I often hear an advertisement: "If you have onychomycosis, one person will pass it on to two..." So what is onychomycosis? The main symptoms of ringworm disease are thickened black and gray nails, or yellow and white spots, and loss of luster. It is commonly known as "onychomycosis", Chinese medicine calls it "goose claw fungus", and now it is called onychomycosis. It is caused by a large number of Caused by microbial infections called pathogenic fungi.
Causes of onychomycosis
1. Personal factors: poor personal hygiene habits, not changing clothes frequently, not bathing, etc.; often going to swimming pools and other public places with poor sanitary environment*** Place;
Generally speaking, young and middle-aged men and women are more likely to suffer from it; those who love sports, activities, and scratching are also prone to it.
2. Environmental factors: High temperature and high humidity are important conditions for the occurrence of onychomycosis. Therefore, ringworm is more common and severe in summer and rainy season than in winter and dry season. The incidence rate is also high in closed, humid, and crowded places.
Dangers of onychomycosis
1. Affects beauty
Hands are the second face of a person, and the beauty of hands directly affects a person’s temperament, while nails Most of it determines the beauty of the hands. Onychomycosis on the hands is indeed unsightly. Patients feel ashamed and embarrassed even when shaking hands with others, let alone other intimate gestures.
2. Restrictions on work
For some occupations that often deal with people and have strict hygiene requirements, such as doctors, nurses, catering industry, public relations, etc.
3. Impact on daily life
Nails have great physiological significance to us. Writing, cooking, playing, scratching, etc. all require the assistance of nails; fingers with diseased nails lose protection and are easily injured by collisions.
4. Abnormal psychological disorders
Patients with onychomycosis, especially when long-term treatment is ineffective, often have an inescapable sense of embarrassment and frustration. Especially when certain aspects, such as work, marriage, and social life, fail due to the impact of onychomycosis, the psychological impact on the patient is greater than that of normal people, often resulting in a sense of inferiority.
5. Many complications
It is easy to cause complications such as paronychia, onychomycosis, and finger pyoderma, causing patients to develop serious systemic symptoms such as erysipelas or cellulitis. disease.
6. Become a source of infection in the human body
Patients with onychomycosis can easily become a source of infection for bacteria. Patients with onychomycosis can infect other parts of the body with the fungus through scratching, resulting in new infections. Ringworm, in severe cases, can be transmitted to family and friends.
The effect of camellia oil on onychomycosis
Camellia oil treats onychomycosis because it can resist fungi in the skin. . The "Chinese Medicine Collection" records that tea oil can be used externally to treat ringworm and scabies, prevent mosquito bites, remove warts, sunscreen and remove wrinkles, etc. "Compendium Supplements" records: "Tea oil can moisturize the intestines, clear the stomach, detoxify, and sterilize..." It can be seen that tea oil has been found in ancient times to have medicinal value of sterilizing and reducing inflammation, and it has a good effect on bruises and bruises. Bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effects. Active substances such as squalene, sterols, and polyphenols in camellia oil are natural antibacterial, sterilizing, and antiviral drugs.
How to treat onychomycosis with camellia oil
1. Prepare a basin of warm water and a small bowl of camellia oil. Soak the diseased nails in the warm water for 5 minutes. Soak the nails until soft and cut them with scissors. Remove or scrape off any diseased nails that can be removed, and insert the diseased nails into camellia oil for 15 minutes. Take it 3 times a day and it will take effect in one week. If it is not cured, you can follow the above method for another course of treatment.
2. Use cotton wool dipped in camellia oil and apply it on the diseased nail. When the camellia oil soaks into the skin, sometimes the diseased nail will feel a little painful, so you should stick to it.
3. Apply tea tree oil to the affected area with a cotton swab and leave it on for a few minutes.
4. Blend pure tea oil with warm water and soak your hands (you can also use tea powder).
The same method can be used if the toenails suffer from onychomycosis.