*possible* easiest cure for Dermatophytes Onychomycosis, tonail fungus --> Iodine tincture
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About 4 years ago I noticed my left foot, and only my left foot had
issues about the nails. All five nails, especially the large toenail
began to be waves of
whitish clouds. The other four had just a small white
to each. So I thought that perhaps my toes were too
close to the boots as I wore the boots and the boots would often get
wet or moist. So I thought nothing of
it and thought it was a passing thing.
So two years elapsed and the toenails never improved
and the big tonail became worse with more clouds of
white and with what appears to be a channel across the
nail, like a river channel or a canal channel and no longer one smooth
toenail.
So I decided to improve my footwear and to keep my feet and toes dry
all the time or change if wet. And two
more years elapsed until present time. I was hoping that the nails
would improve. And they have not.
So I decided to take forceful action and heard that a
laser will kill the fungus. So I may indulge in a laser
experiment. I had also heard of uric acid from urea
or piss, works. So I tried that for about a week, and
decided that it was not the treatment for me.
Then about 3 nights ago, I had a mosquito bite itch on
my ankle and as I was applying Iodine Tincture, those
tiny bottles of 2% iodine antiseptic, which costs less than $2 at
Walmart if my memory is correct. So from the mosquito bite on the
ankle, my mind just slipped further down and applied iodine tincture
to all five nails
of the left foot. They look painted now as a dull brown
color. And the tincture stays put for a whole day, even
in a bath that most of it remains. And it is so easy to
apply because it easily runs down the sides and into the nail that is
clipped at the front. So I apply the iodine
to cover all angles and inside as far as I can apply.
Now after three nights of this, I did not expect any improvement and
nothing to report. But I am happy to
report that it looks as though two of the nails have their
white clouds gone in remission. Now I maybe overoptimistic and that
the brown color is hiding the white clouds.
So what I am going to do is continue with this application to see if
the big toenail improves. If it does so, I think I may have
serendipity discovered the easiest cure for toenail fungus. It
probably kills the fungus that collects in the edges. And the iodine,
I suspect, although a chemist should weigh in on this. But I suspect
that iodine can penetrate deep into a toenail. Perhaps the iodine
atoms become part of the toenail and replacing other atoms in the
toenail.
I said *possible easiest solution* in the title, for I have
to wait to see if the big toenail improves.
And this method, if it works is the ideal method as far as cost and
time spent.
If it improves my big toenail, I will be quick to report the results
but if it does not, I will be slow to report
because I want to recheck with more time.
And I posted to sci.chem in that someone there maybe
able to say whether iodine has some penetrating properties into
toenail chemistry. It maybe that the white clouds are porous enough to
allow iodine to seep in. And it maybe the case that iodine has some
property of atom replacement.
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toenail destruction.
I have the hunch that the fungus begins outside the nail and then
manages to get
inside the nail and always has some opening between the inside of the
nail and the
outside of the nail. That is my suspicion. So that if a chemical
solution works, we
only need to find the opening and slowly get the solution into the
passageway.
Also, let me remark that about 6 years ago, I accidently spilled one
of these
iodine tincture bottles and it ran onto the linoleum floor. Talk about
a deep stain,
that sure was iodine. So I think that iodine can become part of the
molecule of
the toenail chemistry and thus kill the fungus. Now it may take alot
of time, such
as months and years, but I think it will kill the fungus. Sort of
reminds me of
getting rid of warts with salicylic acid.
Now I do not know why my entire left foot is attacked by this fungus
and nothing
on my right foot. Is it that a boot was too water prone for the left
foot and I neglected
the left foot more than the right foot?
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Alright, after a week of this regimen of putting iodine tincture on my
left foot toenails, especially the big toenail that there are signs of
improvement already in that some white
cloud spots are going away. Now the biggest problem is that the big
toenail has ridges or
what I called canal running horizontally across the nail, like a river
channel and the nail
is no longer smooth but with those ridges, as well as cloudy white
spots. I believe the iodine
has abated the fungus and is now on the mend.
I will periodically report on the progress.
I think alot of questions about Dermatophytes have never been answered
by drug companies,
because they would want you to buy their drugs rather than an
alternative treatment.
Keep in mind that I have no proof as yet that iodine tincture will
cure me.
Questions and answers such as these seem to have been kept from public
view:
(a) do these dermatophytes have openings into the interior of the
nails that they attack?
So that iodine tincture can penetrate to where the fungus harbors?
(b) does Iodine become a part of the chemistry of the nail when
applied?
(c) does the Onychomycosis result as a mechanical or physical damage
to the nail, such
as footwear that rubs or abrades the nail, allowing the fungus to get
inside?
It does not make sense that a fungus would attack nails from inside
the body, ending up
at the nails and closed off from the outside. It makes more sense that
some opening has
been rendered that the fungus use that passageway and then harbor
under the nail. I believe
the white clouds are those passageways because they all seem to end at
the sides of the
nails, implying that is where they gained entrance.
I notice a slight stinging sensation as I apply the iodine and the
applicator is ideally suited,
for it is a plastic shaft that has split ends. And when I touch the
tip of the shaft on the side
of the nail, the iodine runs right down the side as I wanted it to do.
