Toenail fungus is a disease that is hard to treat. There are however clearly some therapies that do seem to work. The first is the traditional conventional medical model which allows for the use of a drug, typically a powerful anti-fungus agent such as Sporanox (Itraconazole Capsules), which is given in a pulse dose, typically over a week or two. The consumption of Sporanox will then have to be stopped to allow for recovery of the liver so that severe damage to the liver can be avoided. This process is done over a period of three to six month because unfortunately the fungal infection in the nails can get quite thick and it has become very resistant to any type of therapy. So that tends to work and can be very effective for many people. Unfortunately unless you have insurance coverage, this treatment can cost thousands of dollars because the medication is not inexpensive and then there is blood test that needs to be done to monitor the liver function during that treatment phase.
So the less expensive and more importantly less toxic treatment would be to first identify the thickness of infected toenails. If you have very thick nails, chances are the nails are infected with fungi. So you are going to use something like a dremel tool with which you can decrease the thickness of the nails so that they are more open to any type of topical treatment that you would apply. So that would be one step and could be done carefully if you do it yourself. So that is the straight forward approach. Then you can apply different kind of topical treatment such as tea tree oil and a variety of different therapies. Now it is also very important that you address the sugar issues. Fungus is a cause of yeast (a type of yeast infections) and if a person is consuming too much sugars or processed food, it is more likely that he will encounter an overgrowth of this fungal type of microorganisms that can clearly infect the toes.
Now one of the side-effects of our culture where we wear socks and shoes almost all the time is that it will create an environment where they are more likely to grow. So the ideal option is to live in tropical or subtropical environment where you don’t have to wear socks and shoes all the time. In fact most of the time you are not wearing shoes and you are connecting with the earth. Having your foot on the earth is actually a good way of grounding yourself and it’s providing many other benefits. Not having your feet always enclosed in shoes and socks is clearly a good thing. Another beneficial thing you can to is actually spend some time in salt water – the ocean which is a super saturated natural salt water. It can actually provide anti-fungal and antibiotic type of benefit. Not wearing shoes and socks and spending regular time everyday in the ocean if possible would likely be able to eliminate the toenail fungus by itself. But of course not everyone has the opportunity to do that but these are just some very effective therapies to treat toenail fungus.
