Atheletes Foot

[LoveNatural]

Okay, I know that some of the symptoms of this is cracking between the toes. BUT... can the tiny bubbling of the skin at the bottom of the feet and on the toes be from this too?

I had a client today and she had no cracking in between her toes but the skin around her toes and around the cuticle was bubbling up and peeling. And the skin at the bottom of her feet was doing the same thing.

Is this athelete's foot? I told her to try the cream just to see because I wasn't 100% sure. But I kinda wanted to know for future reference.

Thank!

 

[kylieb]

Yes hun it sounds like it to me my boyfriend used to get this exactly the same. He had none inbetween his toes. The doc gave him a powder spray that worked realy well and eventually cleared it up.It comes back from time to time,usually in the summer.
Did she say it was really itchy? What was she wanting a pedi? Or did she just show you? xxx

 

[LoveNatural]

She didn't complain of itching, but yes she did want a pedi.

 

[cro-mari]

Hard to say without a pic... because it's easily mistaken with simple dry or cracked skin. So if you're not sure, it's best to send them to doctors.

Athlete's foot causes a fungus that can 'jump' down from toenails to surrounding skin, usually behind toes and then spred down towards heel, but it doesn't have to go in that order every time. So it can be both on toes, nails and feet, or just toes, or just feet.

Symptoms are (separately or in combination): dry, cracked skin, itching, foot odour, infection and blisters. Scratching makes it worse, because it will spread that way more.

I'm a chiropodist and have seen my fair share of everything, and dry skin sometimes hides fungus, warts, but sometimes is just dry skin.

So if in doubt, send client to the doctors. I was taught that this cannot be healed without a proper medication and medical help. Fungus is a thing from hell, contagious as a devil. Has hundreds of faces. Lives in moist media, but when in dry media, it changes and continues living. Protect yourself, disinfect everything, no massages, you'll just spread it around. Throw the files away.

hth

 

[cro-mari]

Forgot this - silly me - this way it may be easier:

When you file dry skin off, dry skin can be filed off, and fungus infected skin cannot, or it somehow falls of in little pieces and leaves open flesh.