Athlete's Foot
We see it in patients of all ages who shower at the fitness center or spend time in a locker room, where it's easily spread.
We see it in patients of all ages who shower at the fitness center or spend time in a locker room, where it's easily spread.
Once the fungus comes in contact with your skin, that warm, moist environment of your sweaty sneakers is like fungal heaven.
Feeling
The skin around and between your toes will itch and sometimes burn, peel, crack, hurt, blister or become infected.
The skin around your heel and the bottom of your foot may thicken and crack.
It can even spread to your toenails, which may become thick, yellowish and start to flake or crumble. It's not pretty. Luckily, we can help!
Spread
Direct skin-to-skin contact, walking barefoot on contaminated locker room floors, showering after or sharing shoes with someone who has athlete's foot is all it takes.
It's even possible to touch something that's contaminated and pass it to another person without actually getting athlete's foot yourself. That's because some people are just more susceptible to it. And if you've already had athlete's foot, you're at a higher risk of repeated outbreaks.
Treatment
We dispense prescription-strength topicals to stop the growth and spread of bacteria responsible for Athlete's Foot. These antifungal solutions are easy to incorporate to your regular routine.
If symptoms persist after initial treatment, we can prescribe medications that will clear it up.
Toenail infections need to be treated separately from athlete's foot infections on the skin, so topical creams or sprays won't help.