CANADIAN PODIATRIST DISCUSSES ONYCHOMYCOSIS

 

 

 

OTTAWA PODIATRIST, MR. DAVID GREENBERG STATES, "TOENAIL FUNGUS CAN CAUSE ATHLETE'S FOOT -- AND VISE VERSA -- BECAUSE THEY CROSS-CONTAMINATE EACH OTHER.  PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUSTAINED FOOT TRAUMA ARE ALSO MORE PRONE TO NAIL FUNGUS.  YOU CAN CONTRACT IT IN GYMS AND IN STANDING WATER.  YOU CAN GET IT THROUGH PEDICURES.  A LOT OF THESE PLACES AREN'T REGULATED WHEN IT COMES TO STERILIZING EQUIPMENT.  IT'S MORE COMMON THAN PEOPLE REALIZE.  I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD IT FOR TWO MONTHS.  TREATING TOENAIL FUNGUS IS NOT A MATTER OF COVERING IT UP WITH NAIL POLISH AND HOPING IT WILL GOE AWAY.  IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WOMEN KNOW NOT TO COVER IT UP WITH NAIL POLISH .  THAT CREATES A DARK ENVIROMENT FOR THE FUNGUS TO FESTER."

DR. HARDY, OWNER OF ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS HAS INVESTED IN THE LATEST ADVANCEMENT IN TREATING NAIL FUNGUS, THE LASER.  ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT COSTLY, THIS IS A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL IN TREATING THAT MICROORGANISM.  THE MAIN ADVANTAGE IS THAT THERE ARE NO SIDE EFFECTS AS WITH ORAL MEDICATIONS WHICH CAN CAUSE PERMANENT LIVER AND KIDNEY DAMAGE.  IT IS FOR THAT REASON THAT MY FOOT CLINIC WOULD NEVER RECOMMENT THIS FORM OF TREATMENT AS WE BELIEVE IN CONSERVATIVE FOOT CARE WHERE WE AVOID MEDICATIONS AND SURGERIES AT ALL COSTS.

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