and prevent callus formation.
- Combine this method with the vasoline or petroleum jelly method above to greatly decrease friction.
Bad Shoes:
- Use a Brannock device to measure your proper shoe size.
- Most people increase their foot size as they get old.
- Use this the metal foot measuring device available at running shoe stores and the podiatrist’s office to get sized.
Throw Out Old Shoes:
- Don’t go crazy and throw out all shoes, but if they are really and smell maybe its time to get a nice new pair.
- If you decide to keep the shoes, at least use Lysol to spray them down heavily at the very least.
Powders:
- Get gold bond or other anti-sweat foot gear.
- There are many other different and good brands.
Lysol:
- Spray down all the shoes and socks that you have worn since you’ve had the fungus, or at least power wash everything a few times!
Really Bad Toenail Fungus Home Treatment:
- The most important thing to do to treat that toenail fungus at home is to trim the nails. Much as possible.
- We recommend clipping is much as possible.
- We also recommend then filing the nail down as much as possible.
- If there is no dead dry skin, then there is nowhere for that fungus to lift.
- The goal is to kill about 95% of fungus and remove it is much as possible before you even start applying any medications.
- These are our favorite products to treat toenail fungus at home.
- Keratin Granulations are very easily taken care of through moisturizing your nails with cuticle wax, oils and simply avoiding nail polish for a little while.
- It is not necessary to buy anything expensive or online; it is fine simply using a product like Vaseline or any other petroleum oil in most circumstances.
- So get yourself some petroleum jelly at your corner store and just apply it to your nails at night when you won’t be using your hands. In 2 weeks you should be in great shape!
- Make sure you read the reviews and see if it is good for you!
Kill Foot Fungus As Well:
Foot Fungus if not stopped can also just as easily crawl up your leg and re-infect you!
For more on how to Prevent Bad Toenail Fungus:
The Complete Toenail Fungus Treatment Guide
Other Related Nail Problems:
See if any of these other problems apply to your situation!
Toenail Fungus (Onychomycosis) Treatment & Cure Infographic:
Toenail Fungus Home Treatment:
- These are our favorite products to treat toenail fungus at home.
- It is difficult to properly diagnose any health problem such as toenail fungus with 100% certainty. So see your podiatrist and make sure you are not missing anything!
- Also, many of these products are considered beauty products more so than health products. Just be aware that they are not always FDA evaluated or approved in any way.
How to fix toenail fungus:
- There are many different types of toenail damage.
- In our experience, about easily 50% or more is related to toenail fungus.
- The key to toenail fungus is to trim it as much as possible and file that nail down vertically and length-wise.
- If you can do that, you have to make sure you can kill fungus the rest of the way with creams and topical medication.
- The best way to do that is to soak exfoliate the affected toenail skin. So, foot soaks can be a strong anti-fungus solution.
- At the same time, you have to apply anti-fungal medication such as these medications evaluated here or the toenail repair pens.
Recommended foot fungus products:
- It is also vital to fix your foot fungus.
- Athlete’s feet can be beneficial to remove from the foot because if left unchecked, they can quickly spread back to the toenails even if they are fixed.
- Even if you cure your toenail fungus, keep your toenails trimmed in healthy: your foot fungus can spread back into toenails.
- So make sure you treat your foot fungus, as well as your toenail fungus.
Best Toenail Fungus Clippers & Files:
- You have to be careful using at home, and definitely be safe and don’t use these if you have dangerous health conditions.
- It is important to see a podiatrist for foot evaluation and care if you have continued health care issues or problems with your feet.
- These are some great value heavy-duty clippers and sets.
- The key is to cut straight across and file the nail down from the top to keep it from impinging in the corners.
- It is also important to make sure all dead, dry skin is removed surrounding the foot.
- This is where you should really see your podiatrist if you have any concerns or are worried about cutting or hurting yourself.
- This is something covered, so don’t take chances with your health!
Best Toenail Fungus Polish and Remover:
- There is some great toenail fungus polish options and polish removal options.
- There are no acetone-based toenail polish removers, they don’t dry as quickly, but they are less like a dehydrator toenail.
- This also applies to your fingernails and hands.
- The benefits of using these non-toxic toenail polishes are that they are filled with non-fungal options such as tea tree oil, preventing toenail fungus.
- These can also work well for the fingernails.
- So great combo is to use one of these healthier toenail paint options, as well as a non-acetone-based toenail polish remover.
Best Shoes For Toenail Injuries:
- The key to prevent toenail ripping and lifting is to have good supportive shoes.
- If you have a good supportive shoe that keeps pressure off your toes in your toenails, there will be no lifting and cracking to allow bacteria and fungus to get in.
- This almost seems counter-intuitive, but when people make a switch to perfect supportive shoes that fit properly, their toenail problems almost always get better over the next few months or a year.
- Your current nail is already likely destroyed, especially with joggers toe, but let the new nail growing healthy without new damage.
- Click the following link for our most recommended shoes. Try to focus on shoes with mesh and room around the big toe and also the smaller toes.
Best Antifungal Moisture Wicking Socks:
- These are some great options for moisture-wicking sucks.
- The more you can wick moisture from your foot, the less chance there is that toenail fungus, and athlete’s foot can survive.
- We tried to focus on budget value stocks that are not too expensive.
- Sure there are better stocks out there, but these are great socks for a great price for most people.
- If you have diabetes, focus on getting yourself some diabetic socks.
Best woman’s antifungal socks:
Best men’s antifungal socks:
Get The Best Shoe Fit:
- One of the most common biomechanical causes of toenail problems, bunions, hammertoes, and outside of the foot problems is poorly fitting shoes.
- A well-fitting and proper shoes can sometimes make all the difference in heel pain and overall foot pain.
- If you have too small or too big shoes, this can result in crowding or too much motion and sliding within your shoe.
- This can cause people to walk improperly and put more weight on their knees, hips, and lower back!
- We usually find that people make some of the 10 mistakes that we talk about.
- Watch the below treatment video to make sure that this never happens again!
Toenail Pain [Toenail Fungus, Ingrown Toenails, Discolored Toenails]