Prevent Fungus
by Tammy Taylor
Some Examples:
- Having a pedicure done with dirty implements, or a dirty spa tub.
- Having a manicure done with dirty implements.
- Slamming nails in a door.
- Pulling nails backwards on car door handles.
- Picking off artificial nails instead of soaking them off.
- Using a drill on top of the naked natural fingernail, causing heat and friction.
- Any puncture to the Hyponychium.
- Wearing toenails too long and shoes too tight.
- Cleaning out from under fingernails with a metal implement.
- Fingernails too long for an active life style.
- Clipping toenails too short and cutting the Hyponychium.
- Strong cleaning chemicals.
- Gardening without gloves.
Some signs you might see or feel after the trauma or damage, but… before the nail fungus (Onychomycosis) starts:
- Loosening of the fingernail plate.
- A feeling like a little splinter is under the natural fingernail, but you cannot see it.
- The nails feel sensitive when picking up something or hitting them against something.
- The natural fingernail feels loose.
- The natural fingernail looks like the white free-edge is growing down the nail-bed, and the pink nail-bed is getting shorter.
Q: What can you do to help prevent nail fungus?
A: Keep nails clean.
Onycholysis (loosening of the fingernail plate) is not a fungus but it is susceptible to fungus, so natural fingernails must be kept clean.
