How to Cure Nail Fungus

By Anna Latrobe

Having your nails infected with Fungus, can be an unpleasant experience, which can occur n either toe or finger nails. It is contracted by the fungi getting under your nail bed by means of a small cut or slit in your skin.

This results in the nail becoming discolored, thickening, developing crumbling edges, the surface of it becomes rough and lacking shine and after that it begins to loosen 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.

Some people may think that the easiest way to get rid of nail fungus is by completely removing the nail, however this may offer short term relief but when the nail grows back the infection will reemerge. Ideally you need to find a way to treat it that is effective and fast because you do not want to risk other people contracting it and it spreading to other parts of your body.

Remedies for nail fungus can be oral medications, or topical ointments, even though these may successfully treat fungus they can take from 6 to 12 weeks to work.

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.

Though these treatments may be successful they frequently do not kill the fungus, rather they treat the symptoms and in some instances may have bad side effects. As a result you ideally need to be using a natural product that works from the inside out, and kills the fungus, by increasing your natural anti-inflammatory and infection fighting capabilities, in order that you can fight the nail fungus without experiencing unpleasant side effects.

To treat nail fungus naturally you need to use a natural oil which has healing properties, the best example of this is tea tree oil, which when used in combination with botanical ingredients will permit you to be free from nails that are infected. - 29958

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