Onychomycosis

Introduction: Onychomycosis

Description of Onychomycosis

Onychomycosis (medical condition): Fungal conditions of the toenail or fingernail.

See also:

Fungal nail infections:
  »Introduction: Fungal nail infections
  »Symptoms of Fungal nail infections
  »Causes of Fungal nail infections
  »Tests for Fungal nail infections
  »Treatments for Fungal nail infections

Onychomycosis: A fungal infection of the nail.

Onychomycosis: A fungal infection of the nail plate, usually caused by a species of Epidermophyton, Microsporum, or Trichophyton, and producing opaque, white, thickened, friable, and brittle nails. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Source: Diseases Database

Onychomycosis: A fungal infection of the nail plate, usually caused by a DERMATOPHYTES; YEASTS; or nondermatophyte MOLDS.
Source: MeSH 2007

Onychomycosis as a Disease

Onychomycosis: Another name for Fungal nail infections (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Fungal nail infections
  »Symptoms of Fungal nail infections
  »Causes of Fungal nail infections
  »Treatments for Fungal nail infections

Onychomycosis: Related Diseases

Onychomycosis: Onychomycosis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Fungal infections
• Nail conditions

Causes of Onychomycosis

Some of the causes of Onychomycosis are included in the list below:

• Athlete's foot - may spread from the skin to the nails

Read more about causes of Onychomycosis (Fungal nail infections)

Symptoms of Onychomycosis (Fungal nail infections)

Some of the symptoms of Onychomycosis incude:

• Infected nails
• Thickened nails
• Cloudy nails
• Brittle nails
• Brown nails

See full list of 7 symptoms of Onychomycosis (Fungal nail infections)

Treatments for Onychomycosis (Fungal nail infections)

Treatments for Onychomycosis (Fungal nail infections) include:

• Antifungal nail lotions
• Oral antifungals
• Keep nail dry
• Open footwear
• Absorbent socks

Read more about treatments for Onychomycosis

Treatment of Onychomycosis: For more treatment information about Onychomycosis, see treatment of Fungal nail infections (Onychomycosis)

Onychomycosis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Onychomycosis:

• OM
• fungal infection of the toenail
• fungal infection of the fingernail
• distal lateral subungual onychomycosis
• DLSO
• white superficial onychomycosis
• WSO
• proximal subungual onychomycosis
• PSO
• endonyx onychomycosis
• EO
• candidal onychomycosis

Terms associated with Onychomycosis:

Terms Similar to Onychomycosis:

• Tinea unguium
• Nail fungal infection

Source: Diseases Database

• Nail Fungus
• Tinea Unguium

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Onychomycosis

• Tinea
• Nail Diseases

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Onychomycosis

The following list attempts to classify Onychomycosis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Infection
    • Skin Diseases, Infectious
      • Dermatomycoses
        • Tinea
          • Onychomycosis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Mycoses
    • Dermatomycoses
      • Tinea
        • Onychomycosis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
  • Skin Diseases
    • Nail Diseases
      • Onychomycosis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
  • Skin Diseases
    • Skin Diseases, Infectious
      • Dermatomycoses
        • Tinea
          • Onychomycosis

External links related to: Onychomycosis

• DermAtlas: Online Dermatology Image Library dermatology image,onychomycosis,dermatophytosis,tinea unguium,onycholysis
• Onychomycosis Referral Guidelines
• Onychomycosis Referral Guideline
• Onychomycosis
• Onychomycosis - 1 - Candida
• eMedicine - Onychomycosis : Article by Mark Blumberg, MD, MS
• DermAtlas: Online Dermatology Image Library dermatology image,onychomycosis,nail dystrophy,dermatophytosis,tinea pedis

Source: Diseases Database

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