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Effective home remedies for athlete's foot
Tips and instructions for the self-treatment of athlete's foot
The article shows which home remedies help against athlete's foot. About thirty percent of Germans suffer from the common disease athlete's foot. It is a skin disease in which the affected areas itch, dandruff and sometimes pain. In addition, the affected foot is not exactly nice to look at. The fungus is usually very persistent, but there are many natural remedies that can alleviate the discomfort. For this, however, they must necessarily be applied regularly. If the athlete's foot appears more frequently and / or is difficult to treat, a doctor should be consulted promptly to clarify the cause.
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- Tips and instructions for the self-treatment of athlete's foot
- Attention: You should pay attention to athlete's foot
- Home remedy for external treatment
- Natural treatment with medicinal herbs tea
- Effective means of internal treatment
- Essential oils in Athlete's foot
- Changing foot baths to strengthen the blood circulation
- Urine as a home remedy for athlete's foot
- Athlete's foot: occurrences and transmission routes
- Not everyone is infected with athlete's foot
- symptoms
- Prevention: How to protect yourself against athlete's foot
Attention: You should pay attention to athlete's foot
Hygiene is the top priority in athlete's foot. So daily stockings and socks should be changed and only natural materials are worn. On dry feet is important. The footwear should be breathable and never be replaced with other people. As long as the athlete's foot is present, this is also contagious. Barefoot running must therefore be omitted. The disinfectant showers installed everywhere in public baths do not help, on the contrary, they support the spread of athlete's foot.
As long as you have athlete's foot, you should not walk barefoot. Otherwise, there is a danger that others will be infected. (Image: dvoevnore / fotolia.com) Home remedy for external treatment
A simple, easy-to-use home remedy is apple cider vinegar. So daily ablutions alleviate the itching and inflammation.
The spaces between the toes can be rubbed in with sliced garlic. The most effective treatment is overnight when the feet are wrapped in cotton socks after treatment. If garlic is not available, the alternative is a sliced onion.
Sprinkling the mushroom-infested regions with food soda - also known as baking soda - helps to dampen the feet and strengthen the skin's protective coating. It is helpful if something daily in the socks or in the shoes is scattered - especially if they are worn barefoot.
The St. John's wort is said to achieve good effects on mental as well as external injuries. Daily rubbing with this oil can provide relief for athlete's foot. A simple home remedy is honey. This is known to help with inflammation. So he also has his field of application here.
Natural treatment with medicinal herbs tea
A foot bath with black tea relieves the unpleasant itching and pain. The tannin in the tea is able to kill the fungus. For this, place five to six teabags in a large bowl or pan, pour over one liter of hot water and allow to infuse for 15 minutes. Now hold your feet in the bath for about half an hour. Dabbing several times a day with a tea bag can also bring relief.
Alternatively, a horsetail or oak bark decoction can help. Both teas are tannin-containing, which can counteract the inflammation. For decoction, place about two to three tablespoons in a quarter of a liter of water and cook for about half an hour. After straining, the affected skin areas can be dabbed with it, preferably several times a day.
Effective means of internal treatment
If athlete's foot is common and difficult to treat, be sure to visit a doctor. Diseases such as diabetes, circulatory disorders and possible candidosis must be clarified.
Mostly, the immune system is not completely intact when athlete's foot becomes a constant problem. This is where home remedies attack, strengthening the immune system from within. A healthy, wholesome and above all vitamin-rich diet is the basis for a good defense situation. But often this is no longer enough and the organism also needs vitamins, minerals and trace elements.
Sea buckthorn, for example, is a fruit that contains high levels of vitamin C. When mixed as a fruit spread or in milk or juice, this is not only tasty, but also strengthens the immune system. Regularly consumed elderberry can also give the defense a positive kick. It is best to drink a glass of elderberry juice daily for a longer period of time. To ward off inflammation, the body needs enzymes. These support and accelerate the metabolic processes. Here are fruits, such as papaya, mango and pineapple, the appropriate food to supply the body these important Enzmye.
A healthy intestine ensures a healthy immune system. Since a large part of the defense cells are produced in the intestine and are living, this is the point of attack to stay healthy. By a dysbiosis, in which it comes in the large intestine to an imbalance of bacteria, the most diverse diseases, such as athlete's foot could arise. In this case, a colon cleansing is indicated, which of course belongs in the hands of a doctor or alternative practitioner.
But at home there are also good tips for colon cleansing, which are ideal for preparation and support. These include, among other things, a natural colon cleansing with psyllium husks, the use of bitter plants and wild herbs and a cure with healing earth. We recommend a high-fiber diet, dairy vegetables and one to two unsweetened natural yogurts with dextrorotatory lactic acid daily. Because this form of nutrition helps that the intestine can get well again and thereby provide a good defense.
A foot bath with essential oils can be very effective in a fungal infection. (Image: Wieselpixx / fotolia.com) Essential oils in Athlete's foot
Essential oils are among the easy-to-use but effective home remedies. In athlete's foot are lavender, myrrh, peppermint and tea tree. These oils are fungicidal, disinfectant and antiseptic. In application, the principle is "less is more". Purely the oils should be used only in the smallest amounts. Here already dabbing the affected areas with a drop of the selected oil.
