Q. How much time does it take to cure fungal infection?
Doctor Answer is medically reviewed by SecondMedic medical review team.
Curing fungal infections can vary in length and severity, depending on the type of infection and how early it's caught. Generally speaking, a fungal infection can take anywhere from a few days to several weeks or even months to properly resolve.
For mild, superficial skin fungal infections such as athlete’s foot (tinea pedis) or jock itch (tinea cruris), topical antifungal creams like terbinafine or miconazole may be prescribed for some time period—usually around two to four weeks. Oral medications for systemic yeast and mould infections may need to be taken for at least one month up to six months or more depending on the underlying cause and symptom control.
Fungal nail infections (onychomycosis), which involve both nail bed and nail plate are complex cases that require prolonged treatments with antifungal agents including topical solutions, oral agents, laser therapies as well as combination regimen. The treatment duration is significantly longer--typically ranging anywhere from 6 weeks up to several months in most cases. In severe conditions when multiple nails are involved it could last up-to 12 months too.
It is important that one consults an experienced doctor specializing in dermatology/fungal diseases so that he/she gets proper diagnosis and timely treatment recommendations because if left untreated these fungal infections may persist indefinitely leading onto worsening of symptoms potential spread of infection elsewhere on body parts or other persons contact with infected individual causing further complications down the line due precautionary measures should be taken whenever possible so that any kind of risk factor associated with disease contagion could managed easily without any difficulty
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