The fungus or athlete's foot of the skin stop is accompanied by a near unpleasant symptoms, therefore, to cure the disease you need to be timely. For the treatment can be used as antifungal medicines, and pets from the arsenal of folk medicine. The disadvantage of home treatment is the low efficacy against the severe form of fungal defeat. You have to remember, the earlier the treatment starts the fungus, the sooner you will get rid of the problem.
Inside, time-tested
Folk medicine knows a lot of effective ways on how to cure fungus. However, pharmaceutical anti-fungal drugs are most effective in a wide defeat of the skin. For folk remedies gave a result, you will have to start the treatment during the detection of first symptoms of fungi on foot.
Cure the foot fungus at home help the following tools:
- the solution of iodine;
- the solution of peroxide of hydrogen?
- fresh or dried celandine;
- vinegar from apple cider?
- baking soda.
During the use of these instruments should be prepared for increased skin dryness and peeling. The effectiveness of the popular treatment is based precisely on the ability of the components to dry out the skin, which created an obstacle for the development of pathogenic microflora.
The use of iodine solution helps to ensure that antiseptic skin treatment. In addition, the components of the tool affect the protein association of pathogenic microflora, which stops the development of fungal infection. Iodine is used in two ways.
- In 5 liters of hot water of a comfortable temperature dissolve 3 large tablespoons of povidone-iodine solution and place the foot in the tub for 20 minutes. After the procedure you will have to dry the feet. The procedure is recommended to repeat in a day.
- Mix the iodine and rubbing alcohol in equal proportions. Then with a cotton disk, you need to apply the tool to the skin before bedtime. The treatment is repeated daily for 5 to 10 days, depending on the severity of symptoms.
The treatment with iodine is contraindicated in rejecting and diseases of the thyroid gland. The tool can be especially drying of the skin, and if used properly a high chance of burn.
The hydrogen peroxide is used as a daily compresses. Three per cent solution of the drug should be plenty to gauze compression, and then apply it to the damaged area of the skin for 20 minutes. The procedure is done twice a day during the week. The tool prevents the spread of infection, shortens the life cycle of pathogenic microflora and provides an antiseptic treatment of the skin, which reduces the bad breath that often accompanies athlete's foot.
Greater celandine – this is a poisonous plant, which has long been used to treat a number of dermatological diseases. Against fungal foot can be used as fresh strains, as well as the dried flowers of the plant.
- Three large fresh-dried celandine, pour a glass of boiling water and boil on medium heat for 10 minutes. Then the broth is poured into a basin of water. Of the leg placed in the tub for 20 minutes. The process can be carried out through the day before going to bed.
- The decoction of the plant can be used as a compress. A bandage or gauze soaked with medicine and apply on the affected area for 20 minutes.
- If the affected skin cracks and pustular rash, these areas will need to handle pure juice of the plant. To do this, you must cut the stem and attach a point of intersection in the damaged area of the skin. The treatment is repeated every three days until symptoms.
Before you use fresh juice of the plant, you should consult your doctor, as the plant is toxic and can cause a burn.
Apple cider vinegar can be used as baths or compresses. In the first case, you need to break up three large tablespoons of vinegar to 5 litres of water. The container should be taken 20 minutes, the process is repeated in a day. For compresses you need to mix the vinegar with water in equal proportions. In the solution-soaked gauze and apply to the leg for 20 minutes. Compresses you can do on a daily basis.
When you use iodine, peroxide and vinegar is recommended to treat healthy areas of the skin with a strong antiseptic cream. This will avoid excessive dryness and flaking stop.
The most effective treatments
So, how to treat fungus on feet at home fast? According to the patients, the most effective means by avium – soda.
Treatment fungi with baking soda carried out with the help of the following recipes.
- Add to the bath for the feet, the largest fresh baking soda and iodized or sea salt. Place the leg in the bathroom for half an hour and then wipe it dry.
- Another effective foot bath – two large tablespoons of baking soda mixed with the same quantity of potato, natural soap with tar. The components should be dissolved in 5-7 litres of warm water. Bathroom you can do it everyday for 20 minutes.
- The application of baking soda helps to quickly get rid of the problem, however, is very dry skin. For the preparation of the instruments, three tablespoons of sodium bicarbonate mixed with four tablespoons of boiling water and apply the resulting paste on the skin. The tool is left to mature for 10 minutes and then rinse with water.
- Another option applications – to process your skin with a paste of baking soda and after five minutes add a small spoon of fresh lemon juice, the right to apply the tool. As a result of the reaction of citric acid with bicarbonate of soda formed foam is rinsed from the skin within a few minutes.
Tar soap helps fight the fungus and stop the nails. Average dry skin and reduce the sweating and the unpleasant smell. Tar soap is recommended to be used for the daily hygiene of the feet throughout the period of treatment.
If he loses leg, you can use a normal economic soap for the skin treatment. In cases, when the fungus was fascinated by the finger and the nail, you can make application of the soap solution with a pitch. For this quarter of the bars should be rubbed, and then dissolved in a glass of warm water. Then, in the middle of wet compression and applied to the damaged area for 20 minutes.
To get rid of the problem, it also helps the pet aloe. A few leaves of the plant you need to cut and grind the knife. Then, the plant is poured a glass of boiled water and insist for several hours. In the final treatment should wet a piece of cotton and treated with caution hurt the skin. The treatment is done twice a day.
Quickly eliminate the odor helps fresh lemon. Juice of quarter of a lemon should be applied on the skin daily before going to bed. You can also apply slices of lemon for 10 minutes in scare areas of the skin.
Still a simple and effective means of the development of the fungus is garlic. It can be used in various ways.
- Squeeze a few cloves of garlic and press the mush through cheesecloth. The resulting juice using a cotton swab applied to the area of destruction two times a day.
- Mush 4 cloves of garlic mix it with a tablespoon of juice of an onion. The resulting mixture is applied to the skin, and over it covered in a bandage or a compress. To keep such an application should be 30 minutes.
Garlic has anti-bacterial properties, prevents the development of pathogenic microflora, as well as eliminates the unpleasant smell. Use these recipes should be daily during the week.
Knowing, from the fungus treatment, you will need to adhere to certain rules, in order to quickly get rid of the disease.
You will first need to get rid of all of the objects, in contact with the affected skin. Sheets, socks, shoes, towels – all of this you'll either have to take it off, or boiling and washing with a disinfectant solution. Wear shoes without treatment is not possible, as this may cause re-infection by the fungus.
During the course of treatment priority should be given to socks made from natural fabrics. From lower-quality shoes from synthetic materials, also, should be abandoned. The shoes should be free and comfortable posture while walking not have to sweat. You have to remember that the intense sweating causes the rapid development of pathogenic microflora, as a result of the athlete progresses.
If after 5 days after the start of use and methods of people the symptoms persist, it is recommended to consult your doctor for the appointment of antifungal therapy. The most effective treatment against the growth of fungi is a combination of folk and pharmacotherapy.