> In some cases the fungal treatment is longer than usual eg: Nail infection, ...
I believe I got that and roughly beat it! It only
took a few years!
Doing some rough carpentry, I dropped a 2 x 4 on
my left big toe. No big pain. But later it appeared
that I had cracked the nail. Later the nail began to
crumble -- likely a fungus among us!
Eventually the nail crumbled its way nearly all the way
back to the white part.
I got some anti-fungus cream, generic, big tubes,
from Wal-Mart. So, I'd put a tablespoon of this
cream on the nail, wrap up the toe with a piece of
paper towel, secure it with whatever tape was
handy, and f'get about it until after a shower,
etc. and then repeat the procedure.
More than once the nail grew out again but was
infected with the fungus. We're talking years
here!
Finally I got lucky and the nail grew out
apparently healthy.
Then there was another problem: The inside
edge of the nail was a long way from growing
out so grew against flesh giving me an
ingrown toenail. Okay, been there; done
that! So, slathered on some Wal-Mart
generic triple anti-biotic cream, wrapped
it up, and waited months until the end of
the nail grew out past the flesh.
Yes, the end of the nail was ugly with
blood and dead flesh! Ah, soap and water!
But there was no bacterial infection from
the ingrown nail, and no fungus infection.
Now the nail is nicely grown out with
little or no evidence of crumbling
from a fungus infection.
So, I killed the fungus with just topical
medicine and not some internal medicine
that might damage my liver.
But, given the slow rate of nail growth,
a case can take years!
The anti-biotic cream seems to be strong
stuff: Once got some on my socks,
washed my socks, and too soon saw
sewage bubbling up in my backyard.
Yup, the anti-biotic cream had
sterilized my septic tank! So, flush
a box of Rid-X or whatever,
and the septic tank has been
healthy ever since.
LOL glad you have your toe nail back. The treatment would have been much faster had you taken Oral Anti-Fungal Meds.
I understand your concern but if you read the side effects even Aspirin has a TRUCK LOAD of 'em. But most of the serious side effects are extremely rare.
On a related note people complain about Side effects of Meds all the time (and Rightly so) but continue to live un-healthy lifestyles (smoke, loads of Alcohol, Trans Fat, etc) which is a little Ironic :)
> On a related note people complain about Side effects of Meds all the time (and Rightly so) but continue to live un-healthy lifestyles (smoke, loads of Alcohol, Trans Fat, etc) which is a little Ironic :)
I really hate this argument. Life is not binary. That statement is not ironic.
I might want to be a healthy individual, but I'm not required to go on a raw food vegan or paleo diet in order to do. Griseofulvin or it's friends, however, is designed to cure an infection, and taking it does not require me to quit eating sugars, carbs and alcohols or stop smoking, rock climbing or breaking the speed limit on the highway.
Or maybe after all the topical I used,
enough was absorbed that in effect I had
internal medication. Or, I used enough
topical to kill all the fungus in my
shoes, socks, etc. so that the next time
the nail grew out there wasn't any fungus.
It does appear that there was some infection
on other nails on the same foot. I never
put topical on those other nails, but
they have cleaned up, as they have grown out,
along with the nail on the big toe that
finally grew out healthy.
For a liver, supposedly one of its
main roles is to get rid of molecules
it doesn't like to see, possibly
including anti-fungus molecules.
I believe I got that and roughly beat it! It only took a few years!
Doing some rough carpentry, I dropped a 2 x 4 on my left big toe. No big pain. But later it appeared that I had cracked the nail. Later the nail began to crumble -- likely a fungus among us!
Eventually the nail crumbled its way nearly all the way back to the white part.
I got some anti-fungus cream, generic, big tubes, from Wal-Mart. So, I'd put a tablespoon of this cream on the nail, wrap up the toe with a piece of paper towel, secure it with whatever tape was handy, and f'get about it until after a shower, etc. and then repeat the procedure.
More than once the nail grew out again but was infected with the fungus. We're talking years here!
Finally I got lucky and the nail grew out apparently healthy.
Then there was another problem: The inside edge of the nail was a long way from growing out so grew against flesh giving me an ingrown toenail. Okay, been there; done that! So, slathered on some Wal-Mart generic triple anti-biotic cream, wrapped it up, and waited months until the end of the nail grew out past the flesh. Yes, the end of the nail was ugly with blood and dead flesh! Ah, soap and water! But there was no bacterial infection from the ingrown nail, and no fungus infection.
Now the nail is nicely grown out with little or no evidence of crumbling from a fungus infection.
So, I killed the fungus with just topical medicine and not some internal medicine that might damage my liver.
But, given the slow rate of nail growth, a case can take years!
The anti-biotic cream seems to be strong stuff: Once got some on my socks, washed my socks, and too soon saw sewage bubbling up in my backyard. Yup, the anti-biotic cream had sterilized my septic tank! So, flush a box of Rid-X or whatever, and the septic tank has been healthy ever since.