Tinea Pedis or Athlete’s foot is a common contagious fungal infection that is common among athletes. Being an athlete, you can keep an antifungal ringworm cream in your bag to apply whenever you find ringworm or itching symptoms in your feet. Primarily, people are contaminated by the fungal infection in locker rooms, gyms, gym showers, and swimming pools.
Fungus is a microscopic organism that lives and grows without sunlight. It grows in warm and damp areas. People are most likely to be infected by fungi from moist areas like swimming pools or public baths.
The fungus can invade the skin through small cuts or the gap between the nail and nail bed and affect the natural shine of healthy nails.
Treatment of Athlete’s foot—
If diagnosed at the first stage it can be treated with easy home remedies or by applying athlete's foot cream for ringworm for immediate results. However, if the nail has been deformed or causing pain, get checked by a doctor.
Potassium Hydroxide Test
Though by applying antifungal cream, the issue can be resolved, however, you can consider visiting a podiatrist if the situation gone worst.
The professional foot doctor will undergo a very common potassium hydroxide test to confirm whether it's the athlete’s foot or not.
By scraping off a small area of the infested area, the doctor tests it by potassium hydroxide whereby destroying the normal cells the KOH leaves the fungal cells accurately to test it under the microscope.
Medicines that doctors often prescribe to cure an athlete’s foot are clotrimazole (Lotrimin AF), miconazole (Desenex), terbinafine (Lamisil AT), tolnaftate (Tinactin), butenafine (Lotrimin Ultra), etc.
As a successful home remedy, you can easily use tea oil. Known as a successful alternative treatment, tea oil is highly efficient in lowering the fungal infection and ensuring a complete cure of your athlete’s foot.
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