It is not difficult to get a foot fungus, sometimes it is enough to touch a sick animal or person with a foot, palm, nail and head, including the hair on the head and skin. Or use contaminated objects (comb, even clothes). The fungus often infects people who do not think about prevention.
How to deal with a fungus
The disease is common and causes a lot of inconvenience to an infected person. There are a number of symptoms that accompany the disease. Let's consider the signs in more detail:
- Blisters or spots form between the toes, gradually the spots begin to grow, completely affecting the foot or palm.
- There is severe itching in the affected area.
- Peeling of the skin begins, the fungus affects other parts of the body.
Most often, the fungus affects the foot and nails, the plates turn yellow - gray, thicken. Gradually, the fungus completely destroys the nail.
Natural treatments
If the patient is diagnosed with fungal foot disease, immediate disposal of the disease is required. The treatment takes place in several ways. For example, in the hospital, the doctor prescribes medicines, ointments and special creams to help get rid of the fungus between the fingers. Funds are selected individually and are not always suitable for the patient.
Do not forget about folk remedies involving herbal treatment. Let's consider the main methods of treatment:
- If the fungus has infected your toenails, it is recommended that you steam your feet well in warm water with salt and baking soda. When the bath cools down, dry your feet, squeeze a drop of lemon juice under each nail. Then sprinkle soda on the nail, foam will appear due to the acid-base reaction. At the end of the procedure, put on clean, dry socks.
- If the treatment is carried out with herbs, celandine is the best choice. It is recommended to lubricate the lesion site with fresh celandine juice, torn celandine in May - June is suitable, during this period the movement of the juice along the plant is most active.
- The lofant plant is known to help fight fungus on the feet. A special broth is prepared from the lofant, in which the legs rise. The first results are noticeable after a day, when the skin between the toes stops itching.
- Mint is considered an excellent remedy in the fight against fungi. Grind the mint and mix with salt, then apply a compress to the sore spot and rewind with a special bandage, put on your socks and go to bed.
- People often use carrot juice, mix it with vinegar, and lubricate sore spots with a remedy.
- Strong natural coffee will become a wonderful remedy for mushrooms. You will need to brew strong coffee, filter it into a separate container, where your feet are steamed, then add the vinegar to the water. After that, the solution must be thoroughly cleaned between the toes.
- Garlic is useful for effectively fighting foot fungus. Rub some chives into the gruel, rub the stitches between your toes before going to bed, put on clean socks and go to rest. In the morning, moisten a cotton swab in vinegar, clean the spots again.
There are many popular recipes, you should try everything to choose an effective one.
How to make mushroom ointment
Using herbs and complementary products it is possible to prepare a good ointment that is effective against diseases affecting the spaces between the fingers.
- Take a chicken egg, put it in a glass jar. The egg is poured with vinegar, put for some time in a dark place. After a few days, the eggshell dissolves. The remaining thin film will need to be removed and discarded. Add a spoonful of butter, mix the dough, take it off again in a dark place, now for a day. Treatment with ointment is carried out within a week. The results are immediately visible. If you properly lubricate the points between the toes with the created ointment, after complete recovery, the fungus will not bother for a long time.
- It is allowed to prepare an ointment using Indian onions, a folk remedy has been known for a long time. A small piece of Indian onion leaf can cure the disease for a long time. Take a sheet, grind, shift with glycerin, then a cotton swab is smeared with ointment and the affected area is smeared with light movements.
The result can be achieved if folk remedies are intertwined with drug treatment. Talk to your doctor before starting fungal treatment.
How to make compresses to get rid of fungus
Tablets are considered an effective method of fighting fungi. For example, it is possible to make a compress from celandine. Thoroughly chop the plant and boil it in water for 6 minutes, then steam the thighs in the broth. If the disease is severely neglected, it is necessary to apply additional lotions.
Rowan juice helps overcome the disease. Use berries and leaves, just squeeze the juice and apply it on the affected area. The treatment lasts several weeks.
It is possible to treat the fungus with a tincture of lilac or propolis. Folk remedies include alcoholic tinctures with various herbs. For example, when the first unpleasant symptoms occur between the fingers, it is permissible to use green radish leaves; in case of fungal diseases, flour is sprinkled on the affected areas. Many people choose to put flour in their socks and walk all day.
The treatment will be effective if essential oils are used. It is recommended to carefully rub into the nail plates and the spaces between the toes.
Prevention of fungal diseases
Effective treatment is good, but it is better not to cure the disease, but to prevent it. Methods for preventing foot fungus are worth taking seriously. Herbs will not help if the disease is severe, you will have to think about carrying out a number of therapeutic measures.
External remedies do not always help with treatment, sometimes the use of internal drugs is required, for example, all kinds of vitamins. Only a professional has the right to prescribe any drug. Remember, quality treatment requires patience and strength, procedures must be carried out systematically.
Sometimes the patient is even required to adhere to a diet consisting of eating foods that have antifungal components. For example, treatment will include medication and daily carrot or apple juice. It is worth treating the disease in a complex way, it is necessary to think about shoes - free and letting the skin of the legs breathe.
Treatment includes ongoing prevention: walking barefoot frequently, for example, hardens the legs. It is necessary to pay attention to the simplest rules when using public places. In the sauna or in the pool use only your slippers, even the clothes are an individual garment. Remember, the fungus must be treated, the early start of procedures will ensure a minimum of unpleasant consequences.