Driving me nuts! Never had it before but have had this for about two months! Have tried sprays, powders and went to doctors who gave me Lamisil cream. Have tried apple cider vinegar and washing my feet in bicarb solution and nothing seems to work!
I am currently sitting here covered in bicarb paste - what to do?
When My husband had it previously he was told cream (with 1% hydrocortisone) & powder in his socks for at least 7days. Hope that helps.x
Thanks - I will give anything a go - driving me crazy!
No problem. My GP gave me tablets as well when I got a bad bout (ruin my nail too) that didn't present as athletes foot!! Yuck 🤢
I used to get Athlete's Foot quite badly - very stinky feet and severe skin cracking with pain between toes - plus itchy feet. A good footsoak in a bowl of warm water laced with Dettol always works for me amazon.com/Dettol-Topical-A...
The "stinkiness" comes from the bacteria on your feet - no amount of washing of shoes will take it away. The bacteria on the feet has to be killed.
Thanks - don't really have much of a problem with smell just itchy, raw and broken skin so most remedies sting like a good 'un!
The application of coconut oil won't create a sting. In addition to moisturising and nourishing the skin, it also contains anti-inflammatory and anti bacterial properties, thus, helping to soothe the itching and feeling of rawness. Just make sure that you put socks on afterwards, or even apply it to your feet at night
Like you have only had it once so far (v. bad, foot swelled, needed antibiotics as well as antifungal). Felt like the thing that really helped was making sure my feet were absolutely dry after washing - I use a (cool!) hairdryer on them to make sure in between toes is dry and it's not been back either (though I keep the spray just in case). Felt like I'd be contaminating towels if I used them for drying. Not sure if that's mad or helpful!
Mad's good! I do think maybe a trip back to the doctors is in order as my toes are quite swollen too .
oooh ouch, perhaps! Maybe a walk-in centre if it's getting worse over the weekend.
I also washed bathmats and used flipflops (clean easily) instead of stepping directly onto the bathmat/floor, when I had it. Dettol sounds effective, I'd keep some around here but it's very poisonous to cats.
Coconut oil
Tea tree oil. One drop between the toes every day will soon sort it out.
You can get tea tree oil from Boots, Superdrug etc. In fact most pharmacists will have it. Make sure you get 100% essential oil though.
I can't stand the smell but it darned well works!
Forgot to add......mix about 20 drops into some water and put into a spay pump bottle, shake it up and spray it into your shoes and trainers and allow to dry naturally. Tea tree is anti-fungal and anti-bacterial 👍🏼😀
Great thanks 👍
Keep changing shoes each day, so they dry out from the sweat after each use
I found trying between my toes with a hairdryer (on the cool setting) followed by using anti fungal powder works. Keeping feet dry is important. I found creams useless - slimey, messy and they take too long to dry. Alternating trainers helps as does wearing regular shoes made of natural materials to avoid sweaty feet! I've heard that using Vicks works too but haven't tried this.
i can remember when i went to the drs about my athletes foot issue many years ago that he couldn't tell if it was that or eczema, the treatments he said for both were different and would aggravate it if it was the opposite, for a.f. i had to ensure that my feet were completely dry after a bath or shower, whereas it was eczema i had to moisturize it .. needless to say i have tried a.f. sprays and powders and it clears then flares back up, will deffo give the tea tree oil thing a go
Ended up at the docs as it got infected so am now on 2 weeks antibiotics so hopefully it will clear. Best foot forward and all!
ouch ... not good at all hope it clears soon for you
Keeping feet aired helped us. We wear sandals a lot so our feet can "air."
I know doctors would not recommend using Dettol as a method of eliminating athletes foot but I have tried creams and other medicines but they have not worked as well as when I used a Dettol foot bath. Make sure that you only put a cap of dettol into a warm water up to your ankles and do this at night and then again in the morning.
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