Saturday 5 December 2009

How to Get Rid of Nail Fungus

By Anna Latrobe

Suffering with nail fungus, can be an embarrassing condition, which can have an effect on both toe and finger nails. It is caused by a nail fungi which gets beneath your nail bed through a slight cut or slit in your skin.

Once you have caught the fungi the nail starts to discolor, the shine of the nail disappears and the surface becomes rough, the edges of your nail start to crumble and eventually the nail loosens from the nail bed.

The great news is that there are numerous options you can select to treat this condition, and you should do so as soon as possible, as it is important not to disregard this fungal infection as it will worsen if left untreated and it will proliferate, as it feeds on your nails and skin.

Certain people try to get rid of it by removing the nail, however this will not solve the problem, as when the nail grows back the infection will reoccur. Nail fungus is very contagious so you need to treat it right away as when you leave it, you put other people in danger of of contracting it and it can also transmit other parts of your body.

When you treat nail fungus you can either use topical or oral treatment, but the problem with conventional medication is that it can take from 6 to 12 weeks before you see the desired result.

If you go to see your doctor and they don't offer you medication they may suggest removing your nail or using photodynamic therapy, which is form of laser treatment that kills the infection.

These methods of curing nail fungus although they are sometimes effective they can create problems. The problem being that whilst they stop the symptoms they do not kill the fungus, so often people find that the nail fungus reappears. Taking this into account it suggests that you need to find a treatment which builds your body's immune system, kills the fungus so that it doesn't return and doesn't have any bad side effects.

The best way to treat nail fungus naturally is to use a natural oil. An oil that is renowned for it's healing capabilities is Tea Tree Oil, and when it is used with other potent botanical ingredients, it provides a great way to treat nail fungus without any harmful side effects.

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