The difference between sweat herpes and athlete's foot

The feet are sometimes prone to certain diseases. For example, some people may be prone to dyshidrotic eczema, while others may suffer from athlete's foot. Since athlete's foot can also cause blisters, many people may confuse dyshidrotic eczema and athlete's foot. This can cause people to use the wrong medicines and fail to achieve good treatment results. What is the difference between dyshidrotic eczema and athlete's foot? It is necessary for people to understand the specific differences clearly. Let's analyze them for people below.

What is the difference between sweat herpes and vesicular athlete's foot?

Dyshidrotic eczema and vesicular athlete's foot are two different diseases. Both vesicular athlete's foot and dyshidrotic eczema are characterized by scattered or clustered blisters deep in the epidermis, accompanied by symptoms such as excessive sweating of the hands and feet. It is sometimes easy to confuse the two diseases.

The blisters of blister-type athlete's foot vary in size. Tinea manuum often occurs on one side, and the blisters are often asymmetrical. When there is inflammation, the blisters turn into pustules. In addition, fungal examination is one of the important means of differential diagnosis.

Dyshidrosis is also known as dyshidrosis. It is a disease related to mental factors. The disease starts in late spring and early summer, worsens in summer, and heals itself in winter, repeating the cycle over and over again. Before herpes occurs, the affected area has a tingling or burning sensation and varying degrees of itching. The herpes is the size of a grain of rice, hemispherical in shape, and contains clear, shiny serous fluid. It usually does not break open on its own but is gradually absorbed. After drying up, the skin peels off, which is more obvious on the fingertips. In severe cases, red new skin is exposed, which is often painful. The surrounding skin is normal. Herpes often occurs symmetrically on the palms and sides of the fingers. It can also occur on the soles of the feet and between the toes. Sometimes the symptoms on one side are more obvious than the other side, but there is generally no inflammatory reaction. The causes of dyshidrotic eczema and vesicular athlete's foot are different, so the treatments are also different.

The difference between vesicular athlete's foot and dyshidrosis and palmoplantar pustulosis. The most common sites of athlete's foot lesions are the soles and edges of the feet, which appear as clustered or scattered small blisters accompanied by itching. The blisters are located under the stratum corneum of the epidermis. Since the stratum corneum of the soles of the feet is thicker, the blister walls are not easily penetrated, and there is no redness in the surrounding skin. The skin is absorbed and shed after a few days. The damage can continue to expand and spread around, and sometimes small blisters can merge into large blisters. The blister fluid is clear and slightly yellowish white. The clinical manifestations of vesicular tinea manuum are basically the same as those of tinea pedis. The disease often occurs on the palms and fingertips. Sometimes the disease may spread to the back of the hands and feet.

Blister-type athlete's foot can occur throughout the year, but is more common in hot weather. Some patients feel severe itching, and after long-term scratching, the skin becomes rough and thickened, which often develops into scaly tinea manuum and tinea pedis. Some patients also develop secondary bacterial infection due to scratching, and the blisters become yellow pustules and the surrounding skin becomes flushed. If the blisters rupture, erosions may form and systemic symptoms may occur.