Athlete's Foot is a foot condition in which the skin of the foot is invaded by a rouge ringworm fungus known as trichophyton. The fancy pants medical community calls athlete's foot tinea pedis, not that it makes it any less painful.
Itching, burning, and stinging are the primary symptoms of athlete's foot that you will experience should you be so "lucky". This fairly common foot condition can be tough to treat and can prove to be rather resistant.
Generally, athlete's foot attacks the area in between your toes. It can also get into your toenail bed. And here's the worse part, if you can't control yourself and find yourself scratching your foot and then scratch another part of your body, well, guess what, can transfer the invasion from your feet to those areas.
Here's the good news ... well perhaps it is really the bad news. Athlete's foot is not just a condition battled by athlete's. Nope, athlete's foot can and does attack athletes and non-athletes alike. With the right set up, athlete's foot can invade your feet too. No one is exempt.
The athlete's foot fungus loves moist, damp, dark places. Sounds a bit sinister doesn't it? Think about where you might find these areas. Well, community gyms, shared locker rooms, the running shoes you insist on wearing every day are perfect fungal loving places. Yes, all of these are just right for the set up for athlete's foot.
Athlete's foot is easily transmitted from person to person by basic contact. But as bad as that sounds, remember that without the proper growing environment, this little ringworm fungus is a dead worm! Not the right environment, well no growing can happen.
If you are unfortunate enough to have an athlete's foot attack, then you can expect to see flaky skin, blistered skin, cracking skin and yes, even peeling skin. Disgusting? Yes! But unfortunately those are the facts.
Irritating, frustrating and unbelievably itch provoking, athlete's foot is a basic fungal infection. It is most often found to be infecting the feet.
So if you want to avoid the bane of many a summer's existence, stay away from the perfect storm of moist warm environments that can breed athlete's foot like none other.
Just get over it! Beat back athlete's foot before it makes you crazy!
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