One of the most common ailments of the feet is a foot fungus, or as it is called mycosis. According to statistics for medical research identified various types of lesions of the skin and the nail plate.
The most important, with the appearance of the fungus, immediately consult a doctor to be able to protect your body from bacteria and everyone around you.
It looks like a foot fungus
Many have heard that there is a disease, like a fungal infection, and is manifested in almost 80% of the population, but rarely has anyone faced with this problem live. There are cases that infected not only betraying the values of the symptoms may not start timely treatment, which leads to disastrous consequences. But in addition of the body infected, can suffer and the people around him.
To explore in more detail the stage of localization of the bacteria in a human foot, you can use the images, but keep in mind that, in addition to visual effects, with symptoms that also vary in the degree of infestation of the body.
The initial phase of the foot fungus will leak not very noticeable, but the feeling of itching, burning, and small bags of redness can already attest to the fact that the fungus started its activity.
The next stage is more serious and concerns he has of the foot, and the nail plate. The nail begins to evolve (to yellow, become thicker). Also, the nails may be a slight white stripes and spots, which usually is already a good reason to go to the doctor for a diagnosis.
The last phase is a strong peeling of the skin, the nail slowly begins to move away from the hole, it can cause wounds and ulcers. All of this leads to the complete destruction of the top layer of the epidermis, cracks internal, began to be discovered.
Thus, it seems that athlete's foot at each stage of development. And as you can see in the picture, the consequences can be sad, subsequently, the failure of a fungus of the nail plates and feet.
Fungus in the toes
Fungal skin between the toes called athlete's foot, and the fungus — Tinea pedum. Generated by this fungus by contact with an infected person or through another person hygiene.
The symptoms of the disease
- The skin between the fingers of the feet becomes very dry and vulnerable, there are small scale;
- The appearance on the skin small pus bubbles with the liquid, and if one of them bursts, the skin an unpleasant feeling;
- The nail plate modified, the structure becomes more fragile;
- In the socks and the shoes can be unpleasant smell of the symptoms of the fungus, it is quite strong and specific.
The degree of development of fungi, bacteria, athlete's foot can be produced in four phases:
- Soft phase. In the first signs of peeling on the feet, you should immediately go to the consultation with a dermatologist. These are the first signs of fungus. Development of bacteria occurs at the level of the fingers, between the fingers and nails. The following symptoms — redness of the skin, fine cracks on the heels and soles, itching and burning at the site of a greater localization of the disease.
- Scaly hyperkeratotic. Scaly hyperkeratotic phase of the disease is caused by a slight inflammation of the skin of the feet, which also causes severe peeling of the feet and the skin between the fingers. Severe itching and a burning sensation spread over the entire area of the foot, capturing and nails. The color of the nail plate is made of light yellow to a greyish tone, which involves the destruction of the top layer of the plate. Hyperkeratotic phase of the fungus has the following symptoms: rash throughout the skin of the foot, having from red to blue bubbles, it will be difficult to remove and bring the pain when walking. If not treatment with the doctor, the rash is cooperating and becoming an important source of infection. The whole process is accompanied by an unpleasant smell of feet.
- Intertriginosny phase is characterized by the appearance on the heels of deep cracks, accompanied by pain and the appearance of erosive ulcers. The pain increases significantly, which prevents the people usually become foot.
- The skin phase is characterized by a small purulent vesicles, which are with high speed of development, which covers just a couple of days, the entire area of the foot and the toes. Abscesses can auto-open, favoring the development of the talus red color. After the skin dries a little, you can submit a small amount of fluid from sores.
Importantly, for the manifestation of the fungus on the feet, just to understand the symptoms and immediately in contact with the dermatologist. The symptoms of mold and visual inspection should give a certain image of the process on the feet. But we should not start self-treatment as this usually leads to inefficient consequences that creates more intense is the location of the disease.
To assign the correct course of treatment, the doctor must know the stage of development of the fungus and identify the type of pathogen. Before, however, the patient must be subjected necessarily to a diagnosis, which subsequently will need to have a clear whole picture of the disease.
How to treat foot fungus
It should be remembered that depending on the stage of the disease, prescribed treatment that must necessarily be complex. Before you start treatment with agents topics will be necessary to remove the inflammatory process and the phenomenon of keratinization.
To help you get rid of unwanted fungi, bacteria, you should know the correct procedures:
- To the outside of the apps that have to use creams, ointments, solutions, lacquers;
- Required course of medication, antimycotic effects;
- With a strong burning and itching to buy sedatives to relieve the symptoms of pain;
- As the immune system in the fight against the fungus is weakened, you will need to take a course of vitamins and minerals that help the body fight the infection with more force;
- The manifestation of opportunistic diseases of infectious nature, the dermatologist will prescribe a course of antibiotics.
To determine the specific drugs that a dermatologist should know the full picture of the course of the fungal infection, make sure to take into account the age of the infected, the reaction of the fungus to other drugs, as well as the degree of contamination of the areas of the foot.
The most medical reference books can illustrate all the phases of the appearance of fungus on the feet in a photo with a description of the symptoms that the person that was able to identify them. After the visual inspection and comparison with photos of course of a fungal infection, the patient should seek immediately medical help of a specialist.