Athletes Foot is a Nasty Fungal Infection!

As someone who has suffered from athletes foot quite badly over the years, I can tell you that it’s an easily preventable condition. So why do people like me get so complacent and have these repeated infections? The simple answer is complacency. Complacency that it’s gone (again!), and it won’t come back. But it does, and each time is as bad as the last, and so another treatment for athletes foot is necessary because the preventative measures were not carried out after the last bout.

Chinese herbs are often used for the treatment of athletes foot but are not meant to take the place of orthodox medical treatments but to compliment them. Therefore, a combination of both is the best approach.

A few weeks ago I found that me feet were very itchy. I had redness in the creases between my toes. There were times during the day where I wanted to take off my shoes and socks and just scratch like crazy.

As i couldn't see any physical evidence this time I made an appointment with the doctor to ask why I was itching like mad between my toes, yet could see no cause for the irritation. He took a brief glance at my feet and stated that I had indeed got athletes foot again.

Although i knew how to treat is from previous attacks, the doc thought i'd need to understand a little about the condition which might make me more cautious in future. He explained that athletes foot is a fungal infection of the feet and toes that lives on the surface of your skin. The fungal cells can live on wet warm surfaces for a period of time, so this is how athletes foot travels from one person to another so readily in locker rooms and pool areas.


My doctor stated that the best thing I could do would be to use a powder or cream for athletes foot and to wear cotton socks. He told me that if I exercised or if my feet sweat I should change my socks often. He also suggested treating my shoes so that the athletes foot would have a chance to clear up. He suggested wearing sandals in the shower so I would not pass my athletes foot to other family members.

Who would have thought that such a little infection could cause such a rumpus? Infectious, lingering, and painful, plus a whole bunch of treatments and preventative measure so as to take to avoid passing athletes foot onto others.

On my way home I was still trying to figure out where I would have contracted the athletes foot. When I got home I told my husband that I did have athletes foot and that I had picked up some powder and cream to help me get rid of it. He told me that he figured out where I got it from. We had spent the weekend at a friend’s house and we had stayed in their son’s room and had used his bathroom to shower in. He has been battling athletes foot since basketball season.

Although my bout of athletes foot was painful, it seems it was a mild case compared to some. I feel very fortunate after talking to several people who said it took them several months to get rid of their athletes foot. I knew that you can pick up athletes foot in public areas, but I never thought that I would get it at a friend’s home.

One thing is very important to note with the treatment of athletes foot, and that is you should continue treating it for at least 2 weeks after it appears to have cleared up. This is why so many folks get recurring problems. Just because it’s visibly gone doesn’t mean the fungus has been killed off. Those extra couple of weeks of cream and or powder application will ensure your remain free of athletes foot. Unless you go to stay at a friends house that it!