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Athlete's foot

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athlete's foot
type of disease
Subclass ofdermatophytosis, foot diseases Edit
Health specialtyinfectious diseases Edit
Anatomical locationzone of skin Edit
ICD-9-CM110.4 Edit
ICPC 2 IDS74 Edit

Athlete's foot, dem know medically as tinea pedis, be a common skin infection of de feet wey a fungus cause.[1] Signs den symptoms often dey include itching, scaling, cracking den redness.[2] Insyd rare cases de skin fi blister.[3] Athlete's foot fungus fi infect any part of de foot, buh most often dey grow between de toes.[2] De next most common area be de bottom of de foot.[3] De same fungus sanso fi affect de nails anaa de hands.[4] E be a member of de group of diseases dem know as tinea.[5]

Athlete's foot be caused by a number of different funguses,[2] wey dey include species of Trichophyton, Epidermophyton, den Microsporum.[4] De condition typically be acquired by coming into contact plus infected skin, anaa fungus insyd de environment.[2] Common places wer de fungi fi survive be around swimming pools den insyd locker rooms.[6] Dem sanso fi be spread from oda animals.[7] Usually diagnosis be made based on signs den symptoms; however, e fi be confirmed either by culture anaa seeing hyphae using a microscope.[4]

Athlete's foot no be limited to just athletes: e fi be caused by going barefoot insyd public showers, letting toenails grow too long, wearing shoes wey be too tight, anaa no dey change socks daily.[4][7] E fi be treated plus topical antifungal medications such as clotrimazole anaa, for persistent infections, using oral antifungal medications such as terbinafine.[1][4] Topical creams be typically recommended to be used for four weeks.[4] Keeping infected feet dry den wearing sandals sanso dey assist plus treatment.[2]

Na athlete's foot first be medically described insyd 1908.[8] Globally, athlete's foot dey affect about 15% of de population.[1] Males often be more affected dan females.[4] E dey occur most frequently insyd older kiddies anaa younger adults.[4] Historically e be believed to be a rare condition wey cam be more frequent insyd de 20th century secof de greater use of shoes, health clubs, war, den travel.[9]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Bell-Syer SE, Khan SM, Torgerson DJ (October 2012). Bell-Syer SE (ed.). "Oral treatments for fungal infections of the skin of the foot". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 10 (10) CD003584. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003584.pub2. PMC 7144818. PMID 23076898.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hygiene-related Diseases". CDC. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Symptoms of Ringworm". CDC. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kaushik N, Pujalte GG, Reese ST (December 2015). "Superficial Fungal Infections". Primary Care. 42 (4): 501–516. doi:10.1016/j.pop.2015.08.004. PMID 26612371.
  5. ↑ Moriarty B, Hay R, Morris-Jones R (July 2012). "The diagnosis and management of tinea". BMJ. 345 (7) e4380. doi:10.1136/bmj.e4380. PMID 22782730. S2CID 38106083.
  6. ↑ Hawkins DM, Smidt AC (April 2014). "Superficial fungal infections in children". Pediatric Clinics of North America. 61 (2): 443–455. doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2013.12.003. PMID 24636655.
  7. 1 2 "People at Risk for Ringworm". CDC. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Homei A, Worboys M (2013). Fungal disease in Britain and the United States 1850–2000: mycoses and modernity. Springer. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-137-37703-6.
  9. ↑ Ghannoum M, Perfect JR, eds. (2009). Antifungal Therapy. New York: Informa Healthcare. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-8493-8786-9.
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