Duration of a vaginal fungal infection The duration of a vaginal mycosis depends on the start of treatment and the severity and spread of the infection. If the vaginal mycosis is treated early and sufficiently with so-called antimycotics, the infection should not last longer than a few weeks and heal without consequences.The treatment of an … Duration of a vaginal fungal infection | Vaginal mycosis
Introduction Fungi can pose a serious threat to humans as pathogens, similar to bacteria, for example. There are cases in which they attack certain areas of the human organism but do not lead to disease, one speaks of commensals. In other cases, however, they lead to severe infections. One distinguishes different groups of fungi. Dermatophytes … Disease causing fungi
Therapy The treatment of fungi is ensured by the group of drugs called antimycotics.They are not antibiotics in the classical sense, but because of their slightly different mode of action they are considered to be fungal drugs. Depending on the type of fungus, a different fungal medicine is used. The mostly fungal drugs act by … Therapy | Disease causing fungi
Lamisil DermGel Lamisil DermGel® is particularly suitable for people who do not lose the burning and itching between their toes. The gel has a cooling effect and thus also relieves itching and existing pain. At the same time, it also has the property of a cream by caring for the irritated skin and providing sufficient … Lamisil DermGel | Lamisil®
Lamisil Tablets Lamisil Tablets® also contain the fungicidal active ingredient terbinafine, which is used in salt form as terbinafine chloride. The tablets contain 125mg or 250mg Terbinafine as Terbinafine chloride and the appropriate dose and dosage form is determined by the doctor. Areas of application for the tablets are fungal infections of the fingernails and … Lamisil Tablets | Lamisil®
General information Lamisil® is the trade name for Terbinafine, a drug used in the treatment of fungal infections (mycoses). Terbinafine intervenes in the formation of the fungal membrane by inhibiting the production of an essential substance of the fungal membrane, ergosterol. Accordingly, Terbinafine has a fungicidal effect. Lamisil® can be used locally (topically) in the … Lamisil®
Introduction Skin-fungi are neither plants nor animals, so they represent an own empire. Accordingly, infections with fungi are treated differently than infections with bacteria or viruses. Medically important are three groups of fungi: There are the filamentous fungi (dermatophytes), which can digest keratin, a component contained in skin, hair and nails, and almost exclusively attack … Skin fungi
Therapy Depending on the type and spread of the skin fungal disease, the treatment must be adapted. For local, superficial infections, ointments and creams are used in most cases, which not only kill the fungal pathogens, but also care for the damaged skin and support the healing process. These ointments contain special active ingredients, such … Therapy | Skin fungi
Prophylaxis To prevent skin fungal infections, one should pay attention to good personal hygiene. Especially with babies, parents should make sure that the diaper is changed regularly and that the children do not lie in a wet diaper for long periods of time. Because moisture favors the development of diaper dermatitis. Against the development of … Prophylaxis | Skin fungi
Infections with yeasts The bran fungus lichen occurs naturally in the hair follicles. The spread of the disease depends on heat and humidity and occurs in Europe with an incidence (new disease rate) of 0.5% to 5%. For comparison, the incidence of this disease in the tropics is about 60%. The bran fungus belongs to … Infections with yeasts | Skin fungi
Foot fungus Athlete’s foot is a skin disease that affects only the feet and affects many people. It is caused by the colonization of filamentous fungi, so-called dermatophytes, and occurs in most cases preferentially on the sole of the foot and in the spaces between the individual toes. The fungi tend to settle in these … Foot fungus | Skin fungi
Hand Mushroom Hand fungus is a local disease of the skin that only affects the hands. Like athlete’s foot, the disease is caused by an infection with filamentous fungi, so-called dermatophytes, which prefer to settle in the palm of the hand and the spaces between the fingers and continue to multiply there. The transmission of … Hand Mushroom | Skin fungi
