Disease, such as foot fungus, unfortunately, today is very common. Causes pathogenic fungi. The disease is transmitted from one person to another, the most vulnerable are members of your family sick. Foot fungus is a very unpleasant disease, which will bring many problems to the person. Therefore, you should immediately seek qualified help. Follow all recommendations of the doctor the fungus to win. Just do what you need in a timely manner, because we are talking about health.
Causes of foot fungus
- A moist environment promotes increase rapidly the fungus, especially if you skip the drying of the shoes.
- Saunas, swimming pools and showers are breeding grounds for infection. Therefore, when visiting such places, should ensure that personal shoes, and in any case not to walk on the floor barefoot.
- Dried pieces of fungus on human skin can exist for several years, and if they fall in a favorable environment, then immediately began to develop.
- Foot fungus can cause violation of metabolic processes in the body, diseases of the endocrine system.
- If the foot is deformed or impaired blood flow, disease may occur.
Symptoms of foot fungus
Symptoms of the scaly form of fungus on my feet
- The early stages of the disease damage was observed in only one leg. In the future it will go to the other side.
- Skin on legs looks like redness.
- In the future, at this point it started peeling.
- Areas of redness and peeling can be in a different area.
- Itching is not observed in all patients.
- Many patients with this form of athlete's foot usually do not care, and they do not go to the doctor. This contributes to the spread of the disease.
Disgidroticheskaya form of foot fungus: symptoms
- The arch of the foot (the part that is not in contact with the floor during walking) produces a lot of bubbles with sizes of 2-8 mm.
- Gradually small bubbles combine into larger bubbles, and then opened, and in their place are formed erosion (superficial damage to the skin).
- The process may extend to the arch of the foot the outer and inner side surfaces. If bubbles form extensive erosion and the area of the rash.
- The patient noted pain and itching at the site of the lesion.
- When the erosions to heal and dry up their place to start peeling. Disgidroticheskaya form of foot fungus goes flaky.
- Over time, the fungal infection may be associated bacteria. The transparent contents of the vesicles becomes turbid and turns into pus. Observed severe pain, fever. Foot skin reddens even more, it swells.
- Disgidroticheskaya form of athlete's foot usually long. Through improving the condition between relapses.
- Fungus attacks usually one leg.
Symptoms intertriginous forms of foot fungus
- Intertriginous in the form of athlete's foot if athlete and trihofitii is the most common.
- It can occur independently or against the background of a scaly shape.
- The process usually begins in the skin between fingers 4 and 5 meters. Less – between 3. and 4. fingers.
- The main manifestation – cracks in the skin, which is white around the rim of the peeling of the skin (superficial skin layer).
- Between the fingers is moisture.
- The patient is the itching, burning sensation.
- The scene cracks can be formed erosion (superficial defects of the skin), they are accompanied by tenderness.
- Intertriginous in the form of athlete's foot is often a long chronic. The disease subsides in the winter and worse in summer.
- Over time, the skin becomes loose. Its protective function is reduced. This contributes to the penetration of streptococcal infection. Develops purulent inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, swelling, pain. Increased body temperature, worsens the General condition of the patient.
Symptoms of onychomycosis stop
Onychomycosis stop fungi nails. Pathological changes begin to develop the free edge of the nail. The initial phase appears in spots and stripes of yellow.
- Hypertrophic onychomycosis. The nail thickens, becomes yellow. It is very easy to crumble, and below, is exposed to the thickened and scaly skin.
- Atrophic onychomycosis. The nail becomes thinner, breaks, and beneath it is exposed keratinized skin.
- Onychomycosis as a result of mold damage.Usually develops not alone, but against the background of other diseases of the nails. The nail can get black, brown, yellow, green. Often develop and paronychia – a complication of purulent inflammation around the nail bed.
Symptoms of Candida fungus will stop
- Most often the damage is located in between the toes.
- The skin in this place swollen, is red.
- Around the hearth is on the rim of the upper skin layer .
- There may be a small pustules or blisters.
The hospital should be contacted as soon as the first signs of the disease. If the skin on your feet peeling, flaking, itches, itches and hurts, so you need to go to the doctor. If you ignore these symptoms of fungus on your feet, the disease strikes the whole foot, toes and nails.
Diagnosis of foot fungus
The diagnosis is made the doctor-dermatologist. It sets a type of fungus that struck the skin of the feet. Tests are performed only in the laboratory, they must take necessary, that the doctor will prescribe the right treatment.
Treatment of foot fungus
Today, there are antifungal medications, which can effectively remove the body of the fungal infection. A necessary condition for treatment is long-term medication in high doses. The best effect of the use of such preparations is achieved using the method of pulse therapy, when the dose of antifungal agents used in short courses followed by a long pause.
