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I Have Got Some Fungal Infection In The Nails.

Posted on Tue, 19 May 2020

Question: I have got some fungal infection in the Nails.

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (52 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Start with oral anti fungal medicines

Detailed Answer:
Hi
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I have gone through your query and would recommend you to take oral antifungals for fungal nail infection.
I would recommend you to take capsule itraconazole 200 mg ( cap onitraz forte or cap sporonox) twice daily for 1 week in 1 month.
This cycle has to be repeated for 4-5 months.
This will help in clearing the infection.
Oral antifungals are prescription drugs and should be taken under the supervision of the doctor.
Regards
Dr Asmeet

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (1 hour later)

is there any ointment that I can apply and get rid off

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (7 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Amorolfine nail lacquer can be tried

Detailed Answer:
It has been seen that topical antifungals are not effective in treating fungal nail infection.
Still you can give it a try.
You can apply amorolfine nail lacquer ( loceryl nail lacquer) once a week on the affected nails for 16 -18 weeks.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad