The big toe nails are thicker, it turns out they are the cause

Studies have found that pachyonychia, congenital thick toenails, hyperkeratotic tinea pedis, chronic diseases, and age problems are all common factors that cause thickening of big toenails. In order to get good treatment results, the treatment must be tailored to the disease, otherwise it will only make the condition worse.

1. Causes

1. Thick toenails. The toenails become obviously thickened and regular, located on the nail plate. This type of toenail thickening is caused by the involvement of the nail matrix, and is called pachyonychia.

2. Congenital thickening of toenails. Congenital toenails are thickened and turn yellow-green. The toenails are thickened and extremely hard. Not only are the toenails thickened, but they are also excessively curved, with free edges that are barrel-shaped or horseshoe-shaped. All toenails may have symptoms of thickened toenails, and they will still become thicker if they grow again after falling off.

3. Hyperkeratotic tinea pedis. Hyperkeratotic tinea pedis is one of the causes of thickened toenails. When the toenails thicken, diffuse redness will appear on most of the soles of the feet. This type of thickening of toenails is accompanied by thickening, roughening, and deepening of skin wrinkles.

4. Chronic diseases. Thickening of toenails should be considered as chronic respiratory, thyroid or lymph gland diseases, which can cause a chain reaction of thickening of toenails;

5. Age issue. Thickening of toenails is common among the elderly. This is because the metabolism of the cuticle that makes up the nails slows down as the elderly age, causing the toenails to become thicker.

2. Onychomycosis and thickening of toenails

1. Onychomycosis is the main cause of thickening of toenails. In fact, the above thickening of toenails is only an additional manifestation of some diseases. In many cases, thickening of toenails in the elderly is caused by onychomycosis. The main reason for thickening of toenails is onychomycosis, which causes toenails to thicken.

2. Why do toenails become thicker when you have onychomycosis? Toenails become thicker because fungi enter the nail plate or nail bed and multiply rapidly, causing the toenails to thicken. The accumulation of keratin will make the toenails thicker. Thickening of toenails also deepens the opacity of the nail bed. Generally, toenails can be 1 to 3 times thicker than normal nail plates.

3. Onychomycosis can cause serious harm to toenails. If the toenails are not controlled when they become thicker, not only will the toenails become thicker, but the toenails will become thicker and more turbid when the nail plate is lifted up in the later stage, and eventually the toenails will become thicker and cause the nail plate to fall off. At the same time, the nail fungus that causes thickening of toenails can also cross-infect tinea pedis. If onychomycosis and tinea pedis occur at the same time, it will be much more difficult to treat than thickening of toenails. It is not as simple as just treating thickening of toenails.