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Explainer: why do we get fungal nail infections and how can we treat them?

  • Written by: Jackson Thomas, Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Canberra
imagePeople suffering fungal nail infections are often very distressed by the disfigurement they cause. from www.shutterstock.com.au

About 10% of us (including 20% of people over 60 and 50% of people over 70) suffer from fungal nail infections. So why do we get them, and does it matter?

Technically called “onychomycosis”, fungal infection of...

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