The fungus between the toes is a disease that is very easy to pick up.But solve him is far from so easy.The disease may last for years, often bacterial infection joins.When the first symptoms occur, it is very important to contact a dermatologist, not to confiscate.
Why the fungus develops between toes
The fungus between the toes is the most common type of fungal infection, which occurs in 70% of our planet population.This disease is especially common among people who are constantly in a wet or hot environment, often sweat because of high physical effort.They include banners, swimmers, employees in hot workshops and so on.Children are sick much often (not more than 4%), but the incidence increases dramatically in adolescence.
The disease is caused by various types of dermatophilic fungi: Red Trichophyton, Interdaltsev Trichophyton and some types of epidermophiton.All these pathogens are characterized by a high degree of survival in the environment.They can last long on the floors in the bathroom and sauna, swimming equipment, bed linen, shoes.
You can infect the bathtub, sauna, pool, less often on the beach.Therefore, it is so important to observe hygienic rules: use only a single towel, do not walk barefoot in public places, using individual shoes for this.
Once on the surface of the body, mushrooms produce enzymes (keratinase) which decompose Keratin - protein surface layers of the skin.This allows the infection to penetrate the epidermis and multiplies there.Membrals with mushrooms contain substances (manners) that can inhibit local immunity.MANINS also represses the reproduction of surface cells of the epidermal, which is why their desktocks and purification are disturbed, which as a result leads to an extended and chronic flow of the disease.
Factors that contribute to the spread and implementation of fungi
Such factors include:
- Shoes that squeeze legs that violate blood circulation and do not pass the air;
- Playing sports and difficult physical work;
- Trauma foot with skin violation;
- Established immunity, for example, against the background of diabetes, extended administration of certain drugs (glucocorticoid hormones), HIV infection;
- Violation of blood circulation in feet legs from the background of atherosclerosis of lower extremities, straight feet and so on.
If a person has a normal general and local immunity, the fungus will not be able to overcome the protective barrier of the skin and infiltrate the skin.All factors combat skin immunity enable the introduction of pathogenic fungi in an epidermis without obstacles, causing the pathological process.
Infection symptoms
During the introduction of pathogenic fungi in the skin, it affects primary areas with a thin and sensitive skin interdigital blanks.The infection that can then be extended to the whole foot here.The first thing that an infected person experience is itchy and worse between the toes.
Itching can be very strong or can be insignificant or even completely absent and appear only on the background of foot sweating or immunity drop.Significant itching, dryness, painful cracks in interdigital spaces contribute to the addition of bacterial infection and the development of gnowlic processes.
Sometimes disputes of bubbles appear between the fingers, filled with transparent fluid, which open quickly, form erosion.And this type of disease can be complicated by adding a bacterial infection.
The most characteristic is for a hidden course of fungus between the toes, which characterize occasionally happening overthrow.Often such patients do not doubt the presence of infection and spread it in between others.
As the disease flows
Mushroom can be manifested in different ways.The following forms of diseases differ:
- Integinous- most often;It is manifested in the form of itching and ignition between the toes, dryness, cracks with lug release and subsequent development (loosening of the skin influenced by liquid);Inflammation often passes to the plantar surface of the foot and almost never back;Bacterial infection often joins;
- Dishydrotic- with the phenomenon of the fingers of the terminating, blown bubbles, erosion formation, the introduction of bacterial pathogens and the development of the pathological process according to the type of eczema, legs, and even bodies;
- deleted- flows unnoticed;Occasionally there is a slight itch;Between the toes (most often between 1 and 2 or 5), a moderate thin peel appears between the toes (most often between 1 or 2 or 5), very small, unnoticed by the patients of cracks.
Mushrooms in interdigital shortcomings can occur as an independent illness or is a manifestation of general infection.Often the fungus is transferred to nail slates with the development of onyhycosize.Sometimes there is a combined skin and skin lesion in the field of large folds on the body as well as hands.In the latter case, the infection is often developed on the principle of "two feet - one brush".
How to recognize infection
The diagnosis is performed on the basis of a dermatologist testing and is confirmed by laboratory research:
- Microscopy method- under the microscope, skin elements (scales) recorded from the lesion were examined;This is the most common method, allows you to identify a fungal infection, but cannot determine the type of fungus;
- Microbiological examination- Sowing biological material taken from lesions, on nutrients;Underground mushrooms can easily be identified, but do not always grow in laboratory conditions, so it is often left to focus on the method of microscopy only.
