What does the medicine that treats tinea pedis have?

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Tinea manus and pedis is an infectious disease caused by dermatophytes infecting the feet, toes and palms. Tinea manus and pedis can be divided into four types: impregnation type, blister type, scale type and thickening type. Tinea manus and tinea pedis generally occur in adults, often because of the use of public pots and other fungal infections, often in the summer when the attack of tinea manus and tinea pedis more, because go to the swimming pool when the infection, in the winter or when the weather is dry, often symptoms will reduce or disappear directly. Let's take a look at the following.

What does the medicine that treats tinea pedis have?

First: for tinea manus and tinea pedis, prevention is the first. Good prevention, the possibility of suffering from it will be very small. At ordinary times, we must pay attention to personal hygiene, try not to use public things to wash hands and feet, and do not borrow personal belongings. We also need to keep hands and feet clean and dry.

Second: if the disease of tinea manus and tinea pedis is more serious, and the skin has begun to erode, then you need to use xuangenjing or 2% gentian violet liquid to smear on the wound of tinea manus and pedis, but it is difficult to eradicate it when it is serious. If you need to eradicate, you need to consult a doctor in the dermatology department of the hospital and take other antifungal drugs, such as itraconazole and fluconazole.

Third: got tinea manus and pedis, you need immediate treatment. Miconazole and ketoconazole cream are commonly used. Both drugs are broad-spectrum antifungal drugs and are over-the-counter and can be purchased at various pharmacies. In general, these two drugs are applied externally, and applied to the affected part of tinea manus and tinea pedis 2 to 3 times a day.

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Pregnant women and lactating women are prohibited to use miconazole or ketoconazole cream, because these two drugs can cause toxicity to the fetus or infant through the placenta or through the milk. For children and elderly patients, the dose should be reduced appropriately.