Ingrown toenail or, as it is also called, onychocryptosis is a fairly common disease. As a rule, the big toe suffers from it. In this case, the bent side part of the nail initially puts a little pressure on the nail fold, causing only slight discomfort.
However, over time, this mild discomfort can turn into constant severe pain, as the ingrown toenail continues to deform and injure the skin. As a result, the finger becomes very swollen and even makes it difficult to walk; sometimes you have to resort to a surgical solution to the problem. A reasonable alternative to surgery is to treat an ingrown toenail with folk remedies.
An ingrown toenail can appear due to:
Diabetes, atherosclerosis, varicose veins, pregnancy, and professions that place additional stress on the legs significantly increase the risk of this disease.
UNFORTUNATELY, AN INGROWN NAIL IS NOT A DISEASE THAT YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT AND WHICH WILL PASS ON YOURSELF SOONER OR LATER. CERTAIN MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS SMALL DISCOMFORT WHEN WALKING IS FELT, SINCE THE INFLAMMATION WILL ONLY INCREASE, THE FINGER CAN ALMOST DOUBLE IN INCREASE, AND THE WOUND ON THE NAILS WILL FEP AND BLEED CLEAR.
Onychocryptosis will not go away on its own
In addition, the location of the ingrown toenail allows for further infection of the wound, which can worsen the situation. In the initial stages of the disease, it is quite possible to use traditional methods, the judicious use of which can completely cure the sore finger.
Treatment is usually carried out in two stages:
1.Initially, the purpose of the procedures is to free the ingrown corner of the nail from the finger. To do this, appropriate folk remedies are used to soften the nail plate, relieve inflammation and release the painful part of the nail. Treatment can be quite long and last about six months. However, if you strictly follow all the recommendations and carry out the procedures daily, you can get rid of the disease forever. The following recipes are most effective at this stage:
It is necessary to hold the ingrown nail in a warm soda solution for about twenty minutes (add one tablespoon of soda to three liters of water). After this, the nail will become more flexible and you can try to bring it out. If this succeeds, then place a bandage or piece of paper under its sharp edge and leave it overnight, securing it with a bandage or bandage.
Peel a medium-sized onion, chop finely and mix with 30 grams of honey. Soak the nail in a soda solution and make an onion-honey compress overnight, covering it with film and bandaging it. In the morning, you can try to bring the edge of the nail out.
The sore finger is hovered in a solution of potassium permanganate, then a crushed plantain leaf is applied and secured on top with a whole leaf of the same plant. The leg is bandaged and a sock is put on. The dressing is changed every day. After a week, the inflammation and pain disappear.
In the evening, put a fingertip filled with butter on the sore finger and a sock on top. The procedure is carried out every evening. In the morning the compress is removed. After about three weeks, the pain should go away. As soon as it gets better, you should try to move the nail to the side and put something under it.
Take one small aloe leaf, knead it, and add twenty drops of ordinary water to the resulting pulp. Then a cotton pad is moistened with this paste and applied to the ingrown nail overnight, wrapping it with film on top. In the morning, the nail will be soft enough to move it to the side.
Stages of treating an ingrown toenail
2. The second stage of treatment for an ingrown nail, after it is freed, is changing the shape of the nail plate. This treatment is quite unique and involves thinning the central part of the nail, which leads to increased regeneration of the center of the nail plate and a change in the direction of nail growth (the nail stops growing in width and bending).
The procedure is carried out as follows: the nail is first steamed in a soda solution, then a shallow groove about 3 mm wide is sharpened in the center of the nail plate with a file or nail file. This is an absolutely painless method, used even for children.
Another no less effective method can be considered an alternative: on the protruding part of the nail, exactly in the middle, an incision is made with pliers in the shape of a small triangle with the tip directed towards the base of the nail plate. If you make such an incision regularly when cutting your nails, the ingrown nail will disappear and will no longer bother you.
