Treatment of dry athlete's foot

Athlete's foot causes a lot of trouble to many people, especially at home. Once you take off your shoes, the smell of athlete's foot will fill the entire space, causing certain troubles to your family. How can I get rid of athlete’s foot? This is a question that many people want to ask, so let me introduce one of the methods to treat athlete's foot.

Local treatments for athlete's foot

1. Dry athlete's foot: You can apply ointment, such as compound benzoic acid ointment and salicylic acid ointment. Soak the area in lead acetate water for half an hour before applying the ointment.

2. Wet athlete's foot: Use non-irritating antifungal lotions or creams, such as compound resorcinol ointment, clotrimazole cream or miconazole-containing Daktarin cream, etc. After applying the medicine, apply foot powder to achieve astringent effect.

3. If the erosion or exudation is more obvious, it is advisable to use pastes, such as gentian paste and sulfur paste.

In addition, for athlete's foot with thick scales, it is advisable to bandage and apply medication once in the morning and once in the evening, so that the medicine can penetrate into the skin and kill the fungus.

Systemic treatment of athlete's foot

In the absence of any contraindications, oral antifungal agents such as terbinafine and itraconazole can be used for severe athlete's foot. The medication is usually taken for 3 to 4 weeks, and the dosage is as prescribed by the doctor. Usually, the symptoms of athlete's foot are not serious, so many patients scratch when it is a minor itch and only treat it when it is severe, and do not treat it if it does not itch at all. This kind of inconsistent and informal treatment makes athlete's foot worse and worse, and it only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. If you want to cure athlete's foot fundamentally, the patient must go to a dermatologist for continuous and formal treatment.

Through the detailed introduction above, I believe everyone has understood the treatment methods of athlete's foot. After seeing these, are you eager to try it? If you follow the above treatment methods carefully and work hard without stopping, I believe that within a few days, the symptoms of athlete's foot will be greatly reduced. Keep up the good work!