Health Tips Facts - Yellow Toenails Symptoms Causes Home Natural Treatments Remedies Cure

What are Yellow toenails? / Yellow toenails Definition:-

Yellow toenails are usually a sign of trouble to come. Although harmless bacterial colonization can cause a color change in nails (usually green), and there is a rare condition called yellow nail syndrome, by far the most common cause of yellowish or brownish discoloration in the toenails is fungus infection.

Yellow toenails Symptoms Signs:-

Black discolored toenails, crumbling or split toenails, Flaky and thick nails, Pit marks on the nails, A collection of debris under the nail, which can cause a foul odor

Yellow toenails Causes Risk Factors:-

Fungi inhabit dark, warm and moist types of environments including stockings, shoes and socks. These fungi are opportunists that infect an unprotected area of the toenail.

Person-to-person contact is a manner by which many people become infected with onychomycosis.

Activities such as jumping, running, playing tennis and banging our feet can cause a break in the nail or fracture, which allows the fungi a great opportunity to infect the area.

Yellow toenails Prevention Natural Home Treatments Remedies Cures:-

Tight fitting sweaty shoes further compound risks of getting toenail fungus. Public pool areas and showers are also a common place where you can get infected. Another more common method of getting toenail fungus is by cutting your toenails too short.

Fungus can be treated medically, but oral medications - prescribed by your doctor - can have bad side effects, which can even become fatal.

Natural oils like tea tree oil, clove oil and lemongrass oils are effective because they can soften the nail and get under the toenail where the fungus lives.

All of these have anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties to help kill the fungus and get rid of yellow toenails.