Treatment of foot fungus using a variety of means for local application: ointments, creams, varnishes, films, etc. All of these substances contain anti-fungal agents, but their use is not always effective. If you do not take into account the peculiarities of the penetration of the active substance into the skin in certain areas of the foot, to use even the most expensive tools will be undetectable. The drier the skin – the fatter one should choose based on: high heels is a better choice for cream the space between the fingers, suspension or gel. The nails, it is better to use special varnish. You can use the cream, however, the nail should be possible to cut or just remove the surgeon's office. Through the intact nail plate do not pass any medication.
Systemic antifungal therapy is always used together with the locals. In the early stages of the disease, or for other reasons, does not allow the use of strong drugs, perhaps for the exclusive use of drugs local action.
During pregnancy any treatment can cause unwanted effects. Because the process of fungal infection is long, it is recommended to avoid serious work before the birth, or until the end of lactation.
To treat fungus on feet at home
Start an independent against the use of folk methods, completely remove the scourge of the affected areas of the nails and get ready to make regular steps to disinfect shoes, clothes, bathroom and cosmetic products for foot care:
- the clothes are suitable for boiling soap. It is possible to certainly add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda;
- the shoe is in the same ratio mix of 40% acetic acid and 25% formalin solution, soaked in a mixture of cotton wool and wipe her inner region of her shoes. Used a cotton ball throw, and the shoes put new, which is impregnated with the above-mentioned means, a piece of cotton, and pack up all the "carriers" in separate plastic bags;
- clean the bathroom surfaces, able to think to keep yourself spores, the use of chlorinated water mixed with detergent;
- items beauty appointment can be an hour to put the alcohol or treated with fire, permitting the metal composition.
Fungus treatment on legs folk remedies
- Treatment toe nail fungus
- A small piece of Kombucha attach to the nail, wrap and leave overnight;
- With the help of a patch of night, attach to the inflamed nail is cut along the leaves of Kalanchoe, which covers at the same time they nail.
- Fungus treatment between toes
- After cleaning the affected fungus area between the fingers, so that fat birch tar. Do not rinse;
- Prepare a decoction of the leaves of plantain, yarrow, wormwood and chamomile, a little to condemn, pour the broth into the tub and lowered his feet for 10 minutes.
- After the procedure, preferably to the affected area to lubricate the anti-fungal cream.
- Fungus treatment skin of the feet
- Onion juice to lubricate the affected the fungus on the skin, allow to dry and do not wash, leave overnight;
- Moisten a cotton swab with tincture of propolis of 20 %, applied to the affected area, attach the plastic and bandage.
- Compresses is recommended to use at night.
- Treatment of fungus on the feet (soles of the) feet
- Twice a day to wash his feet with a sea salt solution – a tablespoon per Cup of warm water;
- Cook in a water bath of a strong decoction of chamomile, oak bark and calendula and take the prepared herbal bath for 10 minutes three times a day.
- Treatment of foot fungus iodine
- A cotton swab moistened with a 5% alcohol solution of iodine;
- Gently treat the affected by the fungus spots skin;
- You can use this procedure twice a day.
- To treat foot fungus with baking soda
- Dissolve a tablespoon of salt to baking soda to 4 liters of warm water and rinse it through the skin of the patient;
- Mix three tablespoons of baking soda with antibacterial soap and dilute them in 8 liters of warm water.
- Ready a foot bath three times for six days to 20 minutes.
- To treat foot fungus with vinegar
- Three liters of water, 800 ml of apple cider vinegar and a few grains of potassium permanganate;
- In the resulting solution would be to keep your feet for 10 minutes;
- This foot bath last week during the night.
- Treatment of foot fungus celandine
- Orange juice of celandine, lubricate the affected areas, wait two minutes and again repeat the procedure;
- Dried plant crushed into powder, mixed with tea tree oil to a thick state.
- The resulting mixture is applied as a compress to the affected skin fungus.
- Treatment foot fungus cream medicinal plants
- Sunflower oil in an amount of 400 ml fill in an enamel container and add 1 tablespoon of comfrey, rose root, marigold flowers and peppermint;
- The dishes put on medium heat, the mixture is heated to 60 degrees, then remove from heat and stand for about 10 hours;
- Solution drain and add liquid vitamins (in oil) D, E, A;
- The obtained oil – herbal ointment to lubricate the fungal infection of the skin twice a day.
- Treatment of fungal foot cream honey and eucalyptus
- Mix 20 grams. of honey 20 gr. eucalyptus oil and 2 teaspoons of Apple cider vinegar and put in the fridge for three days.
- The finished ointment to lubricate the affected area once a day.
Prevention of fungus on feet
The first thing that can cause the appearance of the fungus is excessive sweating of the feet, almost always, if a person is in a closed Shoe. The patient should know that the fungus can easily withstand low temperature even after freezing it is still as the causative agent. And high temperature to kill the infection, in order to prevent foot fungus you can use boiling. If the clothes to be treated this way, and then another and then ironed, the fungus dies. Disinfection of shoes is the perfect formalin, if the one percent solution process, then after 20 minutes, the infection will be amazed.