Athlete's Foot
 

What's the best treatment for Athlete's Foot? And what are the symptoms?

Have had what I initially thought was a serious dry skin issue on the ball of my foot, now it's showing up on the heal of my foot, and want to return feet back to being nice, clean and soft again.

Off the top of my head, the only symptom I know is having a crazy itch on your toes and heel and in between toes.

You can use talcum powder in your socks in the morning. You can buy creams such as tinactin. Both work.

Lotramin AF will clear it up within a week, that's the quickest stuff. My teammates and I get it quite often and that's what our trainer has found works best. Symptoms will include reddish, itchy areas among others. Get the Lotramin and that stuff will clear up quickly.

You can check for vesicles. They are not always visible. When you do find them you can be sure that it's athletes foot. They are tiny flat pencil point sized blisters. The fluid inside is clear. It can help to wash your clothes with a little added vinigar. Keep your feet dry - not sweating in shoes and socks but go ahead and moisturize with lotion. You don't want the skin to dry out. Athletes foot takes real hold when it finds breaks in the skin. Wear a different shoe each day and/or dust your shoes nightly with a powder designed for athletes foot. You could ask your pharmacist what which powder he would recommend. You can use Lotramin, or clortrimazole. Lotramin takes a shorter treatment time period but is just slightly less effective compared to Clotrimazole when used exactly as directed. The problem with clortrimazole is that you have to apply it more often and if you miss it can be like you are starting over again. Change your bath towel daily while you are treating the athletes foot. Change your bath mat or don't use one while treating. Change your socks as frequently as possible. There is a lot of information on the internet about things that can be done to help get rid of athletes foot. Even down to rinsing your shower with vinigar or bleach and soaking your feet in vinigar. WebMD is a good source for some basic info.

Hubby has dealt with athletes foot for years. He didn't know what to do to get rid of it and it kept coming back. After we got married I caught on to what was going on and started to help him treat it. We tried every cream and every treatment. Eventually we figured out that he had the same fungus/yeast on his scalp and in his toenails and the Dr gave him a systemic fungal medication and got rid of it all. Once in a while we notice something cropping up but we are able to combat it ASAP and it doesn't get bad.

---or maybe it is not atheletes feet---fought it for years---then I found out I was alergic to the stuff tennis shoes are made from..???

Used to have a ton of it until I switched to all-cotton socks. Then, almost none. Go figure, I make no claims.