What should I do if it hurts when walking on a cracked athlete's foot?

There are many symptoms of athlete's foot, such as itchy feet, erosion of the foot skin, peeling of the feet, and cracking of the foot skin. Cracked skin on the feet is a more serious symptom because it can cause pain when the patient walks, affect the patient's normal walking function, and thus affect the patient's daily life. If you want to treat athlete's foot, you can relieve it through home medication, important and folk remedies, and reasonable care!

1. Home medication

(1) Erosive type

First soak in 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution or 0.1% refonal solution, then apply gentian violet or athlete's foot powder externally, twice a day. After it dries, apply athlete's foot spirit or tinea versicolor ointment externally, twice a day.

(2) Blister type

Apply clotrimazole tinea lotion or compound salicylic acid tincture once a day after soaking your feet in hot water. After the skin is dry, apply athlete's foot cream or tinea pedis ointment.

(3) Keratinic type

You can use compound benzoic acid ointment externally or alternate with compound salicylic acid alcohol for external use, once in the morning and once in the evening. It is best to wrap the area with plastic film after applying the medicine so that the medicine can penetrate into the thick skin and facilitate peeling off the thick skin.

2. Traditional Chinese medicine and folk prescriptions

(1) Grind any one of the following: alum, phellodendron, gallnut, or cuttlefish bone into powder and set aside. Then wash your feet and sprinkle it on the affected area. Suitable for erosive type.

(2) Take 30g each of Sophora flavescens, Dictamni, Portulaca oleracea, and Plantago, and 15g each of Atractylodes lancea and Phellodendron amurense. Decoction and wash 1-2 times a day. It is effective for blister type or infection.

(3) Take any one of Impatiens balsamina, 30 grams of sapodilla, or 15 grams of Sichuan peppercorns, and put them into half a pound of vinegar. Soak for a day and then soak your feet in it for 20 minutes every night before going to bed. Continuous treatment for 7 days is effective for the keratinizing type.

3. Nursing methods

Pay attention to cleanliness: Pay attention to foot cleanliness, soak your feet frequently, keep the skin dry, wash several times a day, change shoes and socks frequently, and try to dry them in the sun.

Choose suitable shoes and socks: It is not advisable to wear non-breathable shoes such as sports shoes and hiking shoes. Socks should be made of pure cotton and have good breathability. To avoid excessive foot sweating and worsening foot odor.

Good attitude: Maintain a good attitude. The mood should be calm. Excitement and tension can easily induce excessive sweating and aggravate foot odor.

Eat a light diet: Eat a light diet with less salt and stay away from spicy and irritating foods. Do not eat foods that can easily induce sweating, such as hot peppers, raw onions, raw garlic, etc.