Diagnosis
The diagnosis of nail fungus is often a gaze diagnosis because the affected nail appears yellowish and often causes pain. Whether it is an infectious nail fungus or not is difficult to diagnose and therefore it is generally assumed that there is a possibility that the nail fungus is infectious. In general, however, one must assume that almost everyone carries fungi in the skin on his feet or in the nails with him.
However, it does not happen with every patient that the fungus breaks out and attacks the nail and infests large areas of the nail. Here, above all the immune system plays an important role, but also the fact whether a patient takes proper care of his feet and how often a patient creates a fungus-favorable environment (warm, moist shoes/socks). Generally it can be said that the diagnosis nail fungus is to be diagnosed in many more people than is ultimately the case.
However, it is important to know that a nail fungus does not always lead to symptoms but can survive unnoticed in the skin or in the toenails for a long time. However, in rare cases this can also lead to an asymptomatic patient infecting a patient with nail fungus without showing any symptoms himself. However, this is very rare.
Frequency distribution
Nail fungus is very common and above all it is very common that nail fungus is contagious. Therefore it is very important that hygiene has the highest priority in chiropodists and that the instruments are disinfected between two patients and that the chiropodist wears disposable gloves so that the contagious nail fungus has as little chance as possible to be transmitted from one patient to the other.
Therapy/Prophylaxis
Since nail fungus is highly infectious, especially in high-risk patients, it is important to recognize the risk and keep it as low as possible. For this there are different measures which can be taken to keep the infectious nail fungus away. On the one hand, the hygiene of the feet is particularly important, whereby it should be ensured that the foot is also rinsed cold once and should not be creamed daily.
Furthermore, it is important to wear flip-flops or sandals in swimming pools or public showers, as the infectious nail fungus cannot get to the toenails via the tiles. In addition, the foot should generally be out in the fresh air as often as possible and not always be packed in warm socks and shoes, since fungi love this warm environment. Especially when doing sports you should take care to get the foot out of the damp and overheated shoes as soon as possible, because this is the best environment for the growth of the fungus. More interesting information from this area:
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