This is the general name of infectious diseases that affect a person's foot, nails on the legs or arms.In medicine, such pathologies are called mycose - a whole group of symptoms provoked by microscopic fungi.
Onychomycosis is differentiated - damage to the nails and dermatomycosis - is localized on the skin of the legs.The disease is often an independent disorder, it usually develops against the background of diseases of different formation.What the foot mushroom looks like depends on the localization of the pathogue type.
There are a large number of mushroom types, only a few of them cause pathological changes in humans.The feet of the feet show the prevalence of the 2nd place among all skin diseases.The following groups of mushrooms are differentiated that are dangerous for health:
- Anthropophil.I only provoke pathologies in humans, they can be infected by another person.
- Zooanthropophil.You can also cause diseases in animals, the infection comes from animals and other people.
- Candidate.A separate type of yeast mushrooms that has its own properties.
There are different types of pathologies with similar signs.This includes rubbicosis and epidermophytosis.They are combined under the general definition of "Mikoza Stop".The symptoms of the mushroom on the legs are divided depending on the type, but often they develop in parallel, so this distinction is due.The following forms of pathology are differentiated:
- scaly;
- Interiginosny;
- Dyshidrotic;
- Onychomycosis that is divided into: normotrophic, atrophic, hypertrophic.
The scientific name of the disease is onychomycosis.The infection influences the skin, mainly on the lower extremities, the nail plates.Yeast and shapes fall on an unprotected surface.
The athlete's foot is a fairly frequent disease that is transmitted by people by the general use of objects.It is remarkable that its distribution takes place extremely quickly, while the development of the disease in the area of areas between the fingers focuses on the legs.
Causes
The infection taken into account is directly in contact with the mushroom, its reproduction in the area of warm and humid skin surfaces occurs extremely quickly.It is possible to infect the foot mushroom of the foot with its fungus as a result of contact with human skin.
The situations in which the transmission of the mushroom is carried out by tools for manicure and pedicure as well as by shoes and towels is no exception.
Most of the time, foot damage to the foot occurs in people who have problems with overweight and circulation in the legs of the blood, and people with the deformation of the feet are often exposed to him.Violations in the immune system, caused by an unhealthy lifestyle, stress, use antibiotics in the treatment of antibiotics and malnutrition also the possibility of infection with the foot fungus.
Wet skin, cracks, irritation on the foot, pathogenic and conditionally pathogenic fungi cause pathogenic and condition.The types of mushrooms are as follows:
- Pathogenic types of mushrooms, when they enter the skin, leads to the development of the inflammatory process, a fungal disease occurs;
- Undentively pathogenic microorganisms are constantly on the skin, and increased activity is only evident with the effect of provocative factors.
The source of infection are people who suffer from mycosis.The pathogenic flora enters healthy skin in places of the accumulation of people.Different types of mushrooms conveniently develop under heat and high humidity.
Infection points:
- Pools;
- Bathroom;
- Winding rooms in sports centers;
- public showers;
- Saunas;
- Fitness centers.
Important!Never go barefoot in common areas.If you go to the steam bath in a sports club, the pool, take special shoes with you.
Some professions are at risk.The reason is a long stay of the legs in a closed, warm, wet surroundings.The mushroom skin lesions often suffer:
- Bergers;
- Athletes;
- Military;
- Hot shop workers.
Pay attention!Mycoses often develop with those who are obliged to wear closed shoes, regardless of whether they are pleasant for their feet or not.The job description for many professions describes boots even in the hot season as a special unit.It is very difficult to combat mycosis under such conditions.
Other causes of fungal diseases:
- Bad hygiene of the legs;
- Soth trauma;
- reduced immunity;
- Adaptation shoes without a nylon sock;
- Complications for diabetes.
Types and symptoms of a mushroom
There are many types of mushroom.
The skin of the feet most often affects the following types:
- Red trichophytes violates the feet and heels;
- Interdigital trichophytes are distributed to the intermediate baking zone, and in advanced cases the feet, the skin of the thumb and the epidermis on the little finger affect;
- Trichophyten -Mentagrophyte - a kind of fungal infection that develops in the skin on the human body (armpits, groin folds);
- Candida Pilgus - Infection leads to a candidiasis of the mucous membranes and genitals, but there are also lesions of the skin of the feet.
Dermatophytes can cause local skin lesion.The name of such epidermophytosis disease is a very contagious pathology that develops intensively on the human body.
There are three forms of athlete's foot:
- Interdalz dermatophytosis in acute and chronic forms;
- Mocino sicut;
- Vesicular, ulcerative.
General symptoms of the disease are serious itching and burning, skin irritation, followed by peeling of particles.These are these signs that can be seen most often in the photo on the Internet with which the Internet is full.
