Dermatology Case Study

This paper elucidates ED, “a 38 -year-old Caucasian female presenting to the clinic with

the complaint of pain, itching, inflammation, and yellow right great toe. Physical assessment

reveals right great toe with yellow-brown discoloration in the proximal nail plate. The provider

diagnoses her with proximal subungual onychomycosis, a kind of nail infection in which

invasion starts from underneath the proximal nail fold and then continues distally.”

“According to the AAFP/CDC Guidelines, What Antifungal Medication(S) Should This

Patient Be Prescribed, And For How Long?”

The treatment of onychomycosis can be challenging because the infection is fixed within

the nail and is hard to reach. Therefore, the complete removal of manifestations may be very low

and may take months. The infection does not clear on its own, and a treatment course is always

needed. The recommended treatment approach for this client entails prescribing systemic