How to quickly treat hands and feet

A common hand and foot disease is tinea pedis. It is said that suffering from this kind of disease is very uncomfortable, not painful, but itchy. Because this kind of disease is caused by bacteria, it will show ordinary itching at the beginning, and then it will gradually become more serious due to people scratching. It will not only be accompanied by peeling symptoms, but more serious ones will also lead to ulcers. After hearing this, I believe many people feel scared. So how should we deal with this kind of disease in our daily life? Let's take a look at how to quickly treat hands and feet:

Tinea pedis and tinea manuum refers to an infection caused by dermatophytes invading the fingers, toes, between toes, and palms and soles. Wearing public slippers in swimming pools and public bathrooms can easily cause tinea pedis, and tinea manuum is often caused by tinea pedis. The main pathogens are Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Epidermophyton etc. Candida albicans infection is also not uncommon in recent years.

Second cause

Tinea pedis is a superficial fungal infection that occurs on the palms, soles, fingers, and skin between toes. The pathogens of tinea pedis and tinea manuum are mainly Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Epidermophyton floccosum.

Tinea pedis is commonly known as "Hong Kong foot", also known as athlete's foot and foot dampness. Fungi like moist and warm environments. In the hot summer, people sweat a lot and wear rubber shoes and nylon socks, which provide a breeding ground for fungi. The condition usually improves in the winter, manifested by cracking of the skin. This is a contagious disease that can spread rapidly by sharing washbasins, foot basins, foot towels, hand towels, slippers and bathtubs.

Three clinical manifestations

The disease is divided into four types according to clinical manifestations:

1. Immersion type

The skin between the toes is often white, eroded, and soaked with clear edges. The soaked epidermis is removed, leaving moist, bright red new skin.

2. Blister type

Blisters are common on the soles of the feet or palms, and several blisters may even merge into larger blisters with clear boundaries, flat skin, and blisters that break and peel off.

3. Scaly type

The main symptom is desquamation, with a few tinea pedis blisters. The blisters are dry and desquamative, with clear boundaries and no obvious inflammation.

4. Thickening type

Common symptoms include thickening of the skin on the palms and soles, blisters and desquamation in summer, and skin cracking in winter.

This disease is more common in adults, often occurring or aggravated in summer, and alleviated or symptoms disappear in winter when the climate is dry, so winter is the best time to treat tinea pedis and tinea manuum.

Four treatments

Apply miconazole or ketoconazole cream to the affected area 2 to 3 times a day. For those with skin lesions and erosion, you can apply Sanguisorba officinalis or 2% gentian violet solution externally. However, since fungal infections are deep in the skin, topical medications are difficult to cure. To completely cure tinea pedis and tinea manuum, you should go to the dermatology department of the hospital and use oral antifungal drugs such as itraconazole, fluconazole, etc. under the guidance of a doctor.

Five preventions

1. Pay attention to personal hygiene. Do not use public slippers, foot basins, cleaning cloths, etc. Sterilize shoes, socks, and foot cloths regularly to keep your feet clean and dry.

2. Excessive sweating and injuries of hands and feet are often one of the most common causes of tinea pedis or tinea manuum. In daily life, you should reduce the adverse stimulation of chemical, physical, and biological substances on the skin of hands and feet, and drink less irritating beverages such as strong tea, coffee, alcohol, etc. 3. After washing your feet or taking a bath at night, wipe the moisture between your toes and apply disinfectant powder. The purpose is to keep the space between your toes as dry as possible to prevent reinfection of epidermal fungi.

4. Shoes, socks and foot cloths should be sterilized regularly to keep feet clean and dry. Public places such as bathrooms and swimming pools are the main places where tinea pedis is transmitted, and the disinfection management system should be strictly implemented.