What should I do if my child’s toenails become thick, yellow and hollow?

More and more children do not pay attention to their eating habits, which brings many diseases and even toenails problems. So what should you do if your toenails become thick, yellow and hollow? This change in toenails affects children's lives. In severe cases, they cannot walk normally. If it is not cured over time, it is difficult to treat. So, what should we do if children’s toenails become thick, yellow and hollow?

Thickened toenails are usually caused by fungal infection, which causes the nails to become loose and thickened, and there may be debris inside. A common fungal infection of the nails is onychomycosis (onychomycosis). When infected, the surface of the nails becomes uneven, dull in color, and turns yellow or gray. Be careful not to use sharp objects to handle the problem on your own, as this will not only fail to cure the condition but may also lead to other consequences due to injury.

Generally speaking, thickening of the nails can be judged as a symptom of onychomycosis.

The traditional treatment method for onychomycosis is mainly external treatment. One treatment option is to surgically remove the nail fungus. As the saying goes, the fingers are connected to the heart. Needless to say, the pain of nail removal is self-explanatory. Moreover, the nail bed exposed after nail removal is bloody and it is difficult to apply antifungal drugs. The fungus cannot be eliminated in time, and the new nail plate can easily be infected with fungi again, causing recurrence of onychomycosis. Another method is to use topical antifungal drugs for treatment.

Apply 5% iodine tincture locally and use antifungal ointments such as Daktarin cream. This treatment method is simple and easy, but because the nail grows very slowly, in order to ensure that the new nail plate is not infected by fungi, it is necessary to apply the medicine continuously for 6 to 9 months, which is troublesome and difficult to persist. Moreover, since the nail plate is a very tough and dense layer of keratin, it is difficult for topical medications to penetrate and completely kill the fungi in and under the nail plate, and the clinical effect is not ideal.

Since onychomycosis manifests differently in different patients, the treatment of onychomycosis should be tailored to the individual and the location, and should be persistent. At the same time, you should actively treat ringworm and chronic systemic diseases in other parts of the body, improve your own resistance, and pay equal attention to prevention and treatment. Only in this way can you completely cure onychomycosis.

From the above content, we know what to do if toenails become thick, yellow and hollow. This is a manifestation of decreased body immunity, so it is important to improve the body's resistance. Such toenails must be treated with some medications, because timely treatment can effectively prevent other diseases from occurring, and can prevent fungal infections, which is beneficial to other parts of the body. Therefore, do not delay treatment of onychomycosis.