{"id":27,"date":"2023-03-27T15:17:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funguslasernj.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/27\/health-awareness-days-or-months\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T14:28:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:28:38","slug":"what-is-toenail-fungus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funguslasernj.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/27\/what-is-toenail-fungus\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Toenail Fungus?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2>What is toenail fungus?<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Symptoms<\/h3>\r\n<p>Most patients see yellowing and thickening of the nail. With time the nail may become brittle with jagged edges, deformed, or detached from the nail bed. Fungal nail infections may cause nails to become discolored, thick, fragile, or cracked. The nail may also become separated from the nail bed.<\/p>\r\n<p>Call\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/funguslasernj.com\/\">DR. 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