Most girls know what a fungal pedicure or natural manicure is and what it can lead.However, not everyone knows what nail fungus is like on the legs or hands, since the symptoms of lesions depend on the variety of infections.
Signs of nail fungus in the early stages are difficult to distinguish from the usual absence of vitamins in the matrix or weakened immunity, but the timely detection of the disease will help to prescribe the treatment regime and restore manicure.
The first signs and symptoms of nail fungus
Almost no one knows how to recognize nail fungus, so you need to pay attention to the timely diagnosis of the disease.
The disease itself has some signs, but they progress as pathogenic bacteria reproduce on the surface and the deterioration of normal nail microflora.
Nail fungus shows symptoms quickly sufficiently and they can be visible visible.Standard 2-3 days after infection falls into the coating, microorganisms quickly begin to multiply and spoil the nail structure.
The first signs of the fungus:
- Changing the color of the nail.Patterns instead of pink, it becomes yellowish, dark or yellow spots, stripes on the surface appear.
- Nail bed deformation.Irregular, cavilhas, hills, nail thickness also changes in its area in its area.Most of the time, a significant thickening of the main zone occurs, which leads to mass formation of disadvantages on the surface and the gradual destruction of the nails.Often manicure deformation leads to a growing plate in the side rollers on the legs.
- Discomfort when pressed at your fingertips.If you press the pillows and feel unpleasant sensations, pain, increased tissue density, it is recommended to consult a dermatologist.
- The appearance of diaper rash between the fingers.In this area, the skin can remove, there is a risk of detachment from a sensitive epidermis.
- Unpleasant smell.When the infection occurs in the coating, the upper layers of the horn begin to rot, the microflora of nail changes, which is why an acid caustic smell appears.
Before determining the fungus on leg nails, always consider the visual state of pedicure.For this, it is recommended to inspect the suspicion 2-3 times a day.At this stage, it is recommended to use folkloric antifungal methods that prevent additional development of the disease.
The main signs of damage to the type of fungus you infect depend.In addition, defeat usually appears on the sensitive skin of the legs or arms, so the symptoms are different:
- Abundant peeling of tissues;
- The skin becomes rough, dense, a hard crust forms;
- The shadow of the epidermis changes - usually becomes yellowish;
- A rash, inflammation and irritation appear;
- Pain for direct contact with arms or legs.
Often, problems appear at the same time, this indicates the active form of damage to sensitive skin, which is why you urgently need to consult a doctor so as not to start skin health.
Diagnostic methods
The girl may notice the main symptoms and manifestations of the disease if paying attention to the visual condition of the arms, legs and the quality of the natural manicure.
It is standard to find out the problem by which your condition of nails or spoils of epidermis, you need to consult a doctor.There are two experts who can identify the presence of a fungus: a dermatologist and mycologist.The first is involved in general dermatological issues.If you don't know exactly your nails, contact him.Mycologist is a specialist in infectious and viral nail diseases, which will analyze the state of manicure in more detail.
When visiting a doctor, the analysis of nail fungus consists of three steps:
- Questioning.A visit to the clinic from the patient's theoretical research begins.To do this, the doctor asks what the girl has symptoms, the reasons she turned to.The doctor should find out if the girl's discomfort when pressed on her fingers, what total changes occurred on the nails.
- Microscopy.To make the main diagnosis and prescribe the treatment regime, the doctor completely examines the affected area using medical gloves.After that, scraping the skin, nails, whose conclusion can be obtained after obtaining the work of the chemical analyzer.The internship includes the analysis of analysis through a microscope to identify the characteristics of pathogenic bacteria.The stage allows you to discover the nature of the disease, the degree of its development.Standard after microscopy, the doctor prescribes the main medications.
- Microbiological examination.For a more detailed diagnosis of the affected area, the doctor uses the method of sowing microorganisms in the nutrient environment, which ensures its rapid spread.A week after the examination began, the doctor may draw a conclusion by identifying the characteristics of a specific disease.
Doctors do not resort to microbiological examination at the session, but this internship may be necessary if the girl visits the clinic in the presence in an advanced form of the disease.
If you do not know which doctor contact us, it is recommended to make an appointment with a dermatologist.If complex forms of fungus are detected, he will redirect him to a mykologist, or he will prescribe a treatment regime for the disease.
How to determine the nail fungus at home
In order not to consult a doctor, you can make diagnoses, but be careful - the result is not always necessary, especially in the presence of initial forms of progression of the infection.
In addition, a visual change in the state of manicure does not always indicate the presence of ringworm, usually deformation occurs after a mechanical load at the fingertips or a decrease in the local immunity of the matrix.
There are two main ways to examine nails in the fungus:
- Using potassium permanganate.The method is safe for a girl and has no contraindications except for an allergic reaction to the medicine.For the procedure, a potassium permanganate solution is diluted in a small concentration in warm water.The hands or legs are placed in the bath for 10 minutes, during this period, the skin and nails are painted dark and the infected remain in the same condition.
- Using iodine.IOD is not suitable for identifying part of the fungi, including onychomycosis, but shows the presence of lichen, mycoses, dermatological problems.To perform the analysis, the skin and the plate must be treated with an iodine solution and waiting 10 to 15 minutes until they manifest.The healthy surface will have a pale and dark, rich, colorful color.
Remember that sometimes manipulations need to be repeated twice to ensure as a result (may be necessary in the early stages of disease development).
How to distinguish mycosis from nails from other diseases?
In the domestic diagnosis of a natural pedicure state, you need to consider all signs and symptoms of gradual damage to the plate or deterioration of the quality of the epidermis.
Often, mycosis in the early stages can be confused with dermatological diseases, finger damage or the effects of external factors (the use of chemicals without gloves, freezing, use of low quality cosmetics, allergies to applied compounds).
Ringworm has several resources:
- Gradual.The progression of the lesion always occurs in stages: at first the shadow simply changes, and in the end, the infection can lead to the complete separation of the tissue nail bed;
- Unpleasant smell.A characteristic sour smell manifests from the area infected only in the presence of a fungus;
- Fungal development begins standard with a finger.Most of the time, an infection appears in the thumb and changes softly to the rest if it is not resorted to timely treatment;
- Changing the shadow of the nail, the appearance of characteristic stains, straps in the coating.
When these factors appear, it is important to consult a doctor and take tests to avoid the rapid deterioration of nails, which is quite difficult to correct.
Conclusions
Nail fungus has characteristics that always appear when plate or epidermis infection.However, consider that sometimes they can be confused with other diseases and injuries;Therefore, it is recommended to make diagnoses visiting the clinic or using potassium/iodine permanganate to perform chamber procedures.