Mikoz Stop is an infectious disease that is transmitted from a sick person to a healthy person, as well as from the personal objects that a person with a fungus used.Most often, the disease is transmitted while visiting public places where they go barefoot.A warm and moist place is an ideal environment for long -term preservation of the spores of the fungus in a living state.That is why in baths, pools and water parks you can not walk without shoes.
Ways to infect with mycosis of Stop
A person becomes contagious at the first appearance of external signs - dry legs, itch, peeling.The scales that are separated from the dermis are disputed of fungi, and when a healthy person enters the skin, infection is transmitted.Disputes are small enough, they cling to the intercellular space, and begin to grow.Micelia threads appear, which cover more and more space.
At this time, the patient can not walk barefoot, as he becomes extremely contagious.A great way to suspend the spread of the disease among households is to wear socks made of cotton.
Where the infection most often occurs:
In saunas and baths.
In the basins of water parks.
At the time of fitting shoes.
Through bedding in a hotel or an outpatient clinic.
When visiting the beach.
Infection with mycosis of the foot does not always occur.Under the same circumstances, one person may not “catch” the fungus, and the second will immediately get sick.This is explained by the power of immunity and other factors.It is noticed that they get sick faster in the following circumstances:
Low immunity.
HIV, diabetes and other related infections.
Non -compliance with hygiene.
Frequent physical activity associated with excessive sweating.
Wearing tight shoes.
Wearing synthetic clothing.
Hormonal problems in women.
Diseases associated with metabolism.
Frequent contact with chemicals.
Symptoms of foot mycosis
Micosis of the foot is an unpleasant disease that not only does not look aesthetic, but also causes unpleasant sensations to sick.Determine by 100%, whether you are sick with mycosis, or you have eczema, allergies or other disease, only tests that are taken by sowing or Soskobom will help.However, there are a number of signs by which the fungus can be determined visually:
Excessive dry skin - the skin becomes dry, begins to peel off, acquires a white or gray tint.
Itching is sometimes so strong that the patient combs the skin, leading to additional injuries.
Pain.
The appearance of scabs of the skin.
Dry skin goes in the form of films.
Red spots that merge over time.
The appearance of plaques.
An unpleasant smell - smells of earth, mold.
When pressing the skin, white Otdelimoe may appear.
All these symptoms do not appear immediately, but gradually.The first sign may be redness of the skin and itching, and after some time the remaining external manifestations of the fungus join them.
How the disease begins
The onset of the disease proceeds one of the four types:
Scaly.The main sign in this path of development of mycosis is peeling and the formation of dry skin scales.
Intertrigiosny is characterized by the presence on the skin of foci, outwardly similar to diaper rash.
Disgidroticheskiy is caused by Diffunkcionalnostu and the enhanced work of the sweat glands.
Onychomycosis affects, as a rule, nails on the legs.
In the scaly form of beginning mycosis, patients do not notice the appearance of the disease for a long time.The fact that the fungus was struck by the skin says only slight redness and excessive dry skin, which masks ordinary legs cream.
The second type begins with the appearance of bubbles and rash, inside of which the liquid is located.Multiple bubbles can merge, forming foci to 5-8 mm.After some time, ulcers appear in their place, and pain joins the existing symptoms.This is the most common way of the disease, and most often it affects Megpalcevoe space.
Disgidroticheskiy type has the following symptoms: there are cracks on the skin with a white rim, constant increased humidity in the place of localization of mycosis, loosening of the skin and severe pain.
With onychomycosis, nails suffer primarily.They change the color, growths appear, and with an atrophic form - the stratification and thinning of the nail.The nail roller can become inflamed, the nails are crumbling and unstable in the nail bed.
Why is the foot fungus you need to treat
In the initial stage of the fungus, not everyone is in a hurry to seek help from doctors, avoiding even the diagnosis itself.The first stage of mycosis usually proceeds painlessly, its symptoms can be erased, and few people pay attention to slight redness and excessive dryness.The running stages of the fungus are most often found in men and the elderly.
