This is the general name of infectious diseases that affect the foot of a person, nails in the legs or arms.In medicine, such pathologies are called Microsa, a complete group of ailments caused by microscopic fungi.
Onicycosis is distinguished (damage to the nails, and dermatomicisis) is located in the skin of the legs.The disease is often an independent disorder, as a rule, develops in the context of disorders of several genesis.How the fungus of the foot looks, depends on the location of the type of pathogen.
There are a lot of fungal species, however, only some of them cause pathological changes in humans.The mycosis of the feet occupies the prevalence of second place among all skin diseases.The following fungal groups are distinguished, which are dangerous to health:
- Anthropophilic.I cause pathologies only in people, you can infect another person.
- Zooantropophilic.They can also cause disease in animals, infection comes from animals and other people.
- Candidate.A separate type of yeast fungi, which has its own characteristics.
There are several types of pathologies that have similar signs, this includes rubromycosis and epidermophosis.They combine under the general definition of "Mikoza Stop".The symptoms of the fungus in the legs are divided depending on the type, but often develop in parallel, so this distinction is conditional.The following forms of pathology are distinguished:
- scaly;
- Interiginosnia;
- Dishidrotic;
- Onychomycosis, which is divided into: Normotrophic, atrophic, hypertrophic.
The scientific name of the disease is onychomycosis.The infection affects the skin, mainly in the lower extremities, nail plates.The yeast and molds fall on an unprotected surface.
The fungus of the foot is a fairly common disease transmitted by people through the general use of objects.It is noteworthy that its distribution occurs extremely fast, while the development of the disease is concentrated in the area of the areas between the fingers on the legs.
Causes
The infection in consideration occurs with direct contact with the fungus, whose reproduction occurs extremely quickly in the environment of the warm and humid surfaces of the skin.It is possible to infect the fungus of the foot as a result of contact made with human skin with its fungus.
The situations in which the transmission of the fungus is carried out through tools used for manicure and pedicure, as well as through shoes and towels, is no exception.
Most of the time, foot damage occurs among people who have problems with excess weight and circulation in blood legs, and people with feet deformation are often subject to it.Violations in the immune system, caused by an unhealthy lifestyle, stress, the use of antibiotics in the treatment of antibiotics, as well as malnutrition, also determine the possibility of infection with the fungus of the foot.
Wet skin, cracks, foot irritation, pathogens and conditionally pathogens cause pathogens and conditionally.The types of fungi are as follows:
- The pathogenic species of fungi when it enters the skin leads to the development of the inflammatory process, a fungal disease occurs;
- Pathogenic microorganisms are constantly found in the skin, and the greatest activity manifests itself only with the action of provocative factors.
The source of infection are people suffering from mycosis.The pathogenic flora enters healthy skin in places of accumulation of people.Comfortably, several types of fungi are developed in heat and high humidity conditions.
INFECTION PLACES:
- pools;
- spa;
- changing rooms in sports centers;
- public showers;
- Saunas;
- Fitness centers.
Important!Never go barefoot in common areas.For classes in a sports club, the pool, when you go to the steam room, wear the special shoes.
Some professions are at risk.The reason is a long stay of the legs in a closed, warm and humid atmosphere.Fungal skin lesions often suffer:
- miners;
- athletes;
- military;
- Hot Shop workers.
Pay attention!Mycosis often develops in those who are obliged to wear closed shoes, regardless of whether they feel comfortable for their feet or not.The description of the work for many professions prescribes boots as a special unit even in the hot season.It is very difficult to fight mycosis under such conditions.
Other causes of fungal diseases:
- bad legs;
- skin trauma;
- reduced immunity;
- NYLON Sock shoes adjustment;
- Complications for diabetes.
Types and symptoms of a feet fungus
There are many varieties of fungi.
The skin of the feet often affects the following types:
- Red tricoleum hurts feet and heels;
- The interdigital trichophite is distributed to the area between setback, and in advanced cases it affects the feet, the skin of the thumb and the epidermis on the little finger;
- Trichophyte Mentagrophytes: a type of fungal infection that develops in the skin in the human body (armpits, inguinal folds);
- Candida fungus: infection causes candidiasis of mucous membranes and mucous genitals, but there are also injuries to the skin of the feet.
Dermatophyte can cause local skin lesion.The name of such an epidermophtosis disease is a very contagious pathology, which develops intensely in the human body.
There are three forms of foot fungus:
- Interdalz dermatophotosis in acute and chronic forms;
- Mochacino-Sicut;
- Vesicular, ulcerative.
The general symptoms of the disease are severe itching and burning, skin irritation, followed by particle peeling.It is these signs that can be seen most frequently in the photo on the Internet with which the Internet is full.
