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Symptoms of Athlete’s Foot
If you think you may have athlete’s foot, then it is important that you understand the symptoms. The symptoms of the condition can be difficult to pinpoint since they vary from person to person. When some people acquire the condition, they suffer from severe symptoms that can cause major irritation. Other people that acquire athlete’s foot may find that they have none of the symptoms whatsoever. The most common symptoms that an athlete’s foot sufferer will experience are peeling, scaling, and cracking of the feet. Athlete’s foot may also cause redness and blisters on the feet as well as a softening and breaking down of the skin.
When most people think of athlete’s foot, they think of itchy, burning skin that is cracking and peeling. And, although most experience this most commonly when diagnosed with athlete’s foot, the irritating skin condition actually presents itself in four very distinct forms if left untreated. The stages experienced by carriers of the athlete’s foot skin infection include interdigital, inflammatory (vesicular), moccasin (hyperkeratotic), and ulcerative.
Interdigital Athlete’s Foot
If you are suffering from athlete’s foot, then odds are that this is what you are suffering from as it is the most common form of the condition. You can easily spot it as it most often occurs between the two smallest toes of the foot. This form of infection will often start out with an area of skin that is soft, moist, and will have a pale white appearance. The symptoms that this condition will cause include: itching, burning, and sometimes a mild odor. The condition will generally get worse as time goes by. The skin between the toes will become scaly and will peel and crack. As things escalate, a bacterial infection may occur which causes a breakdown of the skin and a severe odor.
Inflammatory (Vesicular) Athlete’s Foot
Inflammatory athlete’s foot is most often experience in patients that allowed the milder interdigital athlete’s foot to go untreated. In inflammatory athlete’s foot, carriers most often experience fluid-filled blisters that appear on between the toes and on the sole of the foot. Symptoms of inflammatory athlete’s foot may also include itchy, painful skin that is inflamed and rash-like.
This type usually begins with a large outbreak of fluid filled areas forming under the skin. Blisters will develop on the skin usually starting on the instep. The infection will often occur repeatedly, sometimes even on the chest, arms, and fingers. The skin may scale between eruptions. This condition may also be accompanied by a bacterial infection. Athlete’s foot is not to be confused with pitted keratolysis, a condition that offers some of the same symptoms. See a doctor if you fear you may have this condition.
Moccasin Foot (Hyperkeratotic)
The symptoms of moccasin foot are caused by the Trichophyton rubrum dermatophyte and can best be described as a blistering redness that covers the sides, heel and/or underneath the foot. Patients with moccasin foot, as it is commonly called, describe the skin as being silvery, thick and scaly with a pink or red tone on the sole of the foot.
This is a long lasting, chronic infection that can be difficult to get rid of. It begins with dryness, minor irritation, itching, burning, and scaling of the skin. As the condition progresses, you will find that the burning, cracking skin condition will spread even to the heel of the foot. In the severest of conditions, the toe nails can become brittle, and may even crumble and fall out. This type of athlete’s foot can even spread to the hands. Usually only one hand will become infected, along with the feet.
Ulcerative Athlete’s Foot
Ulcerative athlete’s foot is most often caused by the Trichophyton mentagrophytes der-matophyte and is denoted by painful ulcers that form between the toes and on the bot-tom of the foot. The open, ulcerated skin often leads to secondary bacterial infections in its carriers.
Aside from discomfort, the longer the skin infection caused by Athlete’s foot is left un-treated, the more likely blisters, ulcers, large cracks, peeling, and contamination will occur. Early treatment of athlete’s foot is essential in the prevention of its spread and of the long term effects the infection can cause.
Reference:
http://www.podiatrychannel.com/athletesfoot/index.shtml
http://www.stopathletesfoot.com/