Prevention For Athlete’s Foot
‘A stitch in time saves nine’ it is a proverb fits best in or the prevention of athlete’s foot. If the preventions or precautions are a must to take at the right time, it will save you from a lot of hassle. The first step towards an athlete’s foot prevention is to avoid the direct contact of healthy skin with the exteriors having fungus residing. It is essential to wear shower shoes in public toilets, college shower rooms, locker rooms, dormitory bathrooms in hostels, and other places like that. Many different and careful steps are essential to take to evade the risks of infection. To shun the contamination, you can try to:
- After taking a bath, make sure to dry your feet. Dry the feet thoroughly between the toes.
- Bathing must be more than just standing under the shower. It is not a possibility that feet will get cleaned up un their own.
- After an exercise, taking a walk, jog, or wash your feet carefully. Use soap, shampoo, or body wash with antibacterial or antiseptic properties.
- Use a soft cloth, shower brush, or loofah to clean the feet.
- Don’t put on the socks when feet are not dry.
- Put on clean, dry socks daily.
- It is better to wear cotton, wool, or silk socks, preferably the synthetic ones, as synthetic socks do not absorb sweating.
- Don’t share towels, shoes, and socks with anyone.
- Nails must be short and clean as well. Germs may nest under the nails and get transferred to other surfaces, spreading the infection.
- Keep your nail tools private like clippers, scissors.
- Make a solution of chlorine and bleach with water to disinfect the clippers, scissors.
- Wear open shoes like sandals, free slippers now and then to keep the feet dry and airy.
- At home, take off your shoes and socks so that the feet can breathe.
- Keep your clothes, socks, shoes, towels clean by washing them more often.
- It is better to pour some bleach or antiseptics in the water with detergent. The soapy water only will not kill the fungus.
- Shoes must be breathable, made of synthetic fiber are not recommended. In breathable shoes, feet are comfortable and allow them to dry. At the same time, the boots made of synthetic material keeps the feet moist. Moist places are favorable for fungal growth.
- Antiseptic powders should be used regularly on the feet.
- Try to avoid wearing the same pair of shoes daily. Other pairs of shoes must b used daily. It will give each pair of shoes adequate time to dry.
- Disinfect the use daily or before every use, to make sure the emission of any residual germs inside the shoes.
- Anyone from the family, or a roommate or a friend visiting your house or you visiting their home have athlete’s foot disease precautions must be taken. Things in their use must disinfect adequately. Washroom tub, bath, toilet, the basin are very important to purify to avoid the fungal infection.