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Quick Health Advice: Athlete’s Foot
If you spend a lot of time with your feet crammed into sweaty trainers, then you might be familiar with Athlete’s Foot. In this exclusive guide, Dr Harper discusses the symptoms of this common fungal infection of the skin on the feet, and how it is spread. She also advises on the quick and effective over-the-counter treatments available, and offers practical tips to ensure that your feet don’t mature into something that would feel more at home on a cheese board!
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my feet are dry sometimes are cracked what cream should I use to soften them up
i have see through spots on my feet if i pop them clear stuff comes out and my skin peels after ad goes dry do u no wot this is
I have had the same problem for some years as well. I found that when ever I could take, my shoes and socks off they felt better. Clean socks every day and comfortable shoes but it still has not gone. Is there a permanent solution???
i keep getting itchy feet they crak and dry up weap this can last two/three weeks then they are realy iritating and itchy. i have had this problem for years now. i have used every cream from the doctors and also done i wise old tale by weeing on them for five mornings. all with no joy
the ball's of my feet are cracked, very dry and very sore, I cut off the skin that i can lift up and file with a pumice stone.that works for about 2 days and then the cracks reappear it usually happens on holiday and I thought it was the heat. Now it is there all the time and when i catch the skin that has cracked its very painful. its nowhere else just on the balls. I put oilatum cream and oil on to keep my feet from being very dry but doesnt seem to work.
my skin is peeling on both of my feet i hav e tryed everything all types of cream and spary and nothing has worked and i not sure watch to do.
I am sure that its athetles foot that I a have. This has been an on going problem for two years now. I have been to the G P several times and have used heaps of creams and sprays.but nothing seems to work can you please help.
Recently I have been experiencing a lot of skin loss from the bottom of my feet caused by heavy sweating of feet due to cold concrete floor at work drawing my feet. My feet were very sore not itching, So a visit to my GP and I have a very bad case of athelete's foot Now applying a cream twice a day and some antibiotics and fungal tablets have seen a inmprovement in only one week only seven more to go.
hi im not very sure its athletes foot but i do ice skating and on both my left and right foot my first 3 toes are pealing and are itchy and very saw and im not quiet sure what it is i ahve been putting Sudocrem on them quiet often but i do not feel like its working. its very hard for me because when i put my skating boots on i gety into a lot of pain with my toes and i keep having to take my boots off to itch my feet or pull my tiyted away from my toes for a few second because it hert so much. i am only 13 year old and im in a lot of pain ! my toes are peeting and a saw and red they are NOT on the bottom of my feet where its common to get athletes foot its on the TOP of the toes very close to my toe nail and im getting very worried about it !!! Please Please can you help me :(
i have really bad athletes foot and my feet are always itching does anyone know how i can cure this as it is really really annoying xxxxx


