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Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection, ie, its origin is a series of dermatology fungi that feed on the keratin of the skin. In the skin of man coexist many types of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms often beneficial for the body, but there are a number of them if they develop and spread can be harmful. Athlete’s foot affects mostly the folds webs, plant, and the edges of the foot, but also may affect the hands.

The fungus that causes athlete’s foot needs a range of environmental conditions to develop, and these are heat and humidity, so the summer is the season of highest incidence due to increased sweating and heat. In addition, the man is walking barefoot stripping the skin, ie losing microlayer of the same, so the public places where you walk barefoot and high humidity (pools, beaches, showers, etc) are a major focus of where you step foot spread by an infected person. Read the rest of this entry »

Athlete’s foot is an infection caused by fungi that affect the clefts, the plant and the edges of the foot for treatment should take into account advice and natural remedies that will help us.

Fungal infections of the feet are more common in summer because on one hand the feet sweat more, the heat and humidity facilitate the reproduction of fungi, and also we tend to go more places like swimming pools, beaches and gyms where people barefoot, can infect fungi.

However, athlete’s foot can occur at any time of year, even in winter when permanently keep our feet warm and footwear becomes the perfect medium for fungi.

Causes and symptoms of athlete’s foot
One of the major symptoms that warns us of a possible case of fungi is when we see that the nails vary in texture and / or color. In some cases there is also a strong odor.

Although they usually appear in fungi can also hit the nail between your fingers and other parts of the foot. In these cases, the skin tends to look more dry (he even cracks) and usually itching.

When it affects fingernails on a continuing basis by fungi and grow under the nails and these also appear to change color gnawed.

The difficulty of treating particular fungi in toenails is that it costs much natural remedies penetrate well below the nails.

Tips to avoid spreading the fungus in the feet
To definitively resolve this troublesome condition is imperative to understand that fungi for reproduction necesitancalor, humidity and darkness.

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