Toenails Or Fingernails

March 20, 2007

Toenails or fingernails - which is more likley to become infected with a fungus.

Fungus thrives in damp warm conditions - a hot sweaty sock is the ideal breeding ground for fungus so the toenails are more likely to become infected than the fingernails. This is not to say that fingernails are not prone just not as likely.

Once one toenail has become infected the chances are that all five toes will develop the fungus if left untreated - it is harder though for fungus to infect the toes on the other foot if simple precautionary measures are taken. The most obvious is to ensure that if you remove your socks ensure the left sock is put back on the left foot - and the right sock put back on the right foot.

If a fingernail is showing signs of fungal infection then the chances are all five fingernails will become infected if left untreated - the nails on the other hand will be under threat because as the nail grows and becomes distorted the sufferer may bite one fingernail and then bite another on the other hand tranfering the infection. Similarily women who use a nail file will almost certainly transfer the fungus from one nail to another and one hand to another.

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