How to Cure Nail Fungus

By Anna Latrobe

Nail Fungus is an unpleasant condition to cope with, especially considering that it can effect your nails on your toes and your fingers. The condition is caught by the fungi getting underneath your nail bed through a small crack or cut in the skin close to your nails.

Once you have caught the fungi the nail starts to discolor, the shine of the nail disappears and the surface becomes rough, the edges of your nail start to crumble and eventually the nail loosens from the nail bed.

Even though these symptoms can be extremely aggravating to live with, you need not continue to suffer as you can treat this condition through various means. But it is essential to begin to treat it immediately otherwise it will spread as it feeds from your skin and nails and is highly infectious.

Certain people try to get rid of it by removing the nail, however this will not solve the problem, as when the nail grows back the infection will reoccur. Nail fungus is very contagious so you need to treat it right away as when you leave it, you put other people in danger of of contracting it and it can also transmit other parts of your body.

When you treat nail fungus you can either use topical or oral treatment, but the problem with conventional medication is that it can take from 6 to 12 weeks before you see the desired result.

Your physician may give you a choice between taking medication, having the nail removed, or using a form of laser treatment that is called photodynamic therapy.

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.

The best way to treat nail fungus naturally is to use a natural oil. An oil that is renowned for it's healing capabilities is Tea Tree Oil, and when it is used with other potent botanical ingredients, it provides a great way to treat nail fungus without any harmful side effects. - 29956

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