Fungal Nail Infection
Discussion
Yeah I know, gross subject, but anyway...
One of my toenails has gone black, gnarly and thick. From the Internet it would seem like a fungal infection. It does almost seem like the nail might fall off sometime soon and it seems a bit separated from the nail bed but so far I haven't been able to persuade it to come off. If it does is the new nail just as likely to grow back infected?
Recommendations for treatment please, seems there are many products I could buy over the counter in the chemist but which one works, especially as they seem to cost about £20. Want to nuke it from orbit
One of my toenails has gone black, gnarly and thick. From the Internet it would seem like a fungal infection. It does almost seem like the nail might fall off sometime soon and it seems a bit separated from the nail bed but so far I haven't been able to persuade it to come off. If it does is the new nail just as likely to grow back infected?
Recommendations for treatment please, seems there are many products I could buy over the counter in the chemist but which one works, especially as they seem to cost about £20. Want to nuke it from orbit
FredAstaire said:
prescription for pills from the Dr.
This worked for me last year. I had the dreaded whitening toenail. I tried a few remedies like sanding it and applying the liquid but it didn't work. Went to the Docs, he tutted and gave me some pills, Terbinafine. One a day and let it grow out. I think it took 9 months. Looks great now.
Don't waste money with Boots counter stuff.
Edited by Fastchas on Wednesday 27th September 15:39
I hope your GP is better than mine in that they would only prescribe the Terbinafine one packet at a time and not on repeat prescription meaning I'd have to keep going back every month which inevitably I got fed up of. Also, it can f
k your liver so they like to make you have regular blood tests too.
k your liver so they like to make you have regular blood tests too. Oakey said:
I hope your GP is better than mine in that they would only prescribe the Terbinafine one packet at a time and not on repeat prescription meaning I'd have to keep going back every month which inevitably I got fed up of. Also, it can fk your liver so they like to make you have regular blood tests too.
Can you see why he might prescribe it carefully then? k your liver so they like to make you have regular blood tests too. terrydacktal said:
Can you see why he might prescribe it carefully then?
If I get prescribed something like Tramadol post-op they don't prescribe it one tablet at a time do they in the event I might abuse them!It was a ridiculous setup because you have to make your GP appointment 2 weeks in advance and time it to coincide with that month's prescription running out. Nobody has time for that palaver.
Oakey said:
I hope your GP is better than mine in that they would only prescribe the Terbinafine one packet at a time and not on repeat prescription meaning I'd have to keep going back every month which inevitably I got fed up of. Also, it can fk your liver so they like to make you have regular blood tests too.
Hmm, my liver is not in the best of shape as is and I hate blood tests (needle phob.). Maybe the last resort.k your liver so they like to make you have regular blood tests too. Vicks vaporub can work, worked for me, nail will temporarily go even blacker as it reacts and kills the fungus, takes a good 2 or 3 weeks of continued application though .
Best to do it of a nightime before bed.
I also regularly soaked my affected foot it a bowl of hot water with bleach in it, works well as well.
Remember, the fungus is a living organism, anything like anti bacterial mouthwash, bleach, Vick's, will nuke it, it just takes time.
I had 3 badly affected thick, knarly discoloured nails, patience is a virtue.
Best to do it of a nightime before bed.
I also regularly soaked my affected foot it a bowl of hot water with bleach in it, works well as well.
Remember, the fungus is a living organism, anything like anti bacterial mouthwash, bleach, Vick's, will nuke it, it just takes time.
I had 3 badly affected thick, knarly discoloured nails, patience is a virtue.
Mexman said:
Vicks vaporub can work, worked for me, nail will temporarily go even blacker as it reacts and kills the fungus, takes a good 2 or 3 weeks of continued application though .
Best to do it of a nightime before bed.
I also regularly soaked my affected foot it a bowl of hot water with bleach in it, works well as well.