However, mycosis is a disease that not only changes the appearance of the legs, making them less attractive.The fungus of the feet with rapid development affects huge areas of the skin, which begin to bleed, covered with ulcers and erosions.A person can become completely helpless, since in the initial stage, it would seem, a harmless disease can completely deprive a person of the opportunity to walk.
But that's not all.Fungi that settles on the legs secrete harmful substances and toxins in the process of their life, which act destructively on many organs and tissues, and also cause general poisoning of a person.If the foot fungus is not treated, the following symptoms may appear:
Frequent headache.
Nausea.
Decrease or increase in pressure.
Weakness, decrease in performance.
Increased anxiety.
In addition, not aesthetically looking legs lead to stress in many women who begin to complex, to be shy to wear open shoes.In general, mycoses of the feet are able to significantly worsen the quality of life of any person.
Stages of mycosis of Stop
Like any other fungus, mycosis, located on the legs, has 3 stages:
The initial stage or the first.
The average stage or second.
Runned fungus or third stage.
The stages of the fungus are distinguished not so much by the time of the disease as the percentage of the lesion of the foot.So, the fungus, which occupies up to 10% of the foot, is attributed to the initial one.It easily and quickly can be treated even by local drugs.But if the defeat was more than 30% of nails or feet, they are already talking about an advanced stage.This stage is treated not only externally, but also with pills, while the probability that several treatment courses are required is great.
Most often, patients with 2 and 3 stages of fungus are addressed to the doctor.Moreover, in recent years, the number of cases has increased by 2.5%.Perhaps this figure indirectly confirms that people began to simply be examined more often and trust traditional medicine.
Prevention of mycosis of the stop
Prevention of mycosis is relevant in two cases.It is necessary to continue preventive measures after therapy for some time if the patient did not pass the analysis of the fungus after recovery.This is a fairly serious infection that can return several times, especially if a person has not changed his lifestyle and did not get rid of concomitant diseases.But a completely healthy person can get a foot fungus if he does not follow the following rules:
Follow hygiene rules.This does not mean that it is necessary to wash with gel or soap daily 2 times a day - too frequent washing with detergents destroys the outer layer of the skin and lipid barrier, as a result of which the infection is easier to implement in the dermis.
Do not allow excessive sweating.A hot and humid environment is ideal for the propagation of these microorganisms.
Eliminate metabolic problems, gynecological diseases and other chronic diseases.
Do not go barefoot in the pool, bath, general soul.
Have any antimicrobial ointment in your home medicine cabinet, and apply it to the feet every time if you need to spend the night in the hotel, and you are not sure of the cleanliness of the linen.
Get rid of pressure shoes.The fungus often begins with the thumb of the foot, since it is he who most often undergoes physical effects when wearing too small or narrow shoes.
Choose natural materials for socks and shoes.
If your foot fungus is found in your house, for the patient you need to highlight a separate sleeping set of linen, towel, slippers, scissors.They must be regularly sterilized by boiling, and in the case of manicure accessories - the method of alcohol treatment.
Treatment
Micosis of the foot must be treated.Typically, the doctor prescribes treatment, choosing the appropriate algorithm based on the condition of the patient, concomitant diseases, conditions and other characteristics of the disease - stage, place of localization of the focus, such as fungal infection.
Complex treatment with pills
Complex treatment will help to achieve quick results, when, in addition to local drugs, tablets are prescribed.Depending on the active substance in drugs, taking the medicine may be multiple or one -time.Local treatment can quickly destroy the membrane of the fungus, leading to his death.Complex treatment is considered the best solution when spreading the fungus throughout the foot.
Local treatment
At the initial stage, when the fungus did not spread to extensive areas, and does not have a large negative effect through the Limfoticheskuyu system on the patient’s condition, you can cure it with local treatment.For this, pharmacists have developed different forms of drugs that should be applied directly to the focus of mycosis:
Cream.