Interdalz dermatophotosis
What is this form?The most common, mainly located between the 4th and 5th finger.It occurs in the form of cracks: with a wet shape, the skin looks swollen and with a dry piece it fights and falls.
Often, along with interdald dermatologists, other bacterial infections are surprising in the foot.The advanced form begins.Symptoms are improved and unpleasant sensations: the patient also feels severe pain, which cannot be undone.
The initial stage of the interdigital form of the fungus.
If the skin cracks, the blood can act, causing additional suffering.The psychological factor enters: some people are trying to start independently the skin particles, and this is not recommended to do this, since a new infection occurs.The disease is aggravated.
The common name "Standing athletes" is about this form of the fungus on the feet.It is quite difficult, caused with the negligence of the treatment, but is easier to recognize.With this pathology, nail plates are affected, which begin to change color to black, green, blue or yellow.Transparency is lost, nails gradually deform, pour and crumble.
The foot at that time says goodbye, covers with scales on the sides.The leg becomes like a moccasin.
A rather rare form of the disease, compared to Interdaltsevo and Mochacino-Sicut.Flanging fluid blisters manifest over the entire surface of the foot.Over time, they mature and explode.
The photo is presented with the ulcerative shape of the fungus of the foot
The additional signs noticed in patients are:
- constant and burning itching;
- peeled, the skin is lying;
- Fingerips, which are also infected with a fungus in contact with infected parts of the body;
- swelling of the feet;
- Sometimes, body temperature increases greatly.
The causes of disease development
The source of the disease is a person with a fungus of the foot, whose leather particles remained in objects or in places of public use.It can be bathrooms, swimming pools, changing rooms and showers.Onicycosis feels very good with high humidity and is stable at low temperature.
Most of the time, the causes of the development of the disease are:
- Antisanitary in beauty salons, when pedicure tools do not process it or do it wrong;
- the use of other people's things: towels, towels, combs;
- Insufficient hygiene, greater leg sweating.
Non -complement with hygiene or excessive legs of the legs leads to the foot of the foot
But a contact with the microorganism-Exciter is not enough.There are additional risk factors that exacerbate the situation and improve, accelerate the development of the disease.
These include:
- Foot and nail injuries, because when it is infected, the disease often changes to the skin;
- Reducing immunity.As soon as this happens, microorganisms begin to attack with revenge, get rid of them becomes much more difficult;
- HIV infection;
- Bad habits: alcoholism, smoking, eating in excess;
- Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus;
- Lymphostasis of the lower extremities.
Stages and their manifestations
The defeat of the legs with microorganisms of pathogenic flora has several stages or clinical forms of its skin development:
- Created or initial stage;
- interdigital infection;
- Escamous-Hiperkerratic form;
- Deidrotic stage (wet fungus).
Popular remedies for fungi treatment
Popular treatment methods can only be used as an auxiliary agent.As the main method of fungus treatment, popular remedies are ineffective, but can improve the therapeutic effect of drugs.
First, bathrooms are used.They have an antifungal effect and vape the skin, improves the penetration of the components of the ointments and solutions of the fungus towards the deep layers of the epidermis.Bathrooms can be done according to the following recipes.
- Add 4 tablespoons of vinegar to the basin with water and vapor your legs for 15 minutes.
- Take two tablespoons of salt solution, soft drinks and iodine for 4 liters of water.
- Add the boric acid powder to the bathroom at a speed of 10 g per 2 liters of water.
- Dissolve four tablespoons of tar soap in a basin with hot water, add half a glass of soda.
- Add 100 g of soda and juice of a lemon to the bathroom with water.Fresh juice can be replaced with 10 drops of lemon essential oil.
Bathrooms should be done daily throughout the treatment period.It is recommended to use before applying an antimicotic agent.With the fungus of the foot, you can use lotions.Propolo tincture helps accelerate recovery.It must be mixed equally with water, and then moisten a cotton swab in the resulting solution and treat the skin of the legs.
To date, there are many recipes for traditional medicine, whose effectiveness is largely lower than some drugs.It is worth noting that a positive result of alternative therapy can only be observed in the initial stage of the development of fungal infection.The advanced form of the mycosis of the stop is not subject to traditional medicine.
Drugs of traditional medicine, such as several medications, can be useless in the treatment of leg fungus.But, there are such, whose effectiveness has been demonstrated for many centuries.
The essential oil of the tea tree is the best remedy that does not cause a danger to a general state of health.Therefore, it can be used safely in pediatrics.Due to the presence of antiseptic action, the development of pathogenic fungi is blocked under its influence.
To prepare the therapeutic ointment, mix Aloe Vera gel and tea tree oil in a proportion of 1: 3. This tool is rubbed in the affected areas twice a day.It is recommended that such manipulations be performed daily for three months.