One person gets athlete's foot, and the whole family suffers? Teach you 5 tips to stay away from annoying athlete's foot
"Everyone says ' bad father ', but this father is actually a bad boy! I don't care if I have athlete's foot, but I also soaked my feet with my son. It's good, the child also has athlete's foot!"
Sister Gao (pseudonym) complained to the doctor in the consultation room, saying that since her 5-year-old son soaked his feet with her husband, his feet began to peel and smell bad.
It turned out that a few days ago, the kindergarten where the son is located gave the children a small task of " thankful parents ", and the son offered to wash the feet of his parents. Originally, it was a happy thing. Unexpectedly, after the father and son washed their feet several times together, the son contracted athlete 's foot .
1. How did the notorious athlete's foot get infected?
Athlete's foot, medically known as "tinea pedis", is mainly caused by fungal infection, which can occur on the smooth skin between the toes, toes, heels, and lateral edges of the feet. It is the most common superficial fungal disease .
The fungi that cause athlete's foot mainly include Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum gypsum and Epidermophyton floccosum, among which Trichophyton rubrum is the most common, accounting for 50%-90% . It is worth noting that athlete's foot can be transmitted through contact . Sharing shoes, socks, bath towels, foot basins, etc. with patients may be infected by fungi.
- Is foot odor just athlete's foot? Teach you how to distinguish
When it comes to athlete's foot, many people think of foot odor. Although foot odor is related to athlete's foot, they are essentially different.
The main reason for foot odor is that the feet sweat a lot . After the bacteria decompose the organic matter in the sweat, they produce sulfur-containing metabolites. The odor is derived from these metabolites. If the foot odor is simple, there are no other symptoms such as itching, skin breakage, etc., it is not necessarily a fungal infection.
According to the performance of athlete's foot, it can be divided into three categories:
1. Blister type
Occurs mostly between the toes, palms, arches, and sides of the feet. They are needle-sized blisters with clear fluid, thick and shiny walls, and are not easy to rupture. They can merge into multilocular bullae . Collar-shaped desquamation, obvious itching.
2, erosion type
Often occurs between the toes, more common in sweaty hands and feet, water immersion, and more frequently in summer. It is manifested as dampness between the toes, the epidermis is soaked and whitish, the epidermis is soft, and it is easy to peel off to reveal the flushed, eroded surface and exudate, with obvious itching and sometimes odor.
3. Scaly keratotic type
Occurs on the heels, where the skin lesions are dry, and the keratin is significantly thickened. In winter, it is prone to chapped and even bleeding, which may be accompanied by pain, and the itching is generally not obvious.
3. One person is infected and the whole family suffers. How to prevent beriberi and recurrence?
Athlete's foot is a chronic and recurring skin disease that is easily transmitted to family members. Once sick, it should be treated as soon as possible, and preventive care should be taken.
1. Early detection and early treatment
Prevention of recurrence, early detection and early treatment are the key, and the treatment must be adhered to in order to consolidate the curative effect. This not only reduces the use of drugs, but also reduces the pain of the patient, and can also shorten the course of the disease and facilitate recovery.
2. Pay attention to personal hygiene
Pay attention to cleaning your feet every day, keep your skin dry, and develop a good habit of bathing every day. People with sweaty feet can change socks and breathable insoles to keep the shoes dry and comfortable.
3. Reduce incentives and share items less with others
Tinea pedis is extremely contagious, and family members should be careful not to share foot basins, bath towels, shoes and socks, etc.
4. Adjust your diet
Eat more foods rich in vitamin B on weekdays , such as animal liver, chicken, corn, peanuts, green leafy vegetables, etc. The vitamin B family can regulate the secretion of sebaceous glands, enhance skin resistance, and help resist fungal invasion.
5. Maintain emotional stability
Emotions are repeated and easily excited, it is easy to induce sweating and aggravate foot odor. Therefore, maintaining a stable mood and a broad mind is conducive to avoiding the recurrence of athlete's foot.
The vitality of fungi is very tenacious, which makes athlete's foot easy to recur. However, some patients do not follow the doctor's orders or self-medicate, and the treatment course is incorrect, which affects the therapeutic effect. Therefore, the treatment of beriberi must be patient and persistent. Once you let your guard down and the fungus becomes active, it's all for naught.
References:
[1] Song Yinghua, Chen Dan, Wu Jiyuan. Retrospective analysis of tinea pedis with different clinical manifestations [J]. Chinese Journal of Mycology, 2016, 11(6):3.
[2] Ji Zhaofeng. Analysis of the causes of tinea pedis infection and rehabilitation measures [J]. Reflexology and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020.
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