Does it hurt to have onychomycosis?

Generally speaking, if the onychomycosis is relatively mild, it will not cause pain. However, if the onychomycosis is relatively severe, it will easily lead to inflammation, which will cause pain in the toes. Therefore, it is necessary to treat it while it is mild to avoid worsening of the symptoms. It will not only affect the appearance of the fingers or toes, but can also be transmitted to others. Although it is not a serious disease, it will of course have a great impact on human health.

Does onychomycosis hurt?

If you have onychomycosis, your toes will be painful. Because onychomycosis can cause inflammation of the toes in the later stages. Onychomycosis, also known medically as onychomycosis, is caused by fungal infection. Fungi invade the nails, causing them to turn yellow, thicken, peel irregularly, and become deformed. Because bacterial infection will appear in the later stage of fungal infection. Therefore, onychomycosis may cause toe pain.

There are two misunderstandings in the treatment of onychomycosis

1. It’s OK if you don’t get treatment

A large number of people believe that onychomycosis only affects the appearance of the hands and will not cause other complications to the body. This makes patients have an attitude that it is curable or not. In fact, this is an unscientific idea. Onychomycosis is a contagious disease that can not only be transmitted to family and friends, but can also cause athlete's foot. In addition, the pain caused by the proliferation and peeling of onychomycosis will affect the patient's daily life. Onychomycosis will also affect the fine movements of the fingers, making it impossible to perform fine operations. Finally, onychomycosis can make people feel unhygienic and cause social embarrassment for patients. For example, they may not dare to shake hands with others because of onychomycosis, or they may be unable to do certain jobs that expose their hands, especially as receptionists, waiters, etc.

Recommendation: If you suffer from onychomycosis, you should seek active and serious treatment as soon as possible to avoid the disease from progressing and spreading to others.

2. Onychomycosis is not contagious

The fungus that causes onychomycosis is the same as that that causes athlete's foot. If the family uses the items they usually share together, the fungus of onychomycosis may be transmitted to family members, causing athlete's foot or onychomycosis. In addition, if the socks of the whole family are washed together, or if they wear shared slippers, shared bath towels, etc., they will be infected with each other.

Suggestion: Improve family and collective hygiene, and strengthen hygiene management in public places. Daily necessities of onychomycosis patients at home should be disinfected regularly with boiling water, and items that cannot be washed with scalding water should be disinfected by exposing them to sunlight for 2-3 hours. Do not borrow or share daily necessities such as shoes, socks, slippers, foot basins, foot towels, etc. with others.