TOENAIL FUNGUS DISCUSSED BY TORONTO DOCTOR AND TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST

WHAT CAUSES FUNGAL NAILS, AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RISK FACTORS?

IN NORMAL, HEALTHY PEOPLE, FUNGAL NAILS ARE COMMONLY CAUSED BY FUNGAS THAT IS CAUGHT FROM MOIST, WET AREAS.  COMMUNAL SHOWERS, SUCH AS THOSE AT A GYM, OR SWIMMING POOLS ARE COMMON SOURCES.  ATHLETES HAVE PROVEN TO BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE FUNGUS.  THIS IS PRESUMED TO BE DUE TO THE WEARING OF TIGHT-FITTING SWEATY SHOES ASOCIATED WITH REPETITIVE TRAUMA TO THE TOENAILS. HAVING ATHLETE'S FOOT MAKES IT MORE LIKELY THAT THE FUNGUS WILL INFECT YOUR TOENAILS.

ELDERLY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN UNDERLYING DISEASES ARE ALSO AT HIGHER RISK.  THESE INCLUDE CERTAIN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS SUCH AS PSORIASIS AND INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (CROHN'S DISEASE OR ULCERATIVE COLITIS).  ALSO ANYTHING THAT IMPAIRS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN MAKE YOU PRONE TO GETTING INFECTED WITH THE FUNGUS.  THESE INCLUDE CONDITIONS SUCH AS AIDS, DIABETES, ALCOHOLISM, CANCER, OR TAKING IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE MEDICATIONS LIKE STEROIDS.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. HARDY AND MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.SC., PODIATRIC MEDICINE, TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST AND THE TAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.

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