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Suggest Ways To Rule Out Onychomycosis

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Posted on Tue, 28 Nov 2017
Question: I had fake nails on and they did get dirty underneath I think .I had them removed and I put nail fungus medicine on for couple weeks.now im up because 3 of my nsils are hurting so bad , it feels like the worst one has either freezing feeling in nail bad or just bad burning
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (18 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Onychomycosis

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query and photograph.
You have developed onychomycosis a fungal infection of nail bed.
I treat such cases with a combination of oral and topical antifungal medication.
A combination of oral fluconazole 150 mg per week and topical antifungal cream like clotrimazole to be applied twice daily works well.
As the nail bed is involved, the response will be slow and you might need to continue the medication for upto 8 months.
Let me know if you have any other doubts.
Thanks.
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Suggest Ways To Rule Out Onychomycosis

Brief Answer: Onychomycosis Detailed Answer: Hello Thanks for the query and photograph. You have developed onychomycosis a fungal infection of nail bed. I treat such cases with a combination of oral and topical antifungal medication. A combination of oral fluconazole 150 mg per week and topical antifungal cream like clotrimazole to be applied twice daily works well. As the nail bed is involved, the response will be slow and you might need to continue the medication for upto 8 months. Let me know if you have any other doubts. Thanks.