Epidermophitia of feet

Description:

The epidermophitia of foot is rash on foot skin. Most often this fungal infection of skin. There are three main types of an epidermophitia of foot. Each type strikes other part of foot and can look in a different way.

Symptoms of the Epidermophitia of feet:

The epidermophitia of foot can lead to the fact that skin of your feet and between your fingers can inflame and itch. It can be shelled and burst. Your symptoms will depend on what foot epidermophitia type at you.

    * The membrane form of an infection of fingers of feet usually arises between the fourth and fifth fingers. Skin becomes scaly, is shelled and bursts. At some people the bacterial infection can join. It can lead to a bigger injury of skin.
    * The Mokasinopodobny form of an infection can begin with small morbidity on foot. Then skin on a sole or on a heel is thickened and bursts. In hard cases nails on fingers of feet can be infected, thickened, crumble and even to drop out. The fungal infection of nails needs separate treatment.
    * The vesicular form of an infection usually begins with sudden emergence under skin of the big blisters filled with liquid. They usually arise on the lower part of foot. But also can appear on any part of your foot. The bacterial infection can join this type of an epidermophitia of foot.

Reasons of the Epidermophitia of feet:

The epidermophitia of foot is caused by a fungus which grows on or in an upper layer of skin. Fungi grow in warm wet places, such as sites between fingers standing better.

The epidermophitia easily extends. You can catch it, having touched fingers or foot of the person who has it. But most often people pick up it, going barefoot on the infected surface near the pool or in a locker room. Then fungi begin to grow in your footwear, especially if it so close that air cannot move around your feet.

If you touched something on what there was a fungus, you can give an epidermophitia to other people even if you will not get sick with it. Some people are more inclined to development of an epidermophitia of foot, than others. Scientists do not know why so occurs. If you already had this disease, then you are more inclined to its repeated development.

Treatment of the Epidermophitia of feet:

In most cases a foot epidermophitia you can treat in house conditions by means of lotion, cream or spray which are on sale without recipe. In hard cases your doctor can write out to you tablets or other forms of medicines which need to be applied on skin. Use them as long as you will be advised by your doctor. It will help is guaranteed to save you from an infection authentically. You also have to watch that your feet remained pure and dry. For the growth the fungus needs the wet and warm environment.

You can take certain steps in order that you had no foot epidermophitia recurrence. In such public places as locker rooms, you carry bedroom-slippers for a shower and use talc powder in order that skin on your feet remained dry. Use the bedroom-slippers or room slippers made of materials which allow moisture to leave them.