Fungus between the toes

Fungal disease of the skin is a common pathology faced with every fifth person. Initially, the fungus appears between the toes, and then gradually expand to other sectors. Fungal infections are important to treat, because fungal infection is not only unpleasant symptoms, but also signs that occur in the body, pathological processes.

Factors for the development of the disease

Fungal disease of the skin provoked by pathogenic fungi – dermatophytes, yeast and mold. Areas of the skin between the toes – optimal development of the athlete's foot locations: a damp warm environment is perfect for the development of these micro-organisms.

A characteristic feature of this fungus is that damages are not separate: they look between all the fingers at once.

Develops a pathological process due to the following factors:

• failure to observe the rules of personal hygiene;
• frequent visits to public places (pool, spa);
• use someone else's shoes;
• sweating;
• the presence of damaged skin in the feet;
• metabolic disorders;
• wearing narrow, uncomfortable shoes is made of synthetic material, impervious to air;
• the lack of vitamins in the body;
• immunosuppression;
• dry skin;
• pathology of the endocrine system;
• circulatory disorders of the lower extremities is associated with vascular diseases;
• hypothermia of the lower extremities, which reduces the local immunity;
• long-term stay in an upright position, which increases the load area to stop and weaken the blood flow;
• the presence of diaper rash;
• weight.

For the treatment of athlete's foot between the toes it is important to start as quickly as possible to the pathological process has not changed the foot area.

Typical symptoms and developmental stages of the fungus between the toes

The disease goes through several stages of development. It depends on the nature and severity of the symptoms.

There are the following stages of the disease:

• Mild. There is appearance of shallow cracks between the toes, is not too strong exfoliation of the skin.
• Squamous-hyperkeratotic. At this stage the patient begins to feel intense itching and burning sensation in the interdigital spaces. The skin becomes red, hard shelled. Large fingers form the yellow corn.
• Intertriginous. Cracks in the affected area and deepening, has formed a swelling. The observed erosion.
• Disgidroticheskaya. The itching will become even more obvious, between the toes there are bubbles in the dense shell filled with fluid. When they are opened, are formed oozing erosion.

Without treatment is the destruction and shedding of the nail plate. You have usually only lose one leg, then the pathological process extends to another.

The typical symptoms of athlete's foot between the toes of the lower limbs are:

• peeling of the skin;
• excessive sweating of the feet;
• small cracks in the affected areas;
• itching and soreness between the fingers;
• thickening of the skin of the feet, visible to the naked eye;
• the emergence of spurs, grey-yellow spots and streaks on the nail plates, their deformity;
• swelling of the skin;
• the appearance of a red rash, some of which have a tendency to connect;
• swelling of the skin.

There is a way, which allows you to determine whether the foot struck mycosis. To do this you must dissolve in warm water manganese to make it a purple color, and calculated the solution, the feet for a few minutes. After this procedure the skin on the legs is darker, and the skin affected by fungal infection, remain unchanged.

Fungus treatment between toes: pharmaceutical products and traditional medicine

The treatment of mycosis has been an expert-a dermatologist or podiatrist. With this disorder are struggling with a variety of drugs: the modern pharmacological industry offers creams, lotions, sprays, powders and varnish. Select the desired tool should be a doctor, based on what type of fungus caused the disease and what stage of development it is.

Folk remedies for fungus between toes

Don't lose the importance of traditional methods of treatment of the fungus between the fingers. A lot of them. The most well-known are the following:

• Receive a warm foot bath. To do this, prepare a pink solution of potassium permanganate and kept in this foot for 10-15 minutes. After the procedure, the affected area gauze swabs soaked in fucorcin or boric acid.
• Cream chicken eggs. Method of preparation: this medicine is a little unusual: you have to put a raw egg in vinegar and leave it until the shell is completely dissolved. Then add the liquid butter – enough to get the consistency of cream. Apply to the skin between the toes, before going to sleep, leave overnight.
• The slurry from the bow and vaseline. Onion rubbed on a grater, mix equal parts of the resulting slurry and vaseline. The mixture is rubbed into the affected areas.
• A solution of glycerin and vinegar. Both components are mixed in equal quantities, RUB a lot of skin.
• Rubbing the skin with sea buckthorn oil applied with a cotton swab. This tool is a natural antiseptic that helps to eliminate itching and pain.
• Cream based on salicylic acid and vaseline. Take a teaspoon of vaseline and half a tablet of salicylic acid or aspirin, previously pounded. The components are mixed, then applied to the affected surface, by gently rubbing the mixture into the skin.
• Packed on the basis of birch tar. You should apply a thick layer of gauze pads and place them between your fingers in the affected areas. Each pack should be fixed with foil or cling film.
• A mixture of iodine, ammonia and vinegar. You need to take each component in equal parts, stir, let sit for a few hours. Then, the resulting liquid then rinse with a cotton swab and apply it to the affected area. This tool should not be used in the presence of open wounds or weeping cracks. Aggressive tools, which contain the described composition, may cause burns of the tissues.

It is advisable to deal with drugs, solutions and mixtures, not only the surface of the skin of the lower extremities to prevent re-development of the pathological process must be cleaned of acetic acid be in the shoes of the patient inside and outside, as well as the insole.

Prevention

To prevent the development of athlete's foot between the toes of the lower extremities should follow these recommendations:

• try to keep the feet dry, because a damp environment creates the optimum conditions for the development of fungi;
• shoes should be thoroughly dried every day;
• you should change your socks regularly;
• when excessive sweating feet to use special deodorants. Instead, the spray can be successfully used in a decoction of oak bark or plain vinegar, rubbing their feet and toes every day;
• choose comfortable shoes made of natural materials;
• always put on sandals or Slippers in public areas (pool, sauna, steam bath);
• reduce the consumption of sweets and alcohol.

Fungus between the toes – a process that produces both physical and psychological discomfort. Get rid of the unpleasant symptoms help of proper treatment. With timely treatment to the doctor's prognosis is favorable.