Kanyagio la Mwanariadha

Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection that causes a rash on moist areas of your feet.

• Athlete's foot is very common because water gets trapped in the warm spaces between your toes

• It can spread from person to person in shared bathrooms, showers, and warm wet places

• Keeping your feet dry lowers the chance of getting athlete's foot

• Doctors treat athlete's foot with antifungal cream

Symptoms include:

• Itching

• Foot rash

There are different kinds of athlete's foot rash:

• Cracked, red, peeling skin between your toes

• Thickened, scaly skin on the soles of your feet

• Rarely, fluid-filled blisters

The cracks in your skin can let germs in and cause a bacterial infection of the skin of your foot (cellulitis).

Mifano ya Mguu wa Mwanariadha (Tinea Pedis)

Kanyagio la Mwanariadha (Tinea ya Mguu)

The skin between the toes is cracked, scaling, and often red. These findings are typical of athlete's foot (tinea pedis). Sometimes the most obvious abnormality is visible between the toes, as in the photo on the right.

The skin between the toes is cracked, scaling, and often red. These findings are typical of athlete's foot (tinea pedis

... soma zaidi

Images provided by Thomas Habif, MD (left), and © Springer Science+Business Media (right).

Magaga kwenye makanyagio yote kwenye Mguu wa Mwanariadha (Tinea Pedis)

Image provided by Thomas Habif, MD.

Magaga kwenye makanyagio katika Mguu wa Mwanariadha (Tinea Pedis)

This photo shows cracked, scaly skin on the sole of the foot.

This photo shows cracked, scaly skin on the sole of the foot.

© Springer Science+Business Media

Kanyagio la Mwanariadha (Tinea ya Mguu)

The skin between the toes is cracked, scaling, and often red. These findings are typical of athlete's foot (tinea pedis). Sometimes the most obvious abnormality is visible between the toes, as in the photo on the right.

The skin between the toes is cracked, scaling, and often red. These findings are typical of athlete's foot (tinea pedis

... soma zaidi

Images provided by Thomas Habif, MD (left), and © Springer Science+Business Media (right).

Magaga kwenye makanyagio yote kwenye Mguu wa Mwanariadha (Tinea Pedis)

Image provided by Thomas Habif, MD.

Magaga kwenye makanyagio katika Mguu wa Mwanariadha (Tinea Pedis)

This photo shows cracked, scaly skin on the sole of the foot.

This photo shows cracked, scaly skin on the sole of the foot.

© Springer Science+Business Media

Doctors can usually tell it's athlete's foot by looking at it. To know for sure, doctors may take a tiny scraping of your skin to look at under a microscope.

Doctors treat athlete's foot with:

• Antifungal creams or powders to put on your foot

• Rarely, antifungal medicines to take by mouth

Athlete's foot often comes back after treatment. You may need to take medicine for a long time.

To prevent athlete's foot:

• Keep your feet dry

• Wear shower shoes or sandals at the gym or other public showers

Ways to keep your feet dry include:

• Wearing open-toe shoes or shoes that let air circulate

• Changing your socks often, especially during warm weather

• Drying the spaces between your toes with a towel after bathing

• Applying antifungal powders (such as miconazole), gentian violet, or aluminum chloride solution or soaking your feet in Burow solution