Folk remedies for ingrown toenails will help not only heal, but also prevent inflammation. It is very good both to treat various inflammations and to prevent the appearance of ingrown toenails by rubbing your feet at least twice a week with oregano oil. This powerful antioxidant has powerful antimicrobial effects. It is also useful to make foot baths with string, calendula or chamomile. (under a closed lid, six tablespoons of any one herb or a mixture of them are infused in two liters of boiling water for an hour. You can add a few crystals of potassium permanganate to the decoction).
Preventative bath for nails
To make your toenails strong, healthy and not a source of pain, you need to:
Hello, my dear friends and dear blog readers! “Nail fungus, treatment with folk remedies” - today we will devote our discussion to this issue.
Not every person benefits from exoderil, loteril, lamisil and many other fungal medications. Plus they are too expensive.
So let’s see how the simplest home remedies can help get rid of fungus. And they really help! There is plenty of evidence of this!
You could already learn how fungal infection occurs and what symptoms the initial and advanced stages manifest from the article “Routes of infection, symptoms and treatment methods for nail fungus.”
Before applying medicinal products to sore nails, you need to steam your feet and hands.
The easiest way to do such procedures is to add baking soda or sea salt to hot water. You can use regular coarse salt. It’s not bad if you add a decoction of antiseptic herbs (chamomile, calendula) to the solution or oak bark to reduce sweating of the feet.
The goal is to soften the nail plates. After this, you need to use scissors or tweezers to remove all the changed, crumbled part of the nail to a healthy border. This treatment should be done at least 2-3 times a week.
In the evening, prepare a bowl with 5 liters of hot water (50-60 degrees). If you have varicose veins, unfortunately, the temperature will have to be reduced to 35-37 degrees. Add 2 tablespoons of soda or salt and a decoction of herbs to the water.
Lower your legs into the pelvis. If there are manifestations of the fungus on your hands, additionally make the same bath for your hands. Hold for 15 minutes. Then simply dry your feet and hands in the air and begin treatment. How many baths are there in total for the course? There are no standards. It all depends on the effectiveness of the treatment.
Choose quality tea tree essential oil. It doesn't have to be cheap. Only 100% oil will help. Usually there is a 10 ml bottle on sale. This amount will be enough for a whole year and there will be some left over.
Every night, use the pipette built into the bottle to place a drop on each nail. The liquid envelops the entire nail plate, the area around the nail and even the spaces between the fingers.
Dry your fingers in the open air. Wrap with gauze and put on cotton socks.
The essence of the treatment is that vinegar acidifies the surface of the nail plates. An acid reaction is unbearable for the life of microorganisms. They stop reproducing. If you repeat the procedure many times, the nails gradually become clear and their growth returns to normal.
Soak a cotton swab in 9% or apple cider vinegar. Apply to affected nails. We secure it with adhesive tape or polyethylene, put on cotton socks and go to bed. In the morning, wash your feet with laundry soap. Do it daily until the condition improves. Then once or twice a week is enough.
Beat the egg, gradually adding a teaspoon of vinegar essence, vegetable oil, dimethyl phthalate. Dimethyl phthalate is a mosquito repellent with antifungal activity. Sold in pharmacies, pet stores or hardware stores. The release form is required in the form of a 100 ml solution.
Store the ointment in the refrigerator. Use at night, applying cotton swabs with ointment to all nails. Wrap in plastic, secure, socks. In the morning, wash off with laundry soap.
It would seem that this is a cheap antiseptic. They need to lubricate all their fingernails and toenails morning and evening. But it has two drawbacks.
Firstly, iodine stains nails yellow, creating some inconvenience.
Secondly, it is often dangerous to apply iodine to the skin, because it can affect the condition of the thyroid gland. In any case, hypofunction of the thyroid gland is a direct contraindication for the cutaneous use of iodine.
You can read about the composition and medicinal properties of birch tar in the article “Cleansing the body with birch tar.”
You need to treat your nails with tar after steaming baths. This should be done 2 times weekly. A drop of pharmaceutical birch tar should be placed on the dry surface of each plate. Wait until the product dries, put on cotton socks and do not wet your feet for two days. Then repeat the procedure until improvement occurs.