So if this works out, I will have found a $1.50 solution to a problem
that the drug companies
with their drugs taken internally and potentially damaging to internal
organs, or to those
laser selling companies. That my iodine solution, if it pans out, is
the best and easiest solution of all.
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tincture. The application is
fast and easy. Less than a minute and the brown color of iodine is a
good color so as to see the coverage. I especially want the iodine to
soak into the cracks and crevisses of the entire nail. Only my left
foot is affected by the fungus and especially the big toenail. The
iodine has stabilized all the five nails and moving towards a cure.
The big toenail is the slowest to show signs of progress.
What I am banking on, or, counting on is the idea that the fungus
gains entry into that of
"underneath the nail" via some fungal pathway that it has etched out.
I find it hard to believe
or accept the idea that the fungus can be completely internal. So I am
counting on there being
exterior fungal pathways and it is these pathways that the iodine will
eventually penetrate and
kill the fungus.
And it is funny that the medical research community does not tell or
say whether these fungus have external pathways. I suppose they want
you to spend alot of money on their drugs and never learn the details
of the fungus. If one knows the fungus has external pathways then drug
medicine is rather silly and stupid to use and can cause serious side
effects.
John Savage
>Alright, it is time I report on the progress of this method of iodine
>tincture. The application is fast and easy. Less than a minute and the
>brown color of iodine is a good color so as to see the coverage. I
>especially want the iodine to soak into the cracks and crevisses of the
>entire nail. Only my left foot is affected by the fungus and especially
>the big toenail. The iodine has stabilized all the five nails and moving
>towards a cure. The big toenail is the slowest to show signs of progress.
>
>What I am banking on, or, counting on is the idea that the fungus
>gains entry into that of "underneath the nail" via some fungal pathway
>that it has etched out. I find it hard to believe or accept the idea that
>the fungus can be completely internal. So I am counting on there being
>exterior fungal pathways and it is these pathways that the iodine will
>eventually penetrate and kill the fungus.
>
>And it is funny that the medical research community does not tell or
>say whether these fungus have external pathways. I suppose they want
>you to spend alot of money on their drugs and never learn the details
>of the fungus. If one knows the fungus has external pathways then drug
>medicine is rather silly and stupid to use and can cause serious side
>effects.
I suspect that the pharmaceutical companies have been prevailed upon
to come up with an oral medication simply because many of those afflicted
are just too impatient to adhere to a twice daily routine, for up to
6 months or so, of applying a liquid solution to the nail!
Your self-devised treatment sounds interesting. My understanding is that
the nail fungus proves so difficult to dislodge simply because once it
has (ahem) gained a toehold the nail provides it with the perfect
protection from topical treatments and from drying out. I assume its
entry point to the skin is at the front of the nail, possibly when the
skin is broken during nail clipping, and from that point the fungus
just spreads out across the skin under the protection of the nail.
If you are trying to encourage medication to permeate the nail, maybe
you could make the task easier by sandpapering the nail to reduce it to
lesser thickness? Further, I know that tea tree oil is a good fungicide
and very effective for athlete's foot. You could try it on your fungus,
and it won't stain your fingers and everything else like iodine does.
A bandaid carrying a few drops of oil could keep the nail soaking during
the work day. Traditionally, bathing the foot in a weak Condy's Crystalls
solution is used for foot fungus, at least it's a washable stain.
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)
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Thanks for the conversation. As you carefully note, the treatment
hinges on
being able to penetrate where the fungus is under the nail.
So the science that is prompting me is the assumption that fungus
needs a passageway
or a air duct.
That the fungus does not exist without some duct or passageway from
the fungus
to the outside world. In other words the fungus is not closed off from
the outside world
so that my iodine cannot reach it. That is what my treatment is all
based upon.
So is there scientific knowledge about fungus, whether they can exist
inside the body
under the nails and without any passageway to the outside world?
I believe scientists know the answer to that question. And if the
answer is that all toenail
fungus have openings to where they reside, then they can be eradicated
by iodine.
Since I started posting this thread, I have been diligent in applying
the iodine, usually
twice a day and I like the brown color and the applicator of the
tincture for it is easy and
fast. All of my toenails on the left foot are affected and all are now
stabilized, none are getting
worse. Two of the toenails are in complete remission, that is they are
fully clear now and
back to normal. The big toenail was the worst of all and it has
stabilized. And it had some
cracks about midway which have migrated north to the tip of the nail
where I clip. Migration
is usually a sign of heeling improvement.
Also, let me say that I have thrown out some of my old boots and shoes
that were not
helpful as far as moisture release and contact with the interior.
Also, I have bought
boots and shoes that are breathable instead of that synthetic crap.
And I have gone a 1/2
size larger than my past habit of buying boots and shoes that fit
snug. I do not want the snug
fit for it is too moist and damp, and want some room for
breathability. I bought some of those
excellent Scarpa boots and Clark's desert boot and other work boots of
leather.
When I was younger, I took my feet for granted too much and if I had
been more careful
about my feet, would have escaped this incidence. But also, I think my
East Coast residence
during the 1990s brought me into a environment of too much wetness at
work there which
caused unnecessary warts on hands and feet and then this fungus on
toenails. I battled away
the warts and now have to battle away the fungus as the final battle
of that 1990 period.