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Foot fungus during pregnancy, treatment
A woman in an interesting position is defenseless against fungal diseases, which is why the sore question remains, which remedy for foot fungus during pregnancy can be used. Pathogenic microorganisms weaken the immune system, can adversely affect the well-being of the expectant mother and lead to depression due to constant burning, itching, even peeling nails or flaky feet.
What to do with foot fungus during pregnancy?
You can get a fungus in a number of cases:
- Upon contact with a sick person, his hygiene products or clothing, direct contact (the wife and the husband infected with the fungus sleep in the same bed).
- Public places where it is damp and warm – beaches, saunas, showers, foot mat in the store’s fitting room.
- Transfer of certain species of organisms to animal hair.
- Relapse of a long-dormant disease, when the immune system is weakened.
The disease does not harm the baby’s body, but it torments the woman. Internal drugs are now taboo. All that remains is the use of local ointments, compresses, varnishes.
Foot fungus during pregnancy: treatment
The most effective drugs are recognized. But due to the small number of studies on pregnant women, it is difficult to say about the side effects. Doctors (dermatologists) sometimes prescribe the following drugs, which are afraid of foot fungus during pregnancy:
- Miconazole ointment, which is not absorbed into the blood, fights against pathogenic microorganisms and relieves inflammation.
- Varnish “Lotseril”, which is applied in a layer on the damaged nail after a preliminary procedure for cleaning the damaged plate (remove the dead layer with a nail file, treat the nail with alcohol and apply varnish after drying – twice a week).
- Folk antiseptics are also on the alert. Mix alcohol and propolis in proportions 10 to 1 and insist. Then the nails are treated with the mixture (before they are wiped with a manganese solution) and the fingers are wrapped with a bandage.
- The cleaned nail is treated with freshly squeezed juice from a golden mustache leaf. Cellophane and bandage are applied on top. After removing the dead cells, apply tar and wrap the fingers with a bandage.
Foot fungus during pregnancy, the treatment of which must be completed (otherwise it will lose sensitivity to drugs and reappear after a while), is an unpleasant ailment.
Care will also help, which should be followed not only in the next 9 months.
Remedy for foot fungus during pregnancy: prevention is also important!
You should carry a change of shoes with you if you have to go to the pool or visit the antenatal clinic. And you will have to forget about rubber shoes for long wearing during the day, the time has come for accessories made from natural materials. There is no need to remind about hygiene and own towels, washcloths and frequent change of socks and bed linen, everyone knows this.
And it is important to get enough sleep, not to deny yourself fruit and healthy goodies, then the fungus will not find a place in the life of the expectant mother.