Remember, the fungus is a living organism, anything like anti bacterial mouthwash, bleach, Vick's, will nuke it, it just takes time.
I had 3 badly affected thick, knarly discoloured nails, patience is a virtue.
'er indoors was on about using vaporub on it, thought she was joking, I'll give it a go and maybe bleach my foot as well Best to do it of a nightime before bed.
I also regularly soaked my affected foot it a bowl of hot water with bleach in it, works well as well.
Remember, the fungus is a living organism, anything like anti bacterial mouthwash, bleach, Vick's, will nuke it, it just takes time.
I had 3 badly affected thick, knarly discoloured nails, patience is a virtue.
I tried the boots over the counter paint on stuff, using the nail-file emery board things they give you on the top of the nail. It affected a small depth of nail but no more and was useless.
I started to file more and more and only stopped when it hurt too much, and this worked much better. I got it down to a thin flexible layer of nail which the liquid would penetrate. You have to be quite thorough and get to it all though, or it comes back.
I started to file more and more and only stopped when it hurt too much, and this worked much better. I got it down to a thin flexible layer of nail which the liquid would penetrate. You have to be quite thorough and get to it all though, or it comes back.
so the options are:
1) use something not designed for the purpose (vapor rub, listerine etc) with negligible chance of success
2) buy something very expensive from the supermarket and paint it on, with sligtly better but limited chance of success
3) go to doctor and for the price of a prescription get pills that will work, albeit slowly.
I've got four or five awful toenails that I really out to go to the doctor and get pills for, but you just never get round to it do you.
Years ago I had two yellow nails on my hand (trapped them in the front door, and after the initial bruising etc after a few months they were yellow.). Being a kid/teenager and not knowing better i thought the only cure was removal of the nail painfully (thanks dad for that one), until when at Uni i went to the docs about it. Pills. Pills worked over the course of several months.
Only pills have the answer.
1) use something not designed for the purpose (vapor rub, listerine etc) with negligible chance of success
2) buy something very expensive from the supermarket and paint it on, with sligtly better but limited chance of success
3) go to doctor and for the price of a prescription get pills that will work, albeit slowly.
I've got four or five awful toenails that I really out to go to the doctor and get pills for, but you just never get round to it do you.
Years ago I had two yellow nails on my hand (trapped them in the front door, and after the initial bruising etc after a few months they were yellow.). Being a kid/teenager and not knowing better i thought the only cure was removal of the nail painfully (thanks dad for that one), until when at Uni i went to the docs about it. Pills. Pills worked over the course of several months.
Only pills have the answer.
Oakey said:
I hope your GP is better than mine in that they would only prescribe the Terbinafine one packet at a time and not on repeat prescription meaning I'd have to keep going back every month which inevitably I got fed up of. Also, it can fk your liver so they like to make you have regular blood tests too.
Better ...........................................k your liver so they like to make you have regular blood tests too. FFS - there's a reason he didn't give you a 6/12 supply and tell you to get on with it.
Better GP's don't cause liver failure .................
and remind me why I hate my job ..............
I took the pills for a few months with no luck. Then got a little carried away with my dremel until there was minimal discolouration left. A few weeks with a lot of Tea Tree Oil on cotton wool as a dressing and it's all good. The fungus doesn't like things like Tea Tree oil or Vick etc. Anything that upsets it's happy environment will kill it. You know it's working as it changes colour.
technodup said:
I've been taking Terbinafine for two months with not a whole lot of difference. I *think* there's clear nail coming through but they grow so slowly I can't be sure.
Toenails grow more slowly than fingernails so it might take time to see the new growth. I would assume that the drugs might have already killed the fungus or stopped it spreading but it took mine 9 months to fully grow out. And TBh, popping one pill a day is better than applying that laquer.My doctor gave me the maximum I could have on one prescription to keep costs down but I also have to pay for drugs for my Arthritis so he knows he safe to prescribe me stuff.
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