Feat -Fungus is a common disease that belongs to the group of dermatomycosis and develops due to the activation of pathogenic microorganisms.
The causal means of myocoses live in plants and earth, on the body, in the body of animals and keep their lives, are in the shoes or in the clothing of the infected, so that absolutely everyone can be infected with a fungal infection.
What is mycosis of the foot?
The athlete's foot is the disease caused by pathogenic microscopic fungi, which is a lesion of the skin of the interdigital gaps with the further spread of the infection to healthy areas of the body.
This pathology can manifest itself at any age, but particularly often the disease is diagnosed in older people and people with weakened immunity.
Around 50 types of mushrooms exist in nature are potential danger.Under the influence of favorable conditions, they are all able to be parasitically and in it, which causes the development of systemic and local mushroom pathologies.
Important!
The mushroom lesion of the feet leads to a change in the skin structure and without timely treatment of the nail plate.
MKB code 10
According to ICD-10, Mikoz Stop Code B35.3.
Varieties of fungal diseases on the skin
Experts distinguish several main types of foot mycosis depending on the pathogen.Each variety has its own propertiesAnd continues with a number of unpleasant symptoms.
Rubrophitius
The cause isTrichophyten -rubrum -Mush.The clinical picture of the pathology begins with the fact that the disease covers the feet and wrinkles between the fingers.There is an infection caused by the body due to lymphohematogenic spread of foreign protein structures.
Candidiasis of the stop
Develops into the human body due to the penetrationThe mushroom of the genus Candida.Candidiasis of the Stop begins with the lesion of interdigital rooms and nails.At the same time, the area of the nail roller becomes hyperemic and edematous, and the patient can be disturbed by pulsating pain in the damage zone and severe itching.
Onychomycosis
Damage to the nail plates caused by dermatophytes, mushroomsType of candidate or shapes.The mushrooms are unpretentious compared to the conditions of existence and are characterized by high resistance to life.With an advanced form, the disease is difficult to treat.
Intrigale (interdigital) form
The most typical form of mycosis, which is determined by the damage to the interdigital folds, without signs of the pathological process on the foot.While the patient develops, cracks, peeling, erythema and maceration appear.In the future, a bacterial infection can develop against the background of the disease.
Squamine hyperkeratotic form
It is characterized by the simultaneous damage to both feet.The disease takes place with severe peeling and keratization of infected skin areas and with the occurrence of deep cracks in the affected areas.Itching is insignificant or missing.
Dyshidrotic form
After the infection penetrates the body, many bubbles with a rough surface appear on the patient's skin, hyperemia and swelling, which makes the dyshidrotic form of the disease similar to eczema.After the break, the bubbles form erosion zonesOn the heel or foot.
Deleted shape
A variety of mycosis has minimal clinical manifestations in the form of inconspicuous microresses in the interdigital wrinkles of the skin and shell.The patient has no complaints, which is why the treatment of pathology is postponed for a long time.
Madur foot
Long time deep mycosis, which mainly affects the feet.The disease begins with focal inflammation in the subcutaneous tissue and gradually spreads to soft tissues, internal organs and bones.
In the initial phase, the pathology does not manifestBut then a seal with purulent content and a certain smell is formed at the foot of the infected.The skin surface is distorted and resembles the shell of the turtles.
Stadiums of mycosis of the stop
The incubation period of stop mycosis is 3-14 days, according to which the infected person manifests the first signs of an infection.Dermatologists attract the patient's attention to the fact that the disease has several stages of development.
Initially
The patient may not assume any infection as an initialThe stage of mycosis is perceived as ordinary dry skin.Cracks and redness appear on the foot.There is slight swelling and itching.
Average
In the middle stage, the fungus is identified without difficulty because large pink spots occur on the skin, the peel area takes and the itching increases.
Neglected
The fungus affects both the foot with interdigital areas and the nail plate.Nails become fragile and brittleStart crumbling and scattering.The skin is coarse, compacted, covered with deep cracks and separated by large layers.
Causes and symptoms of mushroom damage
If a person is completely healthy after direct contact with the source or the infection carrier, their personal things or household items may not occur.In this case, if there are disturbances in the body, there is a great risk of infection.
You become provocative factors:
- Weakening of the protective functions;
- increased sweating or dry skin;
- longer medication;
- Non -compliance with the hygiene rules;
- Circulation injury;
- the presence of microdamines on the skin;
- Obesity;
- Forming foot;
- Wear tight shoes.
Depending on the localization of the inflammation and the form of the disease, the fungal infection of the following symptoms can be accompanied:
- Light or severe reddening of the skin in the lesion;
- Itching and burning;
- Peel the skin;
- Change the color of the nails;
- The appearance of small cracks;
- Load and thicken the skin of the feet;
- Bubbles;
- Unpleasant smell.
Diagnosis
The diagnosis of fungal diseases of the feet is carried out by a mycologist and a dermatologist who should be contacted immediately after the occurrence of one or more symptoms of pathology.
The specialist can identify the presence of an infection during the first inspection, but it is not possible to determine the type of pathogen without additional laboratory tests.
The determination of the type of fungus is carried out using:
- General and biochemical blood test;
- Scrape from the affected skin area;
- sow the collected material for the nutrient medium;
- Skin biopsy;
- A special test to confirm the presence of an infection in the body.
Based on the results obtainedThe doctor diagnoses and prescribes the treatmentThe aim of eliminating fungal infections and symptomatic manifestations of mycosis.
General principles for the treatment of the disease on the foot and on the finger (little finger)
Mycosis is treated with effective medication that can only be prescribed by the appealing doctor.Most of the time the patient is prescribed:
- AntiMyotika for internal and external use;
- Antimictics;
- Corticosteroids;
- Antihistamines;
- Polyvitamin complexes.
Important!
In the early stages of the disease, the treatment can be carried out using the recipes of alternative medicine.Many of them help to get rid of the problem quickly, but in some cases they can cause an allergic reaction.
How is it dangerous for mycosis for the sole?
If the patient rejects or ignores the symptoms of the disease after diagnosing mycosis, his condition deteriorates over time and the symptoms are more pronounced.Aside from that,The lack of treatment threatens the occurrence of complications.Below:
- the spread of the infection to large areas of the skin;
- Development of the hypersensitivity of the body;
- Annexion of secondary infection;
- Complications of related diseases.
Important!
Constant physical and aesthetic complaints can lead to psychological problems.
Can the mycosis of the foot go to other parts of the body?
Mushroom diseases are not a particular danger to human life, but if personal hygiene rules are not observed, the infection can spread to other parts of the body and cause the appearance of great forms of damage.
The patient can also notice the characteristic symptomatic manifestations of the patient in the later stages of the development of the pathological process when they become on the skinRounded rashes of a pink shadow are noticeableOr bubbles with transparent content.
Prevention of the disease
To prevent infection with mycosis, it is not enough to exclude contacts with possible sources for fungal infections.In addition, information on a minimum of communication with the disease and their personal things is.Preventive measures should also be directed to:
- Compliance with personal hygiene;
- Treatment of chronic diseases;
- Maintaining a healthy lifestyle;
- Strengthening immunity.
The athlete's foot creates a danger not only for an infected person, but also for its immediate surroundings.After discovering the first signs of mycosisTake all kinds of measures to relieveFrom the disease.
In order to avoid complications, it is important to contact a dermatologist for diagnostic measures in good time and to prescribe correct treatment with medication.