You can also prepare an ointment. For one part of tar, take 4 parts of interior fat or baby cream, mix everything and apply it to your nails every day before bed. The fingers are wrapped in polyethylene, the bandage is secured, and socks are put on. In the morning, you can wash your feet with warm water and laundry soap.
You can also use tar soap, but there is not enough tar, only 10%
This poisonous plant contains 20 different active alkaloids, which, when applied externally, suppress pathogenic flora, including nail fungi.
In summer, the juice of the plant can be used directly on the fingernails and toenails. They do this twice a day, and apply a bright yellow liquid and wait for it to dry. Then repeat the procedure three times a week.
In winter, pharmaceutical celandine oil is used. It is also very effective. The course is long.
Being a powerful bactericidal agent, propolis has found its place in the treatment of nail fungus. Buy a 20% alcohol tincture at the pharmacy (or prepare it yourself), moisten cotton swabs and cover your nails with this life-giving elixir every night.
Possessing strong oxidizing properties, this product helps destroy fungi. The procedure must be done after taking a foot or hand soda bath. Remove the crumbled diseased tissue and only then treat the nails with peroxide.
Moisten the gauze generously with a solution of hydrogen peroxide. Apply to nail phalanges for 30 minutes. Do not let the liquid evaporate; it must penetrate deeply into the affected tissue. After completing the procedure, wipe your feet and hands dry. Perform the procedure daily, for a long time.
Ph.D. shares his experience in treating nail fungus. Rybnikov Yuri Stepanovich
Other folk remedies include turpentine, black coffee, garlic oil, and Belizna fabric bleach. All recipes are on the Internet.
If one of the family members is infected with nail fungus, he is a dangerous source of infection for his loved ones, and it is also possible for the patient himself to be re-infected during the treatment process.
Nail fungus! Treatment with folk remedies can be no less effective than medication if you have patience, believe in success and do everything that ancient folk wisdom recommends.
Many people face the problem of fungal infection on their feet. Most often, foot fungus is transmitted through household items - towels, personal hygiene products, wearing someone else's shoes contaminated with pathogenic fungi. In our article we will tell you how to cure fungus using folk remedies.
Treating fungus with washing powder
No matter how strange it may sound, this folk method of treating fungus is quite effective. The fungus begins to develop in an acidic environment, and the powder contains various alkalis. Dilute 100 grams of any powder in hot water and steam your feet for ten minutes every day. The course of treatment is ten days. But after the symptoms disappear, your legs need to soar for another three days.
Treatment of fungus with ammonia
Buy ammonia at the pharmacy and dilute it with water in a ratio of 15 grams per 200 ml of water. Then soak a napkin in it and wrap it around your foot as a compress just before going to bed.
Treatment of fungus with garlic
Cut a clove of garlic in half, dip it in salt and rub it on the affected areas of your legs. You can also use garlic pulp in the form of compresses and for rubbing.
Treatment of fungus with boric acid
Soak your feet in plain water. After they are dry, sprinkle boric acid powder on your feet and toes. Perform the procedure for ten days at night.
Treatment of fungus with BF glue
Apply BF glue to the affected areas of the skin once a day for seven days.
Treatment of fungus with an antifungal mixture
Mix glycerin, vinegar essence, iodine in equal proportions and add two parts of water. Rub the resulting mixture onto your steamed feet before going to bed. To achieve maximum effect, ten procedures will be required.
Treatment of fungus with alcohol
Soak cotton swabs in alcohol and apply to the affected areas and between the fingers twice a day - morning and evening. The course of treatment is 14 days.
Dilute regular baking soda with water and apply the resulting mixture to sore spots for twenty minutes. After the procedure, rinse the soda with warm water and apply baby talc to your feet.
Treatment of fungus with shag
Boil 15 grams of ordinary shag in 1000 ml of boiling water over low heat. Soak your feet in the resulting decoction every day until the symptoms disappear completely. After the procedure, do not wash your feet or dry them with a towel.
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