20 month old toenail fungal infection

[Mamacita191]

Hi everyone.

My 20 month old has had a fungal infection on both his big toes and his two baby toes since earlier this year and I can’t get rid of it! The nurse at our GP prescribed daktarin cream but that’s barely helped. It looks ok when I cut it but then as it grows it goes thick and yellow again with debris underneath the big toenails. The nurse said that nothing else could be given as he’s so young and it will grow out eventually. However it’s been 10 months now and it hasn’t. I really don’t know what to do. Has anyone else experienced this and got rid of it in their little one?

How often are you applying the cream? Are you applying it just to the surface of the nail or scraping some cream upwards over the end of the nail to make sure some goes underneath too? It is a long process, google says up to 18 months for complete new nail so, for new growth to push the old growth up to the top of the nail, for the fungal infection to be completely cut off is a long time. You may be stopping too soon so that the nail is constantly still infected?

I’m applying it twice a day to mine and it is growing up well. I will keep applying it for a couple of months even after I’ve cut the last discoloured bit off to make sure it’s all gone. It’s half way up my nail now and I’ve been doing it since early in the year.

I apply it then leave it at long as possible before putting socks on and I’m really careful to not just apply it to the top surface of the nail, but also to make sure I rub over the edge of the nail so some goes down the nail too. The bit that’s growing up from the bottom looks nice and clear.

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How often are you applying the cream? Are you applying it just to the surface of the nail or scraping some cream upwards over the end of the nail to make sure some goes underneath too? It is a long process, google says up to 18 months for complete new nail so, for new growth to push the old growth up to the top of the nail, for the fungal infection to be completely cut off is a long time. You may be stopping too soon so that the nail is constantly still infected?

I’m applying it twice a day to mine and it is growing up well. I will keep applying it for a couple of months even after I’ve cut the last discoloured bit off to make sure it’s all gone. It’s half way up my nail now and I’ve been doing it since early in the year.

I apply it then leave it at long as possible before putting socks on and I’m really careful to not just apply it to the top surface of the nail, but also to make sure I rub over the edge of the nail so some goes down the nail too. The bit that’s growing up from the bottom looks nice and clear.

Thank you so much for your response.

I’ve been applying it for a week then giving it a weeks break then another week etc as that’s what the nurse advised so that the ‘nail doesn’t get too used to the cream’. I’m starting to think that’s a load of rubbish and I should have just continued using it even if it’s for months. I feel really sorry for him.

Does fungal infection cause the toe to become red? As sometimes his big toe looks quite red and other times looks fine. It’s not oozing pus or anything

I’ve just checked -the end of my affected toe is slightly more red than the rest but that could be coincidental.

Maybe the nurses advice is because he’s so young? You could pop to the chemist and ask to speak to the pharmacist, they are really good and giving advice for things like this and it saves waiting for an appointment at the GP practice.