Can washing your feet with beer cure athlete’s foot? How to prevent athlete’s foot?

Many people who suffer from athlete's foot believe that washing feet with beer can cure it. In fact, this is a misunderstanding. Beer cannot cure athlete's foot. Although beer can disinfect, athlete's foot is caused by fungal infection, and beer cannot kill fungi. Athlete's foot can also be prevented through some methods. Below, we will introduce to you the specific prevention methods and care precautions for athlete's foot!

Can beer cure athlete's foot?

Washing your feet with beer will not cure athlete's foot. Athlete's foot is caused by fungal infection. The general symptoms are blisters, peeling, itching, etc. If you have athlete's foot on one foot, it means that only one foot is infected with fungi. If it is not controlled in time, it may spread to other parts of the body, so remove it quickly to avoid infecting your family or children.

Prevention methods

1. Keep your feet clean and dry, and treat sweaty feet. Change your shoes and socks frequently. People with tight gaps between toes can use some straw paper to absorb moisture and allow ventilation. The shoes should be well ventilated.

2. Do not use other people's slippers, bath towels, rags, etc., and do not walk in sewage near the bathhouse or swimming pool.

3. Public bathhouses and swimming pools must regularly treat sewage and disinfect it with bleach or chloramine, and a system must be established to prevent the spread of athlete's foot.

Precautions

1. You must take the medicine regularly. Tinea pedis is a chronic infection in which fungi grow and multiply in the stratum corneum. It takes long-term medication to kill it.

2. Do not use other medicines indiscriminately. The most important thing about treating athlete's foot is to carry out consistent and regular treatment according to the type of treatment. Some people use corticosteroid ointments such as Fuqingsong to treat tinea pedis, but the disease gets worse the more they treat it. Some people crush aspirin tablets and sprinkle them on eroded toes, resulting in an ulcer that causes long-term pain and does not heal. Many people have a misunderstanding that it is wrong to use Pi Yan Ping ointment when red and itchy patches form on the skin. Pi Yan Ping ointment contains a large amount of hormone ingredients, which happen to be nutrients for fungi. Therefore, if you apply Pi Yan Ping when it is definitely ringworm, it will only make the condition worse.

3. Medication should be based on the specific circumstances of the disease. Tinctures should not be used on broken areas, and ointments should be used on thickened skin and cracks. If the broken one leaks water, you should go to the hospital and the doctor will give you appropriate treatment according to the specific situation.

4. When tinea pedis becomes secondary infected, acute inflammation occurs locally. It cannot be treated according to general tinea pedis treatment, and the secondary infection should be dealt with first. If there is redness and swelling, you can apply boric acid water or cypermethrin liquid for local cold or warm compresses to reduce inflammation and swelling. If necessary, antibiotics should be given systemically and you should rest properly as instructed by the doctor.