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4 Types of Toenail Fungus and How To Treat Them
Those yellowish and thickened toenails could mean you have an infection with a toenail fungus. Here are the types, symptoms, ...
A nail with onychomycosis, commonly caused by nail fungus infections. Microscopic organisms called fungi cause nail fungal ...
“Nail fungus, also known as onychomycosis, can be challenging to treat, often requiring oral antifungal medication for a complete cure,” says Ruth McTighe, dermatologist at Waccamaw ...
Terbinafine, an allylamine antifungal, inhibits biosynthesis of ergosterol, an essential component of fungal cell membrane, via inhibition of squalene epoxidase enzyme. This results in fungal cell ...
Onychomycosis, or fungal infection of the ... is difficult because the infection is embedded within the nail, and toenail growth is quite slow (about 0.3 mm/wk). Therefore, clinical cure may ...