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Onychomycosis

Index Onychomycosis

Onychomycosis, also known as tinea unguium, is a fungal infection of the nail. [1]

81 relations: Allergy, American Academy of Dermatology, Amorolfine, Ancient Greek, Antifungal, Aspergillus, Athlete's foot, Biopsy, Candida (fungus), Candidal onychomycosis, Cellulitis, Choosing Wisely, Ciclopirox, Contact dermatitis, Cutaneous condition, Dander, Debridement, Dermatitis, Dermatophyte, Dermatophytid, Diabetes mellitus, Distal subungual onychomycosis, Efinaconazole, Epidermophyton floccosum, Eponychium, Favid, Fluconazole, Fungus, Fusarium, Georg Meissner, Histology, Immunosuppression, Infection, Infectious disease (medical specialty), Injury, Itch, Itraconazole, Keratolytic, Ketoconazole, KOH test, Laser, Laser medicine, Lichen planus, Liver disease, Melanoma, Microsporum gypseum, Mold, Mouse, Mycosis, Nail (anatomy), ..., Nail disease, Nail polish, National Institutes of Health, Neoplasm, Neoscytalidium, Onycholysis, Osteomyelitis, Paronychia, Pathogen, Periodic acid–Schiff stain, Peripheral artery disease, Perspiration, Polymerase chain reaction, Proximal subungual onychomycosis, Psoriasis, Psoriatic onychodystrophy, Psychosocial, Rash, Scopulariopsis, Scytalidium, Tea tree oil, Temperate climate, Terbinafine, Tissue culture, Trichophyton interdigitale, Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton tonsurans, Tropics, White superficial onychomycosis, Yeast, Yellow nail syndrome. Expand index (31 more) »

Allergy

Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment.

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American Academy of Dermatology

The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) is one of the largest organizations of dermatologists in the world.

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Amorolfine

Amorolfine (or amorolfin), is a morpholine antifungal drug that inhibits Δ14-sterol reductase and cholestenol Δ-isomerase, which depletes ergosterol and causes ignosterol to accumulate in the fungal cytoplasmic cell membranes.

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Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Antifungal

An antifungal medication, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis (thrush), serious systemic infections such as cryptococcal meningitis, and others.

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Aspergillus

Aspergillus is a genus consisting of a few hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide.

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Athlete's foot

Athlete's foot, known medically as tinea pedis, is a common skin infection of the feet caused by fungus.

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Biopsy

A biopsy is a medical test commonly performed by a surgeon, interventional radiologist, or an interventional cardiologist involving extraction of sample cells or tissues for examination to determine the presence or extent of a disease.

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Candida (fungus)

Candida is a genus of yeasts and is the most common cause of fungal infections worldwide.

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Candidal onychomycosis

Candidal onychomycosis is an infection of the nail plate by fungus caused by Candida.

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Cellulitis

Cellulitis is a bacterial infection involving the inner layers of the skin.

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Choosing Wisely

Choosing Wisely is a United States-based health educational campaign, led by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).

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Ciclopirox

Ciclopirox olamine is a synthetic antifungal agent for topical dermatologic treatment of superficial mycoses.

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Contact dermatitis

Contact dermatitis is a type of inflammation of the skin.

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Cutaneous condition

A cutaneous condition is any medical condition that affects the integumentary system—the organ system that encloses the body and includes skin, hair, nails, and related muscle and glands.

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Dander

Dander is material shed from the body of humans and various animals that have fur, hair, or feathers.

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Debridement

Debridement is the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.

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Dermatitis

Dermatitis, also known as eczema, is a group of diseases that results in inflammation of the skin.

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Dermatophyte

Dermatophytes (derived from Greek "δέρματος" (dermatos), from "δέρμα", which means "skin" and -"phyte", from "phutón", meaning "plant") are a common label for a group of three types of fungus that commonly causes skin disease in animals and humans.

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Dermatophytid

Dermatophytids are fungus-free disseminated skin lesions resulting from induced sensitization in patients with ringworm infections.

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Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.

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Distal subungual onychomycosis

Distal subungual onychomycosis is an infection of the nail plate by fungus, primarily involving the distal nail plate.

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Efinaconazole

Efinaconazole (trade names Jublia and Clenafin) is a triazole antifungal.

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Epidermophyton floccosum

Epidermophyton floccosum is a filamentous fungus that causes skin and nail infections in humans.

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Eponychium

In human anatomy, the eponychium is the thickened layer of skin surrounding fingernails and toenails.

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Favid

Favid (of "favus" Latin for "honeycomb" or tinea favosa) is a disease usually affecting the scalp, but occurring occasionally on any part of the skin, and even at times on mucous membranes.

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Fluconazole

Fluconazole is an antifungal medication used for a number of fungal infections.

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Fungus

A fungus (plural: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

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Fusarium

Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi, part of a group often referred to as hyphomycetes, widely distributed in soil and associated with plants.

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Georg Meissner

Georg Meissner (November 19, 1829 – March 30, 1905) was a German anatomist and physiologist born in Hanover.

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Histology

Histology, also microanatomy, is the study of the anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals using microscopy.

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Immunosuppression

Immunosuppression is a reduction of the activation or efficacy of the immune system.

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Infection

Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agents and the toxins they produce.

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Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Infectious disease, also known as infectious diseases, infectious medicine, infectious disease medicine or infectiology, is a medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.

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Injury

Injury, also known as physical trauma, is damage to the body caused by external force.

