Suggest Treatment For Fungal Infection On Toe Nail

Posted on Sat, 16 Jan 2016

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Sat, 16 Jan 2016 Answered on

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Question : Big toe nail has a hard white plaque on it that can't be removed. Affects 2nd toe nail too. All other toe nail are normal. What is this and what remedies are available?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Michelle Gibson (14 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
fungal infection most likely cause, treated with oral antifungal medication

Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

Based on the description and the image seen, you may have a fungal infection affecting the toe nails.

Fungal infections of the nail bed (tinea unguium) are treated by using oral medications.
They do not respond to topical anti fungals alone though the topical treatment can be added to the oral medication.

Examples of oral anti fungal medications are fluconazole (diflucan), itraconazole (sporanox) or terbinafine (lamisil).
These would normally require a prescription

Your doctor can prescribe one of these for you.

I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar