Athlete, beautiful, especially the skin foot, is a common dermatological diseases. Initially detected fungi between the toes, as well as with the development of the infection extends to adjacent areas of healthy skin.
The etiology of the disease
Fungus of the foot can become infected during the course of the visit public showers, swimming pools, saunas, beaches and other points on which I had to walk barefoot. Interdigital athlete's foot is transferred through the shoes of someone else, bad processed pedicure tools.
According to the investigation, mycologists, and even when there is contact with pathogenic microflora infection occurs, if the patient has predisposing to this factors:
- a weakened immune system?
- metabolic disorders, diabetes mellitus?
- excessive whole?
- disorders of blood circulation in the lower extremities?
- dry skin stop, cracks in the skin;
- sweating;
- shoes inappropriate size or low quality?
- mechanical damage of the skin was a stop sign?
- old age.
The people who are at risk for fungal diseases, should be particularly careful to follow a healthy posture and to avoid contact with potentially contaminated surfaces.
Symptoms of fungi in various stages of
Fungal infections of the toes at the municipal stadium looks about the same and flow without expressed symptoms. Over time, the clinical picture of the disease varies depending on the shape of defeat.
Important! Dryness, flaking, itching and cracking between the toes – the first signs of fungal growth. During the detection of disturbing symptoms, you should contact for help to a special doctor, without waiting for the deterioration of the infection.
From how it looks like the fungus between his fingers, depends to a large extent to determine the form and stage of the disease. Experts emit the four main varieties of fungal growth between the toes:
- Intertriginous. The most common form of fungal infections of the feet. Affects only the skin between your fingers, without affecting the surface of the foot. Detected fungus in the little finger of the foot, as well as between the closest three fingers. Appears exfoliation, skin itching, hyperemia, cracks of the skin. Possible inclusion of a bacterial infection, which makes treatment difficult fungus between the toes of the foot and creates a risk of contamination of the whole organism.
- Disgidroticheskaya. It is characterized by the formation of bubbles, filled with liquid extract, which flows, in violation of the integrity of the mucous membranes. In places teardrop vesicles manifested a change of the skin. Wet fungus accompanied by itching and occurs in the context of enhanced sweating of the feet.
- Squamous hyperkeratotic. Different appearance of white bloom on the skin of the fingers and bright neoplasms, which resemble corns. The skin of the foot and under the toes thickens, which leads to the appearance of deep, slow-healing of cracks. This form of fungal growth affects at the same time and the two feet.
- Deleted. With symptoms similar to the initial stage of all fungal infections. It is characterized by small lesions of the skin, it flows without severe clinical manifestations and almost does not cause discomfort, from what is trivial and for a long time remains without the proper treatment.
Important! External symptoms of fungal infections are identical to manifestations of diaper rash, chemical dermatitis and other skin diseases. To determine the presence of pathogenic mycelium and the kinds of affiliation allow laboratory studies of contaminated material.
Drug therapy
The initial stage of the fungus does not require taking an oral antifungal. Combat with the disease through the application of a local antifungal medication as prescribed by your doctor.
The modern pharmaceutical production offers comfortable-to-use dosage forms of media that are used for the treatment of fungal infections:
- creams?
- ointment?
- gel?
- pencils?
- solutions?
- lucky?
- dust.
In the composition of all the medicines of local action there are active substances, destruction of the athlete and prevent their further reproduction.
In the note! Interdigital toe fungus requires long-term treatment. If the financial possibilities do not allow to buy popular expensive drugs, you should discuss this issue with the treating physician. An experienced specialist will choose cost-effective drugs for the treatment of infection.
An independent selection of medicines, regardless of their value, it can only worsen the situation, because pathogens can have a high impact strength anti-fungal a specific group. Universal medicines for the treatment of fungal infections does not exist, therefore, and as a fungus treatment, the doctor decides.
With caution should be treated with oral antifungal medications. Tablets used for the treatment of fungi in the body have high toxicity and have many contraindications. Preformed shape antimycotic instruments may be used for the treatment of adult population with normal indicators of liver function.
Treatment of folk remedies
Quickly get rid of the mildew on the fingers, using the recipes of folk medicine impossible. But if you apply the remedies in combination with pharmacy drugs, the process of recovery will flow more easily.
Baths
Therapeutic bath – effective means of fungi between the toes of the feet:
- The healing and disinfection of the skin on the feet help bowl with the bicarbonate of soda and salt. Soda container ideal for the preparation of the fingers with the fungus in the process of implementing anti-fungal compositions.
- Coffee comparison bath less popular, but they contribute to a better regeneration of damaged tissue and prevent the spread of infection. To prepare the solution you need to brew 5 tablespoons of ground coffee into a liter of boiling water. Caffeic bath should be very warm.
Exception irritation and itching of the skin can with the regular foot baths with a decoction of herbs: celandine, chamomile, marigold, the bark of oak, birch leaves, lilac flowers.
Compresses
Various lotion recipes of folk medicine able to cure the unpleasant symptoms of fungal growth between the toes, but the fungicidal properties is not enough for complete elimination of pathogenic mycelium.
Compresses with branches of tar, oil of celandine, garlic mush, ammonia, alcohol or vinegar to keep sore feet from uncomfortable sensations and will prevent secondary bacterial infections.
Effective antimicotic ointment prepared from chicken eggs, which for a few days is placed in a container with concentrated acetic essence (70%) until the dissolution of the hard shell. After the withdrawal of the film, to dissolve an egg in vinegar, add a little butter and they still insist day. The course of treatment is designed for a week, the composition is applied on the affected areas of the skin two times a day.
Important! Without expert advice, and medical appointments are you using any tools of folk and traditional medicine for the treatment of fungi between the toes of the children categorically is not recommended.