One of my little toenail seems to have a fungus. It looks eaten away on one side. This side tries to grow back but comoes out in shards that are red and bleed easily when tampered with. Anti fungal creams have had no effect. There is no pain or discomfort and no other toes or fingernails are affected in fact my nails are very healthy. Any idea what it could be and how to treat it naturally?
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor, The history suggests me that you may be having secondary bacterial infection following the fungal infection of the toenail, which is called as Tina ununium.This fungus can easily affect the toenail and can eat away the healthy part of the nail, here there is a secondary bacterial infection along with the fungus infection. In half of suspected nail fungus cases there is actually no fungal infection, but only nail deformity. For your symptoms I would suggest you to follow1. Avoid use of oral antifungal therapy in persons without a confirmed fungal infection.2. Oral terminating should be taken for a period of 1 month and so. 3. Topical agents like clotrimazole or Ciclopirox need to be applied daily for prolonged periods. Thank you.