Ointment.
Paste.
Spray.
Solution.
Before applying the local drug, the skin should be prepared - thoroughly washed and dried.With onychomycosis of the legs, the nails are steam and cut the upper part of the nail plate.
Folk medicine and foot fungus
Sometimes the foot fungus can be cured by traditional medicine.Most often, foot baths are offered from a variety of components.For baths, they take vegetable materials - grasses of herbs, raspberry branches, kidneys of coniferous trees, oak bark and so on.However, there are more exotic recipes - they can contain grated soap, whiteness and other chemistry.
When using folk recipes, it should be remembered that they are not a panacea from the fungus and do not always help.However, they perfectly cope with symptomatic treatment, removing itching and healing small wounds.
Clinical forms of mycosis of Stop
In the foot fungus, it is often also called Dermatofitiey or Dermatomikosom.If the fungus spread to the nails of the legs, then they talk about the appearance of onychomycosis.Clinical forms of mycosis are also distinguished:
interdal fungus (looks like redness and hyperthermia with peeling between the fingers, it is wet and dry, this is the most frequent disease with mycosis);
Hyperkeratosis (pathology in which excessive peeling and peeling of the upper layer of the skin of the feet affected by the fungus occurs, the upper layer of the skin can completely get down);
Dermatofidy (represents an allergic rash that accompanies fungal diseases).Also, this form is called allergic contact dermatitis complicated by mycosis.
The clinical form is determined by the dermatologist and prescribes appropriate treatment.
The erased picture of mycosis
With strong immunity, the initial stage of the fungus can practically not pay attention to itself for a long time.A little redness and peeling at the edges of the foot do not cause unpleasant sensations to the patient, and the patient does not undergo treatment in time, becoming a source of infection of many people.The erased picture of mycosis is a common phenomenon, but you need to know what to pay attention to so as not to miss the spread of the disease.With erased symptoms, the fungus looks like this:
Small redness, as a rule, is oval or formed along the foot.
Dry skin.
The appearance of cracks on the heels of yellow or whitish.
The appearance of unpleasant sensations when walking or sweating.
Small itching, which is quickly eliminated by washing the legs or cream.
The appearance of small furrows on nails or white spots.
The color of a large nail on the legs differs from other nails.
All these signs rarely appear simultaneously with a gested clinic on the feet, however, even the appearance of 1-3 signs should serve as an occasion for seeking a doctor and making a diagnosis by analysis.
Wet mycosis
Wet mycosis is a complicated form of fungal infection.With a large focus of the fungus of the foot and prolonged ignoring the disease, microcracks appear in the place of the hearth, which over time expand, turning into ulcers and erosion.They do not heal for a long time, inflict pain and inconvenience to patients, sometimes patients cannot move on their own in pain.Wet mycosis appears in places of the greatest accumulation of sweat - between the fingers and at their base.It is treated with antimicotics and drying ointments - for example, zinc.Various drying updates have proven themselves well - for example, a local antibiotic boneocin.
Wet mycosis is more often complicated by a bacterial infection.
Complicated mycosis of the foot
The fungus destroys the upper layer of the dermis, opening the gate for other bacteria, including staphylococci and other microorganisms.The first sign of the complication of mycosis of the foot by a bacterial infection is the appearance of purulent secretions.
In this case, patients, in addition to antimicose drugs, are prescribed antibiotics that are active in relation to fungal lesions, as well as an antibiotic of a wide spectrum of action.
It is possible the local use of stretching pus, for example with salt.Streptocide powder and its analogues also established itself well.
A highly qualified and experienced specialist should treat complicated Mikoza Mikoza.With the help of an individual medical approach and based on the results of the diagnosis, he selects a suitable for each case, an effective and effective treatment regimen.Antigritor drugs are prescribed without fail, local therapy is carried out to reduce unpleasant symptoms.Antibiotics and vitamins are prescribed if necessary.