The treatment of fungal diseases should take place under the supervision of a dermatologist.Poorly selected antifungal agents can only lead to temporary improvement without cure the disease itself.
The treatment of fungal diseases should necessarily undergo under the supervision of a dermatologist.In the event of self-medication, antifungal agents wrongly incorrectly selected can only lead to a temporary improvement without curing the disease itself.
When choosing the therapy method, it is necessary to take into account the area and the form of damage, the degree of prevalence of the fungus, the presence of concomitant diseases, the age of the patient.
Antifungal drugs are divided into two types: for external and internal use.The external agents themselves are only effective in the first stages of the disease, then the treatment must be complex: the fungus must be acted outside and from the inside.
Internal drugs
For a successful and safe treatment of fungal diseases, it is advisable to respect certain rules with internal antifungal drugs:
- The diagnosis must be confirmed by a doctor.
- For the treatment period with internal antifungal drugs, it is advisable to limit the use of other drugs, with the exception of vital.
- Medicines should be used under a doctor's supervision for a long time, until the fungus is completely disappeared.
- Control examinations must be carried out at first once every 2 weeks, then 1 time a month.Control stracage - 6 months after the end of treatment.When detecting the fungus, a re -spread processing is necessary.
Currently, dermatologists consider pulse therapy as the most effective and safest treatment method, a drug with long -term intervals.In some cases, a week's therapy lesson is prescribed, after which follows a 3 -week break, then a new seven -day treatment.During admission, the medication accumulates in the body and, in the following weeks, continues to actively fight the infection.
The full course of therapy is generally designed for three months.However, after its completion, the drug continues to operate during the year, protecting the fungus against reappearance.This technique, on the one hand, allows the body to "relax" to take medication, on the other hand, it does not exclude the possibility of taking other drugs, including antibiotics.In addition, the risk of relapse is considerably reduced.
External drugs
With nail damage, not only internal drugs are used, but also in local medications - nail polish and keratolytic patches and ointments to eliminate keratinized areas of the skin.
As an antifungal varnish, those that can enter the deep layers of the nail and nails bed are used.Lacques are applied to the summits cut to the top (the affected surfaces of the nail can be deleted using a nail file attached to the varnish), cleaned and low (for example, using alcohol).
In addition, the ointments and keratolytic plaster can be used to eliminate the affected area of the nail.These products soften the nail, as a result of which it is easily and painless of the surface of the nail bed.The fixes are currently used as keratolytic or salicylic acid.Sometimes an antiseptic or local antifungal agent is added to the composition of the patch.
A keratolytic patch is applied to the surface of the nail and closed with a waterproof and bandage.After 2 to 3 days, the affected areas are cleaned and the patch is stuck again.The procedures are carried out daily until the affected nails are completely removed.The average duration of treatment is 6 months for the nails on the hands and 9-12 months for the nails on the legs.
In addition, special sets for the treatment of nails are produced, which generally include an ointment which at the same time has an antifungal and keratolytic effect, a nail scratch and a patch.
For fungal skin lesions, local creams are used.The cream is applied daily to affected areas.The average duration of treatment is 2 to 3 weeks;In the treatment of the feet - up to 6 weeks.
Treatment of infected things (disinfection)
In the process and after the treatment of fungal infection, it is very important to disinfect everything with which the fungus came into contact.Disinfection must be subjected to floors, walls, stocks of baths, showers, bathrooms, as well as patient's personal effects: underwear, shoes, skin care articles and nails.
The walls and the bottom of the bath must be treated with a mixture diluted with the consistency in the shape of cream from equal parts of the washing powder and chlorine or chlorine (the powder must be washed after 30 minutes).You can also use a 5% chloramine or chlorine chlorine solution, or a 3% lysol solution.
Shoes are recommended to be treated with formalus (25%) or acetic acid solutions (40%).It must be completely wiped with a hydrated insole and side sections of shoes.Then put the swab in the toe of the shoes in the toe and put the shoes itself in a bag of cellophane with airtight for 24 hours.After using acetic acid or a 25%formalum solution, the shoes are ventilated or wipers of ammonia to destroy the smell.
Lingerie, stockings, socks, tights can be disinfected by the boiling of 15 to 20 minutes in a 2%soap background solution.Then they should be rejected with a hot iron.
Manicure scissors are disinfected, plunging into alcohol and then burning on the burner's flame.
Prevention
To avoid infection through the fungus, it is recommended to follow the following rules:
- Use your shoes only.
- Do not wear small shoes in which a wet environment is preserved, and the skin and nails are subjected to friction and microtrauma.
- Take care of shoes, shoes after the port should be well dried.
- It is recommended to use local antifungal agents (ointments, creams, varnishes) to people who often visit saunas, swimming pools, baths, sports and gym.
- Refuse porous carpets in the bathroom - they are poorly washed and therefore serve as an excellent refuge for a variety of microorganisms, including mushrooms.