[treatment log] athlete's foot
Posted: 2016 Mar 29, 16:03
Warning: this topic has very little purpose for common people. It merely serves me as progress log in my treatment of athlete's foot.
Because athlete's foot treatment can take anywhere between 2 to 4 weeks, improvement is not easy to track. Therefor, I'll update this topic with pics day after day so I can track how well the treatment works (or not).
Again, this topic is of little interest for most people, unless you do medical studies, are professional medic, have foot fetish, or love to see gross skin infections.
Short summary: 2 weeks ago I noticed an itching at my foot's sole (both feet), and gradually it evolved in what looked like a blister / open wound / flayed skin and hurt me while walking (especially on the surface of contact between toes). But then a scale-like patch appeared on the foot's sole, and little itching vesicles. That's how I understood it's no simple foot injury, but really a skin infection (in fact: "athlete's foot" caused by fungus). It's still an early state, but I want it gone as soon as possible, before it starts eating my toe nails.
The diagnosis and treatment beginning today, I have additional steps to do: carefully cleaning my bathroom with bleach, making sure my shoes are very dry, making sure to wear white cotton sport socks and making sure to dry my feet very very well. Also when I know I will be wearing shoes for a prolonged time, I'll put talc or corn starch on my feet to keep them dry as much as possible.
My treatment: I was given Mycoapaisyl 1%, made by Merck laboratories. Contents: econazole nitrate (1%), ethylene glycol palmitostearate, polyixyethylene glycol (TEFOSE 63), unsaturated polyglycosylated glycerides (LABRAFIL M 1944 CS), light liquid paraffin, benzoic acid, butylated hydroxyanisole, anhydrous colloidal silicon dioxide (AEROSIL 200), perfume (essential oils of lavender, orange and mandarin, linalyl acetate, citronellol, butylated hydroxytoluene, dipropylene glycol), purified water.
It's a kind of creme to put on the infected zones and around. To apply it without contaminating my fingers, I use disposable PVC gloves.
Because athlete's foot treatment can take anywhere between 2 to 4 weeks, improvement is not easy to track. Therefor, I'll update this topic with pics day after day so I can track how well the treatment works (or not).
Again, this topic is of little interest for most people, unless you do medical studies, are professional medic, have foot fetish, or love to see gross skin infections.
Short summary: 2 weeks ago I noticed an itching at my foot's sole (both feet), and gradually it evolved in what looked like a blister / open wound / flayed skin and hurt me while walking (especially on the surface of contact between toes). But then a scale-like patch appeared on the foot's sole, and little itching vesicles. That's how I understood it's no simple foot injury, but really a skin infection (in fact: "athlete's foot" caused by fungus). It's still an early state, but I want it gone as soon as possible, before it starts eating my toe nails.
The diagnosis and treatment beginning today, I have additional steps to do: carefully cleaning my bathroom with bleach, making sure my shoes are very dry, making sure to wear white cotton sport socks and making sure to dry my feet very very well. Also when I know I will be wearing shoes for a prolonged time, I'll put talc or corn starch on my feet to keep them dry as much as possible.
My treatment: I was given Mycoapaisyl 1%, made by Merck laboratories. Contents: econazole nitrate (1%), ethylene glycol palmitostearate, polyixyethylene glycol (TEFOSE 63), unsaturated polyglycosylated glycerides (LABRAFIL M 1944 CS), light liquid paraffin, benzoic acid, butylated hydroxyanisole, anhydrous colloidal silicon dioxide (AEROSIL 200), perfume (essential oils of lavender, orange and mandarin, linalyl acetate, citronellol, butylated hydroxytoluene, dipropylene glycol), purified water.
It's a kind of creme to put on the infected zones and around. To apply it without contaminating my fingers, I use disposable PVC gloves.