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Itch

Itch (also known as pruritus) is a sensation that causes the desire or reflex to scratch.

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Itraconazole

Itraconazole is an antifungal medication used to treat a number of fungal infections.

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Keratolytic

Keratolytic therapy is treatment to remove warts, calluses and other lesions in which the epidermis produces excess skin.

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Ketoconazole

Ketoconazole is a synthetic imidazole antifungal drug used primarily to treat fungal infections.

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KOH test

The KOH Test for Candida albicans, also known as a potassium hydroxide preparation or KOH prep, is a quick, inexpensive fungal test to differentiate dermatophytes and Candida albicans symptoms from other skin disorders like psoriasis and eczema.

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Laser

A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.

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Laser medicine

Laser medicine consists in the use of lasers in medical diagnosis, treatments, or therapies, such as laser photodynamic therapy.

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Lichen planus

Lichen planus (LP) is a disease characterized by itchy reddish-purple polygon-shaped skin lesions on the lower back, wrists, and ankles.

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Liver disease

Liver disease (also called hepatic disease) is a type of damage to or disease of the liver.

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Melanoma

Melanoma, also known as malignant melanoma, is a type of cancer that develops from the pigment-containing cells known as melanocytes.

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Microsporum gypseum

Microsporum gypseum is a soil-associated dermatophyte that occasionally is known to infect the upper dead layers of the skin of mammals.

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Mold

A mold or mould (is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae.

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Mouse

A mouse (Mus), plural mice, is a small rodent characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail and a high breeding rate.

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Mycosis

Mycosis is a fungal infection of animals, including humans.

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Nail (anatomy)

A nail is a horn-like envelope covering the tips of the fingers and toes in most primates and a few other mammals.

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Nail disease

A nail disease or onychosis is a disease or deformity of the nail.

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Nail polish

Nail polish (also known as nail varnish) is a lacquer that can be applied to the human fingernail or toenails to decorate and protect the nail plates.

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National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research, founded in the late 1870s.

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Neoplasm

Neoplasia is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue.

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Neoscytalidium

Neoscytalidium is a genus of fungi in the Botryosphaeriaceae family.

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Onycholysis

Onycholysis is a common medical condition characterized by the painless detachment of the nail from the nail bed, usually starting at the tip and/or sides.

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Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis (OM) is an infection of bone.

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Paronychia

Paronychia is a nail disease that is an often-tender bacterial or fungal infection of the hand or foot where the nail and skin meet at the side or the base of a finger or toenail.

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Pathogen

In biology, a pathogen (πάθος pathos "suffering, passion" and -γενής -genēs "producer of") or a '''germ''' in the oldest and broadest sense is anything that can produce disease; the term came into use in the 1880s.

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Periodic acid–Schiff stain

Periodic acid–Schiff (PAS) is a staining method used to detect polysaccharides such as glycogen, and mucosubstances such as glycoproteins, glycolipids and mucins in tissues.

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Peripheral artery disease

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a narrowing of the arteries other than those that supply the heart or the brain.

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Perspiration

Perspiration, also known as sweating, is the production of fluids secreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.

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Polymerase chain reaction

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a technique used in molecular biology to amplify a single copy or a few copies of a segment of DNA across several orders of magnitude, generating thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence.

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Proximal subungual onychomycosis

Proximal subungual onychomycosis is an infection of the nail plate by fungus, primarily affecting the proximal nailfold.

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Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a long-lasting autoimmune disease characterized by patches of abnormal skin.

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Psoriatic onychodystrophy

Psoriatic onychodystrophy or psoriatic nails is a nail disease.

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Psychosocial

The psychosocial approach looks at individuals in the context of the combined influence that psychological factors and the surrounding social environment have on their physical and mental wellness and their ability to function.

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Rash

A rash is a change of the human skin which affects its color, appearance, or texture.

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Scopulariopsis

Scopulariopsis is a genus of anamorphic fungi that are saprobic and pathogenic to animals.

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Scytalidium

Scytalidium is a genus of fungi in the Helotiales order.

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Tea tree oil

Tea tree oil, also known as melaleuca oil or ti tree oil, is an essential oil with a fresh camphoraceous odor and a colour that ranges from pale yellow to nearly colourless and clear.

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Temperate climate

In geography, the temperate or tepid climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes, which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.

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Terbinafine

Terbinafine, sold under the brand name Lamisil among others, is an antifungal medication used to treat ringworm, pityriasis versicolor, and fungal nail infections.

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Tissue culture

Tissue culture is the growth of tissues or cells separate from the organism.

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Trichophyton interdigitale

Trichophyton interdigitale is a species of Trichophyton.

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Trichophyton rubrum

Trichophyton rubrum is a dermatophytic fungus in the phylum Ascomycota, class Euascomycetes.

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Trichophyton tonsurans

Trichophyton tonsurans is a fungus in the family Arthrodermataceae that causes ringworm infection of the scalp.

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Tropics

The tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator.

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White superficial onychomycosis

White superficial onychomycosis is an infection of the nail plate by fungus, primarily affecting the surface of the nail.

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Yeast

Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus kingdom.

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Yellow nail syndrome

Yellow nail syndrome, also known as "primary lymphedema associated with yellow nails and pleural effusion", is a very rare medical syndrome that includes pleural effusions, lymphedema (due to under development of the lymphatic vessels) and yellow dystrophic nails.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychomycosis

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