Basic principles of treatment
Antifungal medications are used for the treatment of fungi of interdigital blanks.If the disease does not continue long, it does not progress, the external assets are used then.In severe fungal infections, the tendency of the expansion or development of microbial eczema, antifungal drugs of the general (system) of action is used.
The external use of antifungal means requires preliminary preparation.Pathologically altered skin elements are removed from the surface of the skin: peeling, destroying places and remnants of bubbles shooting.They try to mitigate inflammation and swelling of the tissue if possible.
Perform the following procedures:
- If there is pronounced inflammation and tissue swelling, the lotions are prescribed with 2% solutions of boric acid, special fats;If it does not help, corticosteroid fats are prescribed in short courses;
- In the presence of the scales and bark, the affected areas of the body of the area twice a day are lubricated with salicyl oil jelly, and then bathes for bathing with 2% soda.
Only after cleaning is the main treatment.If there is a suspicion of a mixed fungal bacterial infection, the combined fats are used, which include antifungal, antibacterial and anti-allergic components.
Drug therapy
The most modern drugs for the treatment of such diseases are medications, and an active acting substance whose terbinafine, which is part of external products that produce various pharmaceutical companies under their trading names.These are 1% cream, gels, sprays and solutions for external use.
This substance easily enters the epidermis.For 4 hours after the application of its concentration, its concentration is sufficient to combat the vital activity of the infection.The product concentration accumulates in the skin gradually and after therapy is many times higher than the concentration that causes the death of fungi.Moreover, it does not penetrate the middle and deep layers of the skin and has no systemic effect on the body.The feature of an antifungal agent is to have antibacterial effect, suppressing the vital activity of most pathogenic bacteria.Therefore, for the treatment of fungal bacterial infection, additional antibacterial therapy is not always needed.
Cream, spray and gel are applied to pathological modified parts of the leg daily for 7 days.It is usually enough to fully pass through all the symptoms of infection.If necessary, a dermatologist can expand the course of treatment.
With the inefficientness of external treatment and common, the forms of disease are often repeated, antifungal drugs of general action are prescribed.
With the development of microbial eczema, the complex treatment is prescribed, which includes antifungal drugs, antibiotics and desensitizing agents that reduce allergic mood, inflammation and edema tissue.With heavy allergic and inflammatory processes, glucocorticoid hormones are included in complex treatment.
National medications against medium fungus
People's medications can also be effective if used correctly.Traditional medicine recommends that before the beginning of antifungal treatment, preparatory treatment for cleaning pathologically altered foot surfaces.Cleaning is done in the same way as before treatment with medications.After that, the fixed assets are used to combat vital fungi functions.
- 1. Method 1.Twice a day, in 2 to 3 weeks, make feet with impurities released by a large (one-third of a glass of crushed grass per liter of boiling water), and then lubricate the dried surface of the foot with 10% tincture of propolis.
- 2. Method 2.Add 20 ml of ammonia to a glass of water, moisten the bandage, brush your fingers first and then the whole foot (don't tighten!) And leave until it dries;The duration of treatment is 14 days.
- Method 3.Night bath with vinegar (for 2 liters of water - 100 ml of vinegar table).They are held a day before bed 14 days.After the procedure, dry your legs and lightly bed with side acid.
- 4.Necessary bathing baths shafts (20 g of Mahorka per 1l boiling water, insist 3 - 4 hours in the thermos).Work everyday before sleeping four weeks.After the procedure, the legs must be dried.In the morning, wash your legs with water.
- Method 5.Wash legs with a household soap, thorough wash between your fingers.Dry your legs and grease the skin with a whole juice.Do it every day 14 days.
- 6. Method 6.Daily legs with a 2% soda solution.After the bathtub, dry the legs of the well and grease with the white port oil.Wash them with soap in the morning.Garbage oil: Mix a teaspoon of a crushed garlic of 100g buttons until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
- Method 7.Take an equal amount of apple vinegar and freshly squeezed carrot juice.Apply the resulting mixture on the affected areas of foot skin several times a day for a month.
How to warn the infection
To prevent illness, you need:
- Wear slate rubber in bath, sauna, pool, on the beach;
- Never wear other people's shoes, don't use someone else's towel and a bathroom;
- In the warm season, place shoes or sandals from light natural materials passing air conditioning and absorb moisture;
- To perform a pedicure, use only individual or disposable.
To prevent re-infection:
- Treat the inner surface of shoes with disinfection solutions, for example, formaline solutions or vinegar;Two days after such treatment occurs, the death of all infected pathogens happens.
The fungus between the toes is well borrowed by therapy with modern antifungal agents and folk methods.But it is very important to do all efforts that there is no re-rate, including your own shoes and other personal items.