Athlete

Causes and symptoms of athlete

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What is athlete's foot?

Athlete's foot is among the most common infectious diseases of the skin and the nail phalanges, the cause is a fungus. Suffer from athlete's exclusively people.

The reason for the athlete

The athlete's foot is caused by a fungus Trichophyton mentagTophytes var. interdigitalc, formerly known as Epiderinophyton Kaufmann – Wolf. The emergence of the disease contribute to sweating, violation of the integrity of the skin, flat feet, circulatory disorders, disorders of the endocrine system. The reason for the athlete is also the constant wearing of rubber shoes and clothing made of synthetic fabrics. Adverse factors include, in addition, high temperature and high humidity.

Centers of spread of the disease serve as baths, showers, pools. As athlete's foot refers to infection of the contact, the ill person is a danger to others. Family-household contacts – General underwear, shoes, hygiene items, etc. – can cause fungal infection among those who are daily close to the carrier of the infection. Pedicures and manicures done are not well disinfected instruments, can also cause fungal skin infections.

The symptoms of athlete

There are two types of athlete: fungal lesions of the feet and skin folds. Both diseases have their own specific symptoms, they differ not only by the nature of the flow, place of localization, but also methods of diagnosis and treatment.

Athlete's foot

At the beginning of the disease often affects the interdigital spaces. Among the first symptoms of athlete include light itching, swelling and slight peeling of the surface layers of the epidermis. Subsequently, the skin cracks and starts to get wet. Whitish patches of the stratum corneum in the affected areas of the skin can be easily separated, under the sea of pink-red erosion. Over time, all interdigital spaces become painful if treatment is not carried out in a timely manner – affects the foot as a whole.

The symptoms of athlete's progress over time. Serous fluid, secreted disease, a breeding ground for germs and contributes to their reproduction. In advanced cases suffer from deep-lying layers of the skin, there is a large number of bubbles with a transparent liquid, there is a strongitching. Mycosis covers with time the dorsum of the foot and moves to the area of the heels. The symptoms of athlete can then progress, then go into hiding for a certain period of time. Thus, the disease may continue for years and cause eczema.

Athlete large folds

For Jock itch in the groin area there have been bright pink, with clear boundaries, scaly patches that are itchy. Over time they begin to grow and merge, forming extensive zones of destruction, which are always symmetric to each other.

Spots have characteristic diseases of the skin: they are paler, and their periphery is a roller pink-red color, covered with vesicles, crusts or flaky. With time progressing, athlete's foot affects the pubic region, perineum and buttocks, affects armpits, interdigital space on the hands, the skin under the breast glands.

Athlete's foot skin folds often marked in men. Foci of infection occur in educational institutions – kindergartens, etc.

Treatment of athlete

Treatment of athlete's groin is antifungal and anti-allergic ointments, such as instruction, mikozolon. In the acute phase of the disease effective 5-10% sulfur-tar ointment, ointment Wilkinson, 2% alcoholic solution of iodine.

To treat athlete's foot apply the schema identical to the methods used in acute eczema. Can be assigned antifungals, aniline dyes, the last time, mecasermin, mikozolon, etc. of distal phalanx is recommended to be treated in specialized clinics. In systemic fungal infections and in severe cases require hospitalization.

The lesions can be cleaned with tincture of iodine and apply a zinc paste. Rubbing the folds of alcohol and use of talc (powder) prevents the spread of infection.

The treatment regimen is always selected individually depending on the stage of the disease and possible complications. To relieve inflammation uses liquid Burov or 25% solution of silver. Large bubbles are opened with sterile instruments, keratinized areas of the skin are removed.

Possible allergic reactions are removed with desensitizing therapies. At the stage of attenuation of the inflammatory process prescribed ointments that contain tar or petroleum products. Anti-fungal ointments and solutions used in the last stages of athlete.