To Prevent From Toenail Fungus Is To Keep Your Feet Healthy

Healthy feet are essential to preventing toenail fungus and an ounce of prevention is always better than a cure. Toenail fungus can be difficult to get rid of so it is important to ensure you don’t help create the situation for the fungus to thrive in.

Keep the following foot care tips in mind:

1. Throw out your old trainers. These days people spend all day and often most of the evening wearing trainers. And many people wear trainers long after they should have been thrown out.

While they may be comfortable, trainers don’t allow your feet to breathe. Inside the trainers the feet sweat – creating a dark, damp environment perfect for toenail fungus to grow and thrive unnoticed for months – even years. If your trainers are old, it’s time to throw them out and purchase new ones. In addition to being breeding grounds for fungus old trainers provide little foot support and can lead to other problems such as back pain.

If you have contracted toenail fungus already immediately get rid of your old trainers. It’s likely the fungus is still living there and will re-infect the toenail, making it harder to cure.

2. Wear leather shoes if possible as leather allows the feet to breathe. Alternatively, ensure you wear trainers made of stretchy and breathable man-made material. Avoid wearing trainers for extended periods of time.

3. Avoid Ingrown Toenails. An ingrown toenail is painful. It is often the result of wearing shoes that are too tight, not changed often enough, or by cutting nails too short so the edges grow in. Always cut your nails straight across using a nail clipper. Cut your toenails after you have had a shower or bath as they are softer and easier to cut.

4. Dry your feet properly. Always dry feet thoroughly after a bath or shower. This means paying attention to the hard-to-reach area between each toe as well as the foot, using a clean dry towel. To avoid passing toenail fungus on don’t share towels and ensure you wash or change your towels after each use.

Your feet often act as barometers of your health. If you notice a change or suspect you may have an infection see a foot doctor, don’t ignore it.

Be aware and keep your feet healthy and you can prevent toenail fungus infection or begin to clear it up sooner rather than later.