Nail Fungus Causes

The causes of Nail Fungus vary with several parameters :

• country : studies reports different infections by countries, but it seems that this approach is not very reliable. A common admittance says that country is the nail fungus cause for about 2 to 15% of the overall population.
   
• gender : to be a man is two times more a cause of nail fungus than to be a woman
   
• age : the infection rate grow with the age of the individual. Children are rarely infected, elderly are infected until 20% or more. It isn't really known if aging itself is a nail fungus cause, with an immune system in regression or simply because of the greater probability to encounter the infection.
   
• hygiene : it appears that this factor is not prominently a nail fungus cause. Poor hygiene certainly supports the infection, but good one doesn't really prevent from it.
   
• Nail traumatism as the one supported by sportsmen and certain workers. Many people report an infection after having a shock on their toenail.
   
• Frequent nail immersion in water (swimming pool, collective showers,...)
   
• Diabetes : diabetic people are three time likely to have a Nail Fungus
   
• Immunodeficiencies (HIV and no HIV)
   
• Peripheral vascular diseases

Transmissibility

Nail Fungus is not as transmissible as flu, but the transmission can occur by repeat contacts.

It's others or secondaries forms of fungal infections as athlete foot, ring worm, and Tinea Corporis that are much more transmissibles by simple contact with the affected region.

Warm and humidity favors the transmission of the fungi over the nails.

Also the self reinfection is frequently a nail fungus cause with clothes, particularly socks and shoes, so you will be better to change them after a successful treatment

Symptoms of Nail Fungus

Nail fungus causes