Preventing Nail Fungus Infections


	Preventing Nail Fungus Infections

ncfootcare

5-29-2009 1:07 PM

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nail, fungus, feet, onychomycosis, fungal toenails

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5-30-2009 1:57 PM

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More tips for treatment and prevention of toenail fungus (onychomycosis).

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Preventing nail fungus infections requires proper hand and foot hygiene. Some suggestions include:
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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Keeping nails short, dry, and clean</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Wearing socks that breathe, usually synthetic</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Using antifungal sprays or powders</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Wearing rubber gloves to avoid overexposure to water</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Refraining from picking or biting nails</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Wearing shoes or sandals in public places and pools</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Ensuring that your manicure or pedicure salon properly sterilizes tools</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Stopping use of nail polish and artificial nails</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Washing hands after touching infected nails</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Avoiding sharing shoes and socks</LI></UL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BB53F7E5-F428-431D-AAC3-DEB787F41177/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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