What symptom is tinea pedis?

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Tinea pedis (commonly known as "xianggangjiao" and beriberi) is caused by fungal infection. Its skin damage usually occurs on one side (i.e. one foot) first, and then infects the opposite side several weeks or months later. Blisters mainly appear in the toe abdomen and toe side, most commonly between the three or four toes, plantar can also appear, for deep small blisters, can gradually merge into bullae. What symptom is tinea pedis? Let's talk about it

What symptom is tinea pedis?

Most of them occur in summer. They are characterized by the appearance of deep blisters with the size of rice grains between the toes, the edge of the feet and the sole of the feet. The blisters are scattered or distributed in groups. The wall of the blisters is thick, the content is clear, and it is not easy to break. They fuse with each other to form multilocular blisters. After tearing off the wall of the blisters, the honeycomb base and bright red erosive surface can be seen, and severe itching can be seen.

The local cuticle is soft and white. Because of the constant friction when walking, the epidermis fell off, exposing the bright red erosive surface; In severe cases, the skin can be involved in the interphalangeal suture, the junction of the toe abdomen and the sole of the foot, and the pruritus is severe, mostly in the interphalangeal suture of the third, fourth and fifth toes. It is commonly seen in hyperhidrosis.

Because use hand to scratch itch place, often infect to the hand and produce tinea manus (goose palm wind). Fungi grow on fingernails (toes) and become onychomycosis (onychomycosis). Fungi like humid and warm environment, hot and sweaty in summer, wearing rubber shoes, nylon socks is a hotbed for fungi; In winter, most of the patients got better and showed skin cracking.

matters needing attention

For stubborn tinea pedis, in the absence of contraindications, oral medicine can be given. Such as terbinafine, itraconazole, fluconazole, etc. The effect of these oral drugs is good, but we should pay attention to the possible side effects, and avoid using them in patients with poor liver function.