Interdalz dermatophytosis
What is this form?The most common, mainly localized between the 4th and the 5th finger of the foot.It occurs in the form of cracks: with a damp shape, the skin looks swollen and with a dry piece it peels and falls off.
Together with the Interdald Dermatologist Fitia, other bacterial infections meet in the foot.The advanced shape begins.The symptoms are reinforced, unpleasant sensations - the patient also has severe pain that cannot get rid of.
The initial phase of the interdigital form of the mushroom.
When the skin is cracked, blood can work and cause additional suffering.The psychological factor comes in - some people try to tear down the peeling skin particles independently, and this is not recommended as a new infection occurs.The disease is worsened.
The common name "Foot athlete" deals with this form of mushroom on the feet.It is quite difficult caused by neglecting the treatment, but it is easiest to see.This pathology affects nail plates that change the color in black, green, blue or yellow.Transparency is lost, the nails are gradually deformed, watering and crumbling.
At that moment the foot peel off with scales on the sides.The leg becomes like a mocasin.
A fairly rare form of the disease compared to Interdaltsevo and Mochacino-Sicut.Bubbles with a muddy liquid manifest themselves over the entire foot surface.Over time, they ripen and burst.
The photo is presented with the ulcerative form of the foot mushroom
Additional signs in patients are:
- constant itching and burning;
- Peeling, the skin lies;
- Fingelers that are also infected with a mushroom that is in contact with infected body parts;
- Swelling of the feet;
- Sometimes the body temperature increases strongly.
The causes of the development of the disease
The source of the disease is a person with a mushroom, whose skin particles remained on objects or in places in public use.Baths, pools, changing rooms and showers can be.Onychomycosis feels great with high humidity and is stable at low temperature.
Most of the time are the causes of the development of the disease:
- Antisanitaries in beauty salons when pedicure tools do not process or do it badly;
- The use of other people's things - towels, washcloths, combs;
- Inadequate hygiene, increased sweating of the legs.
The non -compliance of hygiene or excessive sweating of the legs leads to the foot mushroom of the foot
However, contact with the microorganism excesser is not sufficient.There are additional risk factors that tighten the situation and accelerate the development of the disease.
This includes:
- Injuries of foot and nail, because when the disease is infected, the disease often changes to the skin;
- Reduce immunity.As soon as this happens, microorganisms begin to attack revenge, and it becomes much more difficult to get rid of them.
- HIV infection;
- Bad habits - alcoholism, smoking, excessive food;
- Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus;
- Lymphostasis of the lower extremities.
Stadiums and their manifestations
The defeat of the legs with microorganisms of the pathogenic flora has several stages or clinical forms of their development on the skin:
- Echoed or initial phase;
- Interdigital infection;
- Squamous hyperkeratotic shape;
- Dyshidrotic stage (wet fungus).
People's funds for the treatment of mushroom
Folk treatment methods can only be used as aids.People's funds are ineffective as the main method for the treatment of fungi, but can improve the therapeutic effects of drugs.
Baths are first used.They have an antifungal effect and dampen the skin, improves the penetration of the components of ointments and solutions from the fungus into the deep layers of the epidermis.Baths can be carried out according to the following recipes.
- Add 4 tablespoons of vinegar into the pool with water and dampen your legs for 15 minutes.
- Take two tablespoons of salt, soda and iodine solution for 4 liters of water.
- Put the boric acid powder in the bathroom with 10 g per 2 liter of water.
- Dissolve four tablespoons of tablespoons in a pool with hot water and add half a glass of soda.
- Add 100 g soda and juice of a lemon into the bathroom with water.Fresh juice can be replaced by 10 drops of lemon oil.
Baths must be carried out daily during the entire treatment period.It is recommended to be used before using an antifungal.You can use lotions with the athlete's foot.The propolis tincture helps to accelerate recovery.It must be mixed with water equally and then moisturize a cotton smear in the resulting solution and treat the skin of the legs.
So far there are many recipes for traditional medicine, the effectiveness of which is largely inferior to some drugs.It is worth noting that a positive result of an alternative therapy can only be observed in the early stages of the development of a fungal infection.The advanced form of mycosis of stop is not subject to traditional medicine.
The drugs of traditional medicine can be useless, like various drugs in the treatment of mushrooms on the legs.However, there is one whose effectiveness has been demonstrated for many centuries.
Tea tree essential oil is the best remedy that is not a danger to a general state of health.Therefore, it can be used safely in pediatrics.Due to the presence of antiseptic effect, the development of pathogenic mushroom is blocked under its influence.
To prepare the therapeutic ointment, mix the aloe -vera gel and the tea tree oil in a ratio of 1: 3. This tool is rubbed into the affected areas twice a day.It is recommended that such manipulations are carried out daily for three months.