What causes peeling feet?

Many people are more likely to encounter the problem of peeling feet. When peeling feet occurs, it can be considered to be caused by tinea pedis, so certain treatment and care are needed in normal times. Generally, peeling feet caused by tinea pedis can be disinfected first and then treated with local medication. The main thing is to use some anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent local fungal infection.

Consider tinea pedis

Athlete's foot (tinea pedis) is a very common fungal skin infection. 70-80% of adults have athlete's foot, but the severity varies. It often gets worse in summer and gets better in winter, but some people never get better all year round.

Treatment recommendations: For external use (1) Erosive type: First soak in 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution or 0.1% revulol solution, then apply gentian violet or athlete's foot powder, twice a day, and after drying, apply athlete's foot ointment or tinea versicolor ointment, twice a day.

(2) Blister type: Soak your feet in hot water and apply clotrimazole anti-tinea lotion or compound salicylic acid tincture once a day. After the skin is dry, apply athlete's foot cream or tinea pedis ointment.

(3) Keratotic type: Apply compound benzoic acid cream or apply it alternately with compound salicylic acid alcohol, 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.

(4) In recent years, foot powder has been used clinically to treat various types of athlete's foot, with significant efficacy. Soaking feet once a night will be effective after three times. See instructions for specific usage.

(5) For more stubborn cases, you can take Spirenlo capsules orally.

Prevention advice: Athlete's foot is a contagious skin disease and scratching should be avoided. If not treated in time, it may spread to other parts of the body, such as causing tinea manuum and onychomycosis. Sometimes it may be scratched due to the itchiness, leading to secondary bacterial infection and causing serious complications. The foot basin and foot towel should be used separately to avoid infecting others. While using medication for treatment, the shoes and socks worn by the patient should be disinfected. You can expose them to sunlight or wash them in boiling water. It is best to dip a cloth in 10% formalin solution and stuff it into the shoes. Then put them in a plastic bag and seal them for 48 hours to achieve the purpose of sterilization.