Is there anything over the counter for nail fungus?!
Question: Is there any products you can get over ther counter that really gets rid of nail fungus?
Answers: Is there any products you can get over ther counter that really gets rid of nail fungus?
Try soaking the area in brown vinegar. This must be done every day and you will begin to see results in approximately one month. White vinegar will not work as it has been bleached to the point where it is very weak.
you can use Vicks vapor rub for fungus everyone says it really works...
There are several things at the pharmacy located next to the foot powder, etc. You will have to use it at least six months or until your nail grows out completely.
Onychomycosis means fungal infection of the nail. It is the most common disease of the nails and constitutes about a half of all nail abnormalities.
This condition may affect toe- or fingernails, but toenail infections are particularly common. The prevalence of onychomycosis is about 6-8% in the adult population.Onychomycosis caused by dermatophytes is also known as tinea unguium (tinea of the nails).
Treatment of onychomycosis is challenging because the infection is embedded within the nail and is difficult to reach. As a result full removal of symptoms is very slow and may take a year or more.
Most treatments are either systemic antifungal medications such as terbinafine and itraconazole, or topical such as nail paints containing ciclopirox or amorolfine. There is also evidence for combining systemic and topical treatments.
For superficial white onychomycosis systemic rather than topical antifungal therapy is advised.
Natural remedies
As with many diseases, there are also some scientifically unverified folk or alternative medicine remedies.
-Australian tea tree oil.There is insufficient information to make recommendations for or against the use of tea tree oil for onychomycosis.
-Grapefruit seed extract as a natural antimicrobial is not demonstrated. Its effectiveness is scientifically unverified. -Multiple studies indicate that the universal antimicrobial activity is due to contamination with synthetic preservatives that were unlikely to be made from the seeds of the grapefruit.
-Vicks Vaporub or other thymol- and eucalyptus-containing petroleum-based rubs
not really. this is because the nail protects the fungus underneath it. All of the over the counter mtreatmens are topical and many work well for fungus and yeast infections on the skin and between the toes,
The effective treatments for toenail; fungus are systemic, meaning that you must take a pill at regular intervals. the antifungal is excreted in the skin oils and sweat and can be taken up by fungus, and the antifungal med interferes with the method used by hte fungus to extract nutrients from the skin, poisoning the fungus.
The problem with systemic antifungals is that they can be hard on the liver, and you will have to take the pills for several months, until the nail as grown enof the replace the damaged part, otherwise reinfection may occurs. So regular blood tests are needed to monitor for liver problems.