One of the most common diseases of the feet, is a fungus of the foot, or as it is called – thrush. According to the statistics of medical research has revealed several types of this lesion of the skin and the nail plate.
The important thing at the onset of the fungus, immediately consult a doctor, in order to protect your body against bacteria and all the others.
Looks like fungi on the feet
Many have heard that there is such a disease, such as athlete's foot, and it manifested almost 80% of the population, but rarely anyone has met this problem by direct. Following the case, that the infected simply do not betray the values of the symptoms may not start on the processing time, which leads to disastrous results. And indeed, outside of the body infected, may suffer, and the people surrounding it.
To examine in more detail the phase of the localization of bacteria on the foot of the man using photos, but it should be noted that, in addition to the visual effects, symptoms, which are also different depending on the degree of infestation of the body.
The initial Phase of the manifestation of the mycosis of the feet of the leak is not very visible, but the sensation of burning, itching, and a small outbreak of redness can already testify that the fungus has begun its activity.
The next phase is more severe and there are already a foot and the nail plate. The nail begins to mutate (yellowing, become thicker). Also on the nails can occur with small white stripes and spots that usually is already a good reason to consult a doctor for a diagnosis.
The last phase is a strong, peeling of the skin, nail, gently begins to move away from the hole, can appear in wounds and ulcers. All of this leads to the destruction of the upper layer of the epidermis, the internal cracks are starting to get naked.
This is the case of athlete's foot at each stage of development. And as you can see in the picture, the consequences can be disastrous, by the result of the defeat of the nail plate by a fungus and the feet.
The fungus toe
Fungal of the defeat of the skin between the fingers, called the athlete, and the fungus — Tinea pedum. Generated by such a fungus through contact with already infected person, or during the use of the foreign media hygiene.
The symptoms of the disease
- The skin between the fingers is very dry and the most vulnerable, are small scales;
- The appearance on the skin of small blisters of pus with the liquid, and bursts one of them, the skin appears unpleasant sensation;
- Nail plate species, the structure becomes more fragile;
- On socks and shoes may be the unpleasant smell of the manifestation of the fungus, it is quite strong and specific.
Depending on the degree of development of fungi, bacteria, athlete may take place in four phases:
- Soft phase. When the first signs of chipping on the feet, you must immediately go to a consultation with a dermatologist. What are the first signs of the fungus. Further the development of bacteria occurs at the level of the fingers, between the fingers and nails. The symptoms of redness on the skin, small cracks on the heels and soles of the feet, itching and burning sensation on the site the greater the localization of the disease.
- Squamous hyperkeratotic. Squamous hyperkeratotic phase of development of the disease depends on a small swelling of the skin of the soles of the feet, which is also causes a large peeling of the feet and the skin between the fingers. Itching and a burning sensation extending over the whole surface of the foot, capturing and nails. Color of the nail plate becomes yellow, clear to grayish tint, implying the destruction of the upper layer of the plate. Hyperkeratotic phase of the fungus is the following symptoms: a rash on the skin of the foot, with the red-to-blue color of the bubbles, which in the following will be a lot to take off and bring the pain when walking. When you go to a doctor, a rash, cooperating and turns into a serious source of infection. All this process is accompanied by an unpleasant odour of legs.
- Intertriginosny phase is characterized by the appearance on the heels of the deep cracks, accompanied by pain sensations, and the advent of the erosion of ulcers. The pain increases greatly, which prevents the normal man become of the leg.
- Disgidroticheskaya phase is characterized by small, purulent bubbles, which develop at high speed, covering in a few days the whole surface of the foot and toes. The abscesses can auto-open, prompting the manifestation of erosions red. Once the skin is a little dry, can be a small amount of liquid with ranok.
Especially, when the manifestation of the mycosis of feet, just to understand the symptoms in a timely manner and consult a dermatologist. The symptoms of the fungus and a visual inspection should give a certain image of what is happening on the process on the feet. But it should not start self-medication, because it usually leads inefficient consequences that still generates most of the strong location of the disease.
To assign a faithful course of treatment, the doctor needs to know the phase of development of the fungus and identify the type of the pathogen. But before this, the patient must necessarily pass by the diagnosis, by the following, which was not clear an overview of the progress of the disease.
Rather than treating fungal infections of the feet
It should be noted that, depending on the phase of development of the disease, will receive treatment, which must be comprehensive. Before starting the treatment, local medication, you must file the inflammatory process and the phenomenon of keratinization.
In order to help get rid of these fungal bacteria, it is necessary to know the correctness of the holding of the procedure:
- For external use, it is necessary to use creams, ointments, solutions, lacquers;
- A compulsory course for medicines antimycotic of the impact;
- In the case of burning and itching, you need to buy sedatives to drop of the symptoms of the pain;
- As the immune system in the fight against the fungus is weakened, you need to drink on the levels of vitamins and minerals, which help your body fight the infection with more force;
- In the event of associated infectious diseases, the dermatologist will prescribe an antibiotic treatment.
For the definition of the products, the dermatologist needs to know a complete picture of the leak of fungal infections, should take into account the age of the infected person, the reaction of the fungus on one or other drugs, as well as the degree of infestation of the plots of the foot.
Most reference books can demonstrate all phases of operation of the mold on the foot in the form of photos with a description of the symptoms, for that man has been able to determine. After the visual inspection and the comparison with the photo of the leak of fungal infections, the patient should immediately seek for a medical help of a specialist.