According to statistics, almost half of all cases to a dermatologist, in one way or another, linked to fungal diseases. Infection can be the access to the swimming pool, the sauna, having been on the beach or stimulation on the rise as foreign slippers. Learn more about how to without scraping and the application of other diagnostic techniques to recognize nail fungus in foot – the symptoms manifestations of onychomycosis of the initial and the chronic phase of the disease.
Disease-causing microorganisms and parasites, are called mycosis or onichamicosi. Doctors believe that are infected by them more than others are the people who are running stops: with cracks on the heels, calluses. Scaly or dry skin and is also considered to be the main cause of infection stop. Types of mycosis, there is a lot, because in nature, there are several hundred fungal pathogens, which can parasitize on the human body. The most common are: dermatophytes, yeast, and forms of parasites.
Are at the second place in frequency of occurrence of mycosis stop. Occur most often on the fingers of the hands as a complication already available on the lesions caused by fungal dermatophytes. Also amaze the nail plate with the edge. For the initial symptoms characterized by the appearance on the tip of the fingers of black spots, which gradually increase in size.
This type of fungal infection is not particularly widespread – that suffers from only three patients, the request for the help of a dermatologist.
The primacy between pathogens onychomycosis occupy dermatophytes, they hit the foot, the space between the fingers. Cause peeling, pain in the legs while driving. Without a proper treatment, there is the risk of development of atrophy.
Today in medicine are two classifications of onychomycosis: the first – for type of pathological changes, and the second – according to the place of localization. Depending on the type of infections fungal defeats of all types are divided into four subtypes: regional, normotroficheskie, hypertrophic, and atrophic. The shape location types of illnesses, some more:
This is the initial phase of the fungus, reveal that on your own is very difficult. This type of fungal infection is accompanied by changes in the edge of the nail plate, which appear in the pop-up, narrow grey stripes. With time, the symptoms of nail fungus in the foot amplified: the color starts to fade, it appears the fragility, the thickness of the base plate remains the same. Sometimes, perhaps, the appearance grey-yellow spots.
This type of onychomycosis is manifested in the reduction of the gloss, but with the maintenance of a thickness of the solid part of a finger. The main symptoms of normo-trophic type are:
This has a specific sign – in-education atrophy on the edge. Hypertrophy leads to a thickening of the nail plate, the appearance of a specific design. Patients often complain of pain, especially when walking, which passes only after the painkillers. Hypertrophic athlete's foot has three phases:
For this type of fungal infection is characterized by the appearance of small foci of infection in the centre or the edge of the nail with white color or almost white. This type of onychomycosis appears to be only on the legs. Due to the fact that disputes affecting only the upper part of the finger, the plate deforms very rarely, but mushrooms are his feelings in the upper layers and the epidermis. In the absence of treatment, the most difficult part becomes loose and rough. Usually, the surface onychomycosis-causing dermatophytes.
Accompanied by coughing up little pieces of discs, the soft nail bed. The victim nail becomes sluggish with touches of grey and gradually loses its luster. Usually, this type of fungus that manifests itself as a complication in other types of fungal infections. In the absence of adequate treatment, the lesions can occur on covered areas ipercheratosiche.
Often combined with the defeat of the periungual tissues healthy. The disease usually occurs in 3 or 4 finger of the hand or foot. For candida fungal infection characterized by the presence of the following symptoms:
One of the more rare forms of onychomycosis. The disease often begins to develop with the soft tissue, passing gradually to the healthy nail. The reproduction of the fungi begins with the middle of the nail. Without treatment of the disks, which change colour, they begin to crumble and fall apart.
This form of bad disease is characterized by a change in the normal color to brown-grey. When the symptoms manifest themselves gradually: the first plate loses gloss and becomes opaque, then the nail is destroyed, and the place of the church are visible loose accumulation of tiny flakes of skin. Pathological processes begin with the external part, with the time covering an area of growth of the nails and skin cushion.
Depending on the stage of the disease to distinguish complete atrophy and partial hypertrophy, both concepts are related but are not synonymous. Under the atrophic type is defined as a disturbance of growth, the thinning and complete destruction of the nail plate is a phase of the total damage. Often when it is detected in advanced phase patients complain to a doctor dermatologist not only the change of the structure, but also a sharp pain.
Hypertrophic nail fungus in foot - the symptoms of the error:
Very often, the disease manifests in the feet as a strong itching. This feeling begins to disturb the patient from the very first days after the infection. If the fungal spores have attached to the plate, he feels itching around the affected area, and the skin becomes flabby, dry and peel, it appears irritation. If the infection is initiated with soft tissue, itching the same fingers. In the case of strong hairdo the skin followed by itching is a burning sensation. Generally, these symptoms occur when the defeat stop, at least during the systemic administration for onychomycosis is hand.
This is the next symptom of onychomycosis, which replaces or supplements the itching. When the staining depends on the type of pathogen, residing in the human body:
Always to the inside of the fingers and the spores of fungi begin to multiply and gradually cover the whole space, slowly, with a resulting total deformation and the destruction of the solid part. Plate thickens, or, on the contrary, becomes very thin, it will begin to crumble, become apparent unnatural yellow, and whitish plaque. In the initial stages of infection changes the structure of the nail plate becomes irregular, or is covered by strips, solid plate becomes cloudy.
Physicians distinguish three main stages of fungal infection:
Discomfort when a nail fungus – the concept of typical for every patient. Some patients may not feel these symptoms, especially if the disease has been found in an early stage. During the execution of the form of fungal infections, to recognize the disease easily: fingers lose their original appearance, they begin to stratify and disconnect. At this stage, some patients may feel pain under the nail, or in the fingers.
The painful sensations during avium toes may appear for several reasons:
The loss and the change in the color, the appearance of irregularity, thinning or thickening the plate, delamination – these are the first signs of nail fungus in the feet that fit under the description. However, with a careful self-diagnosis of the disease can also classify. For example:
The first signs that you've had a fungal infection of the nails of the feet are the symptoms that manifest themselves in the adjacent soft tissues. Stop skin loses its natural colour, becomes red or yellow, become thin and easily damaged. Usually with this and begins the process of mold formation. With the passing of time, the disease may present the serious drawback of causing the appearance of cracks, itching, blisters with fluid.
