Can hydrogen peroxide cure onychomycosis?

Hydrogen peroxide is a common topical medicine in life. Its scientific name is hydrogen peroxide. It can be used to disinfect wounds, environments, and food. Recently, some people say that applying it to nails can treat onychomycosis. So, is this method useful? In fact, it is not comprehensive, because onychomycosis is caused by fungi, which are very stubbornly embedded in the nails, while hydrogen peroxide is easy to evaporate and can only play a very small role. Therefore, it is very difficult to cure onychomycosis with hydrogen peroxide.

Medical hydrogen peroxide, that is, hydrogen peroxide, commonly known as hydrogen peroxide, is divided into three types: medical, military and industrial. Medical hydrogen peroxide is used for daily disinfection. Medical hydrogen peroxide can kill intestinal pathogens and pyogenic cocci and is generally used for surface disinfection of objects. Hydrogen peroxide has an oxidizing effect, but the concentration of medical hydrogen peroxide is equal to or lower than 3%.

Hydrogen peroxide is a colorless liquid with a pungent odor. In medical treatment, 3% hydrogen peroxide is often used to treat wounds or otitis media. 3% hydrogen peroxide has the ability to disinfect and sterilize. Because peroxide is unstable, hydrogen peroxide can easily undergo the following reaction: H2O2→H2O+O2, so it is easily oxidized. Due to its oxygen-producing effect, it is widely used in oral clinical medicine.

Onychomycosis refers to a disease caused by dermatophytes invading the nail plate or under the nail. Onychomycosis is a nail infection caused by fungi such as dermatophytes, yeasts and non-dermatophytes. The real cause of onychomycosis is fungi, and most of the fungi are distributed inside the nails. Because the nails have their own unique dense structure, once onychomycosis is contracted, it takes a long time to heal.

Therefore, we conclude that hydrogen peroxide is used for body surface disinfection. Because this drug is relatively unstable, it decomposes quickly after contacting the surface, so the effect does not last long. Hydrogen peroxide itself also has a killing effect on fungi, such as pathogenic yeasts. Onychomycosis, also known as onychomycosis, is a nail infection caused by fungi such as dermatophytes, yeasts and non-dermatophyte fungi. So hydrogen peroxide has a therapeutic effect. However, because the treatment time for fungi is relatively long, and the effectiveness of hydrogen peroxide is relatively short, it is relatively not the best medicine for treating onychomycosis and can only be used as an auxiliary medicine.

To cure onychomycosis, it is recommended to combine oral and topical medications, and to have enough patience to use both methods. In addition, if the onychomycosis improves, you should switch to external application of Chinese medicine for treatment. This will not only avoid the side effects of Western medicine, but also ensure that it will not recur. I believe everyone will succeed!