If you feel that annoying odors are everywhere and increase in enclosed areas, be careful as your feet may stink and people may walk away before telling you.
We have to take care of our feet, but we often forget about them and only notice them when they bother us, causing pain, blisters, itching, excessive sweating, or bad odor.
It’s crucial to stay alert to avoid embarrassment, and you’ll know something is wrong if you observe:
1. The skin between your fingers may appear white and clammy.
2. The skin has an unpleasant odor and small cracks or indentations, causing itching and itching, especially when keeping your feet warm in bed or after bathing.
3. The skin becomes inflamed, red, and even some blister-type rashes appear.
Athlete’s foot is one of the most common fungal skin infections worldwide.
Dr. Alexandro Bonifaz Trujillo, a member of the Mexican Dermatology Foundation (FMD), said the disease has a high prevalence, estimated at 10% of the population, and is one of the top ten leading causes of dermatology consultations in Mexico.
It’s called athlete’s foot and is caused by a fungus that grows in moist and hot conditions.
“Factors that stimulate this superficial skin infection include long-term use of closed footwear – tennis shoes or plastic boots – and a lack of hygiene, such as keeping dry between the toes after bathing,” he warns.
It appears between the fingers, on the soles of the feet, and on the edges of the limbs. It causes peeling, redness, fissures, cracks, and sometimes calluses due to several thickened layers. There may be an unpleasant odor and itching.
Athlete’s foot can happen to anyone, regardless of economic or social status, or age.
This condition is common in teenagers and adults because they often wear closed-toe shoes (such as tennis shoes) and because they engage in more physical and athletic activities.
It is more common in men than women: it affects 60% of adult males.
careful!Do not self-medicate
A common mistake people make is self-medication, as using ointments that contain a mixture of products (such as cortisone) only exacerbates the problem.
If the unpleasant odor is not controlled, it can affect the feet and completely change the quality of life of those affected. The risk of reinfection is common.
Prevention is key to avoiding this condition that can become chronic, which is why experts recommend:
1. Keep feet clean, dry and cool
2. Like clean socks
3. Don’t walk barefoot in public places
4. Wear sandals in the locker room shower
5. Dry your feet thoroughly with a personal towel, especially between the toes
6. Avoid wearing plastic shoes or closed shoes
7. Avoid wearing other people’s shoes
The best advice is to treat athlete’s foot promptly by seeing a dermatologist and receiving appropriate treatment, as it is possible for the condition to last for a long time and thus the infection can spread to the nails, where treatment is more complicated. .
Don’t forget that the feet take an average of 10,000 steps per day, which means if multiplied by a person’s weight, we can say that these limbs receive between 550 and 770,000 impacts per day.