Ringworm caused by fungal infection

Tinea manuum is a disease caused by fungal infection. A lot of people suffer from this disease. Most patients find that the treatment is getting better and better, and the disease continues to cycle. There are many symptoms of tinea manuum caused by fungal infections. You can learn about some of the symptoms of tinea manuum and only start treatment after diagnosis. Here are some methods to treat tinea manuum, you can learn about them.

1. Causes of ringworm

The incidence of tinea manuum is relatively high in my country, but its incidence is lower than that of tinea pedis. This may be due to long-term immersion or friction injuries of the hands and long-term contact with detergents, which are important causes of tinea manuum. Patients with tinea manuum are generally middle-aged or young people or women wearing rings. In addition, tinea manuum is mostly caused by direct contact transmission from scratching tinea pedis, tinea cruris and tinea capitis, or the spread of onychomycosis and tinea corporis on the back of the hands. The pathogen of tinea manuum is mainly Trichophyton rubrum.

2. Clinical symptoms of tinea manuum

1. Blister-scaly type

The onset is mostly single, starting from a certain part of the palm, especially the palm, the palm surface, side and root of the index and ring fingers. It starts with needle-sized blisters with thick and shiny walls and clear fluid. The blisters gather in groups or are scattered, and the patient feels itchy. After the blisters dry, they desquamate and gradually spread to the surrounding areas to form ring-shaped or multi-ring-shaped lesions with clear edges and a chronic course that lasts for many years until the entire palm is affected and spreads to the back of the hand and nails, and even the opposite palm. Sometimes blisters can become infected and form pustules.

2. Keratinosis and thickening type of tinea manuum

It usually develops from the vesicular scaly type. Patients have a history of many years of disease, often involving both hands. The skin lesions have no obvious blisters or annular desquamation, but diffuse redness and thickening on the palm surface, deepened skin lines, rough skin, dryness and desquamation. It is prone to cracking in winter, with deep cracks and bleeding, unbearable pain, and affects activities. In addition to dermatophytes, the factors that promote the thickening of keratinization on the palms are also related to long-term scratching, washing, soaps, detergents, stimulation from various chemicals and solvents, and inappropriate treatment.

3. Treatment of ringworm

1. Take 20 grams each of Cnidium monnieri, Sophora flavescens, White moss peel, Phellodendron amurense, and Stemona tuber, 10 grams each of realgar and sulfur, and 15 grams of Angelica sinensis. Take one dose per day, decoct in water to extract the juice and wash the affected area, once a day, each time for 30 minutes. It is suitable for all types of tinea manuum.

2. Take 30 grams each of alum, gallnut, Kochia scoparia, Cnidium monnieri, and Sophora flavescens, 25 grams each of Acer truncatum, Sichuan pepper, and Phellodendron chinense, grind them into powder and soak them in 1000 ml of vinegar for 1 week for later use. Soak the affected area in the liquid twice a day for 30 minutes each time. Each dose can be used for 7 days. It is suitable for all types of tinea manuum.

3. Take 10 grams each of realgar and coptis root, 30 grams each of sophora flavescens, smilax glabra, saposhnikovia divaricata, scoparia, and schizonepeta tenuifolia, and 6 grams of borneol. First boil the first 7 herbs for 30 minutes, add the borneol after it stops boiling, remove the residue, and soak the affected area for 20 minutes when it is warm, 4 times a day. Each dose is used for 3 days, and 15 days is a course of treatment. Suitable for all types of tinea manuum.

4. Take 24 grams of raw rehmannia, 18 grams of rhubarb, 15 grams each of cnidium monnieri, scutellaria baicalensis, radix stemonae, scutellaria baicalensis, and pittosporum tobira bark, 12 grams each of momordica charantia (sliced), lithospermum officinale, apricot kernel, moutan bark, and angelica sinensis, and 6 grams each of zanthoxylum bungeanum and licorice. Soak the above medicines in 1000 ml of sesame oil for 2 days, then use charcoal water to decoct until the medicine color turns slightly yellow, use a fine sieve to filter the residue, then put 450 grams of beeswax into a cup, pour the filtered sesame oil into the cup while it is hot, stir well into a paste, and store for later use. Every night before going to bed, wash the affected area with warm water, wipe it dry, and apply this ointment to the affected area. Suitable for dry, peeling, chapped or blistered skin and severe itching caused by tinea manuum.

5. Take 40 grams each of talc, calcined cuttlefish, and processed calamine, 20 grams of red ochre, 15 grams of borax, 10 grams each of alum, processed frankincense, and processed myrrh, and 4 grams each of talcum powder, red lead, and borneol. Grind them into fine powder, sieve and mix evenly, wash and dry the affected area, then sprinkle the powder evenly on the eroded and itchy areas between the toes, twice a day. It is suitable for immersion type tinea pedis.