{"id":22872,"date":"2020-06-25T05:28:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T05:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=22872"},"modified":"2023-10-02T05:41:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T05:41:43","slug":"onychomycosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/onychomycosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Onychomycosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mycosis of the nails, possibly due to some extent to humidity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An infection of a nail with a fungus.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Fungal disease affecting the nails of the fingers and toes in which the nails thicken and become opaque and brittle.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Fungus infection of the nails, usually caused by Epidermophyton or Candida, The nails become white, opaque, thickened, and brittle.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A fungal infection of the nails usually caused by tinea species and occasionally by Candida. The hallmarks of the disease are thickening, scaling, and discoloration of the nailbed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>Onychomycosis is the medical term used to describe a fungal infection of the nails.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-41\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 gizmo:w-full md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A fungal infection affecting the nails.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mycosis of the nails, possibly due to some extent to humidity. 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