VIDEO: Relieve skin fungus with home remedies

A skin fungus can appear anywhere: on the face, under the female breast, in the genital area, between Toes or under the belly fold. It can also be found on the head or in the nasal cavities. The superficial fungal attack always occurs in the uppermost layers of the skin; such a skin fungal disease is also called dermatomycosis. There are also mushrooms that penetrate the deeper layers of the skin.

Fight skin fungus according to fungus types

• In order to combat a skin fungus, you first have to find out what type of fungus it is. So there are, for example, the dermatophytes (thread fungi), which are called a. Cause dermatophytosis. This type of fungus attacks all keratin-containing areas, such as nails or claws (in animals), hair or the horny layer of the epidermis. The fungus can be transmitted either from animal to person or from person to person.
• This form is known as athlete's foot (tinea pedis), hand fungus (tinea manuum) or body fungus (tinea corporis = only trunk, legs and arms). Will be a
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  Fungal infection if left untreated, it creates a "gateway" for other bacteria, such as the well-known streptococci. Often the fungal infection on the hands can only be recognized by a thick layer of keratin (plaque) on the palms of the hands. Dermatophytes also include the so-called. Microsporum canis, on your Scalp lives and to circular Hair loss leads. In addition, you have a flaky scalp with broken hair stumps. These are visible as black dots on the head.
• The Trichophyton, also belonging to the filamentous fungi, lives in the entire surrounding area connective tissue, in the Cornea and in the hair follicles. It also causes hair loss and can move into the deeper layers of the skin skin move around. The spores of this fungus survive outside the body for several months. It is the most common fungus in Europe. Under the nails you can call it Nail fungus Find.
• Other mushrooms are the well-known yeasts. Candida is particularly common on the skin and in the genital area. You will get the candida albicans as thrush im mouth know. Another very well-known yeast fungus that grows approx. The Malassezia furfur (scab on the skin) has 99% of the population on the body. This skin fungus needs regions rich in sebum (long-chain fatty acids) and therefore lives preferentially on the skin of the face, the move and the chest.


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• There are also the well-known molds that can feed on living or dead tissue. This property allows them to be the trigger for other diseases if the immune system is weak.
• Now that you have located exactly where your fungus is and what it could be, you can move on to combating the skin fungus

Fight dermatomycoses with home remedies

• A quick-killing effect is often achieved in the case of skin fungus on the scalp or athlete's foot when treated with salt or vinegar baths. The head is washed with common household vinegar or a salt solution with a higher concentration. You can also take hand and foot baths with this remedy (at least a quarter of an hour a day). It must be noted that several weeks to months of patience must be applied in order to achieve a complete healing of a fungal infection. The existing one itching but may have disappeared after the first application.
• Of course, you must also treat any surrounding objects that your fungus has come into contact with with a fungus remedy or a concentrated vinegar or salt solution. This includes in particular: towels, socks, bed linen, shoes, etc.
• Pure alcohol is also very suitable for surface disinfection. However, alcohol is not suitable for disinfecting shoes, for example, as it is not effective enough because of the large number of pores.
• If the nails are infected by the fungus, i.e. if it is toe or hand nail fungus, it can be regular Baths help with potassium permanganate. Here, however, your skin will turn brown. The brown color will go away by itself over time. Potassium permanganate also helps with thrush and with a very weak dose throat- or sore throat (but don't swallow it and dose it very weakly). Potassium permanganate can also be used very well as an envelope for the skin fungus Malassezia furfur. But pay attention to the dosage instructions of the manufacturer.
• To prevent skin fungus between the nails, you should dry out the spaces between the toes after bathing or showering, but not blow-drying them.
• If nothing helps, then only the medical treatment option remains, the so-called. Antifungal drugs. In such stubborn cases, however, you should always consult a doctor first.