By Judith Tovey

When everyone else can’t wait for warmer weather to bare their toes, do your feet go into hiding? When it’s time to head for the locker room, do you want to head straight home? Chipped, hardened and discolored nails are embarrassing, and can keep you from enjoying what you like to do. If you have a nail fungus infection,

you should know that the infection does more than just give you unhealthy toenails. The infection is a medical condition caused by a live, active fungus that grows and spreads by eating your skin and nails.

Just like any infection on your face or body, a nail fungus infection should be seen by your primary care physician, podiatrist, dermatologist or healthcare professional for a diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

Four Important facts you should know about nail infection:

1. Nail fungus infection won’t go away on its own. It most likely will get worse and treatments you apply directly to your nails may not reach it in sufficient amounts where it grows deep under your nail in your nail bed.
2. Left alone, the infection can cause pain, disrupt activities, and even spread to other nails, or people whose bare feet come into contact with places your bare feet have been.
3. Nail fungus infection can lead to bacterial infections in other parts of the body. Covering your nail with nail polish or hiding your nail in socks or shoes is not a solution. It can actually help the infection spread by giving it a warm, moist environment.
4. Diabetics are three times more likely to get nail fungus infection as people without diabetes. If not treated effectively, it can lead to more severe health problems. If you have diabetes, check your feet and nails regularly for changes in their appearance. If you spot something, be sure and tell your doctor about it right away.

Powerful therapeutic Essential Oils have been proven to kill the fungi that causes toenail and fingernail infection, with none of the dangerous side effects seen in numerous medications, and they have been tested in medical labs and proven effective to kill fungus infections. Therapeutic Essential Oils are plant based and not a harsh treatment.

Safety Precautions: Avoid in pregnancy.

For more information about nail fungus and how essential oils can kill it …. go to http://antiagingchoices.com/Aromatherapy/healthy_nail.htm

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Editor’s Note: See also Aromatherapy: Definition and Health Benefits , Essential Oils Defined.

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