"Catching" the fungus on your feet can perfectly any woman, especially those who regularly attend swimming pool, gym, sauna and other public places, where the conditions for development and spread is affordable.
When to start treatment?
Treatment – it is not easy nor quick, and as a consequence, in the absence of proper treatment can only be aesthetic problems and unpleasant sensations, but also to a pathological effect of infection throughout the body.
It is important to note, foot fungus, which is expressed by such symptoms:
- dry, peeling skin on the feet;
- unpleasant smell of feet;
- the appearance of the skin of the bubble to the contents inside and the cracks;
- itching, burning feet.
You can find these symptoms should consult a dermatologist, who, after examination and special investigations to establish an accurate diagnosis and tell you how to quickly get rid of skin fungus on his feet.
How to get rid of the fungus on the feet, toes and between the toes?
Drugs to treat skin fungus on the feet to provide, generally speaking, antifungal drugs systemic action based on such chemicals:
- fluconazole;
- terbinafine;
- griseofulvin;
- ketoconazole, etc.
The therapeutic course is quite long and in severe cases can take up to six months. Antifungal oral medications has a lot of contraindications and side effects, so their use should be under medical supervision. Also, your doctor may recommend taking immunomodulators, vitamins, hepatoprotectors.
Systemic therapy combined with local anti-fungal treatment, which are subject to a variety of tools in the form of cream, ointment, gel, solution, etc.
Only in the case of mild lesions of the skin or the presence of contraindications to systemic drug treatment may be limited to using only external tools.
In the treatment of fungus on the feet should get rid of all the things that were used in the past, and may be infected with: socks, tights, shoes, carpet in the bathroom, brush, feet, etc. In an extreme case, they must be disinfected for a long time boiling or chlorine-containing means. In order not to infect family members should use separate towels, not to go barefoot in the house.
How to get rid of foot fungus traditional methods?
Treatment of foot fungus you can try and folk methods. However, the recipes of traditional medicine self-treatment can be effective only for small skin lesions on the feet early. In other cases, they can only use ancillary to the main medical treatment. Consider the most common traditional methods of foot fungus.
The fungus on the feet helps to get rid of the garlic which should be crushed to mushy state and apply to the affected areas at night, covering with plastic and put on socks.
Recipe for foot bath sponge
Ingredients:
- coal – tar soap - 50 g;
- water – 3 l
Preparation and application of
Heat the water to 40-50 ° C, add the soda and lye soap, grated. Mix thoroughly. The procedure is carried out for at least 20 minutes, then wipe feet dry and apply a local antifungal agent or to treat them Apple cider vinegar.
Another popular anti-fungal drug is the fresh juice of celandine. They lubricate the skin on the affected areas several times a day.