A condition of thickened, brittle, crumbly, or ragged nails is nail fungus also called onychomycosis.
Nail infection is a cosmetic problem. Any immediate difference in the growth of your nail or pain may signal a nail infection. Fungal nail infection is caused because of a growth of fungi underneath your nails due to warm or moist environments. Diabetic patients are more at risk of nail infections. Also, people with poor circulation, 65 years over aged people, and having a nail or skin injury are at more risk of nail infections.
Our treatment
If you have a distorted nail, an odor from your nail, or a brittle nail you must look for the chances of nail infections. Some common nail infections are Distal subungual infection, White superficial infection, Proximal subungual infection, and Candida infection.
There are not many products available to cure nail infections. Our doctors will prescribe Antibiotics to tackle your infection and halt it from spreading. Depending on the type and the severity of the infection our doctors will prescribe you antifungal medications. The cure is not always guaranteed in fungal infections but here we have a higher success ratio of treating nail Infections.