It often happens in people whose feet have become extremely sweaty while constrained within tight-fitting shoes. Athlete’s foot (tinea pedis) is a fungal infection that typically begins between the toes.
Athlete’s foot is contagious and can be spread through contaminated floors, towels, or clothing. Signs and symptoms of athlete’s foot include a scaly rash that typically causes itching, stinging, and burning.
Although it can be treated with over-the-counter antifungal medications, athlete’s foot frequently returns and is closely related to other fungal infections like ringworm and jock itch. Prescription medications are also available.
Symptoms of Athlete’s Foot
The typical rash of athlete’s foot is red, scaly, and itchy, and it usually starts between the toes.
The moccasin variety of athlete’s foot causes chronic dryness and scaling on the soles that extends up the side of the foot, which can be mistaken for eczema or dry skin. Some forms of athlete’s foot include blisters or ulcers.
If we pick or scratch at the infected areas of our feet, the infection may spread to our hands and may affect one or both of our feet.
Causes of Athlete’s Foot
The same type of fungus that causes jock itch and ringworm also causes athlete’s foot, and it thrives in warm, humid environments, on damp socks and shoes.
It is possible to contract athlete’s foot from contaminated surfaces, including towels, floors, and shoes, or from direct contact with an infected person.
Homeopathic Treatment of Athlete’s Foot
Graphites :For athlete’s foot with cracks, dry, rough skin, and cracks between the toes, use homeopathic remedies. For moist, crusty eruptions that ooze out a sticky exudate, use homeopathic remedies. For eruptions in the folds that break easily and heal slowly, use homeopathic remedies.
Thuja :When there is intense itching or burning, athlete’s foot with eruptions only on the covered areas, dry skin that is extremely sensitive to touch, and when scratching and taking a cold bath make the condition worse, these remedies can be helpful. They can also be used when there is a feeling of a needle pricking.
Silicea :Useful for athlete’s foot, which causes severe itching, especially at night and during the day. Boils also appear on the feet and toes and have a foul pus-like odor.
Baryta Carbonica :Helpful in cases of excoriating and oozing athlete’s foot that are difficult to heal. There is a burning sensation and needle-like prickling along with the intense itching.
Nitric Acidum :Useful for athlete’s foot with splinter-like pains, unhealthy skin with pus formation where crusts form and fall, severe pain, dry skin that is eroded and cracked from every angle, and violent itching, especially when changing clothes.
Petroleum: Helpful for athlete’s foot, which is characterized by deep cracks in the skin folds, especially in the toes, and by rough, raw skin; the cracks bleed easily. Helpful for thick, greenish crusts with noticeable burning, itching, and bleeding.
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