Dr. Amee Daxini | Appointment Booking No : 099013 54408
Consultant Dermatologist & Cosmetologist | Think Skin Clinic, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore
Fungal infection of the skin is nowadays very common because it’s summer and we know that the fungus thrives in sweat. What we need to remember here is that it’s not just the hygiene that is important. It is also the kind of clothes we wear you know how we treat our skin how well we moisturize because the fungus generally can enter our skin only when the skin is abraded in normal intact skin we have fungi present. We have fungus present in the air in the things that we touch but not everybody gets fungal infection so remember when there are two occluding surfaces where it gets sweated and that gets abraded is when the fungus enters. Unfortunately the fungi are very persistent so the minute they enter it takes a long time to treat. You see fungi present in these areas where there is occlusion like probably you would see in between your toes because when you wear tight-fitting shoes all day long, you notice that the skin in between the toes gets wet and is wet all through the day where the fungus starts growing. You also notice in the groin area because that’s the area which again has a lot of sweat collection and remains occluded all day. Fungus the typical symptoms that they come with is first is itching secondly notice red or brownish color patches in these occluded areas which then tend to spread especially if you itch, the spores get collected in your nails and if you touch it in any other area it tends to spread in those areas. Fungi of the skin are not very contagious but yes if you share your clothes or your towels or if you’re in close physical contact you can transmit it to the person next to you symptoms also sometimes include where you have after so much of itching you have bleeding and extreme dryness. Now the treatment is exactly what your symptoms come with the first thing is you need to keep that area sweat free. So if you’re wearing closed occluded shoes it’s right time to change and wear shoes where your toes are visible and there is air which circulates between the toes in your groin underarm and other occluded areas it is important to keep them clean change your clothes regularly, change your undergarments at least twice a day and remember whenever you go to the washroom to clean that and probably use a talc to keep it dry. The other treatments that we give as dermatologists is first an antifungal orally. It is important to treat the fungus completely rather than just a cream following the oral treatment in its exact course is very important topical creams. Here there is very important to remember how to use these creams. Generally we give these creams for application for at least two months even if the fungus is healed. You have need to apply for two months you need to apply two centimeters more than the rash. So if that your fungus is so much the rash you need to apply two centimeters more. This is extremely important because of fungus the activity is at the border. So you need to apply a little more so you prevent it from growing. So these two things and the third most important thing is when there is dryness to apply a good moisturizer or coconut oil, so that you do not itch or scratch, because that’s the way the fungus propagates in the individual. So remember if you do scratch or itch the area you need to wash it. Complete the entire course of anti-fungus the oral the topicals and remember to keep that area clean.
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