In order to avoid drying out, mixing with a so-called "carrier oil" is to be preferred. This involves mixing a good, cold-pressed oil (such as olive or almond oil) with the essential oil to dab the affected areas. A drop of essential oil is added to about twenty milliliters of carrier oil. Mixing the different essential oils can enhance the effect. It is important to pay attention to good quality and purity when buying.
The essential oils can also be effective in a foot bath. For example, a few drops of some cream or butter are mixed and added to the prepared water.
Foot bath with tea tree oil
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Changing foot baths to strengthen the blood circulation
In order to successfully treat athlete's foot disease, it is important to ensure a good circulation of the feet. Replaceable foot baths are particularly suitable for this purpose. To enhance the effect, the baths can be supplemented with natural additives. Especially recommended here are chamomile and oak bark.
Change foot bath with oak bark
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Urine as a home remedy for athlete's foot
Everyone has heard of it before, but many are afraid of its use - self-urine treatment. In natural medicine, this is increasingly used as a therapeutic agent. To treat the athlete's foot, the areas are dabbed daily with the morning mid-ray urine.
Athlete's foot: occurrences and transmission routes
Athlete's foot feels good everywhere, where it is moist and warm. Therefore, public swimming pools, saunas or showers are the appropriate places where the fungus can spread well. Meanwhile, many home remedies for the disease, but not every remedy works equally for each person. If the athlete's foot is very pronounced, persistent and occurs frequently, a doctor should be consulted to clarify possible causes such as diabetes.
Athlete's foot is a widespread complaint and the treatment is often extremely tedious. (Image: ixvor / fotolia.com) The contagious are the spores of dermatophytes (filamentous fungi), which sit on dermal scales and thus can be found everywhere on soils. Dangers lurk on carpets in hotels and changing rooms - but especially where it is damp. In public wet areas, on bath mats, but also in stockings and shoes, the fungal spores can survive for weeks.
The athlete's foot is carried away mainly by those who walk barefoot. Danger of infection is running without shoes and stumps on floors that are contaminated with spores. The combination of moisture, warmth and softened skin, is the ideal prerequisite to infect with athlete's foot. Many sufferers do not do anything for a long time against the symptoms, which spreads the contagious skin disease more and more.
What many do not know: athlete's foot can be transferred through textiles and can therefore be passed on from "stocking to stocking". The fungal spores can move from infected clothing to other laundry items when they are close enough together. In order to avoid infection in one's own four walls, socks and stockings of various family members should therefore not be kept together in case of a known infection. It is also important to wash them at a minimum of 60 ° C to safely kill the spores.
Not everyone is infected with athlete's foot
Despite the massive spread of athlete's foot, not everyone is infected with it. The skin provides a protective barrier for the body and has by its acid mantle sufficient defenses. Spores can only penetrate if the skin is damaged. These are usually the smallest cracks in the skin - often barely visible to the naked eye.
People with extremely thin and dry skin are more prone to get infected. Diabetics, who have skin changes especially in the foot and leg area, often suffer from it. Maybe the diabetes disease ("diabetes") is not yet known, which is why the sufferers are constantly tormented by athlete's foot, which responds very poorly to any treatment. Therefore, should persistent, recurrent infestation, a possible diabetes be clarified.
Inappropriate footwear that has a synthetic interior, socks and stockings that are not made of natural materials - all of which can be contagious. As with all diseases, a well-functioning immune system is the alpha and omega to ward off pathogens. This also applies to the dermatophytes. If the immune system is intact and the skin is healthy, the human can walk through fungal spores without becoming infected. However, if the defense is not the best, the athlete's foot can spread quickly. An existing illness with the yeast Candida (Candidose) can lead for example to the fact that the defensive power of the skin and the entire body is diminished.
Athlete's foot can also switch to the nails. (Image: Aerial Photographer / fotolia.com) symptoms
At the beginning of a disease are usually little or no complaints. The mushroom needs some time to settle properly. Shingles and blisters between the toes are often the first signs. It forms a reddish, itchy rash between the toes and on the soles of the feet that wets and hurts.
The fungus can unfortunately also spread to the nails. The nail turns yellowish, it gets thicker and more friable. This is not only unattractive to look at, but very unpleasant and increasingly difficult to treat with progressing. The sooner the treatment is started, the easier it will be to defeat the athlete's foot.
Prevention: How to protect yourself against athlete's foot
Bathing shoes protect against infection. An increased risk can also come from barefoot running in the hotel room or in changing rooms. Teenagers like to exchange their shoes with each other. This should be avoided. The use of foreign towels or nail clippers is a taboo in the prevention of athlete's foot. The feet should always be kept dry. If you are predisposed to a fungal infection, preventive measures include daily rubbing with a good, cold-pressed sesame oil, especially between the toes.
(sw, nr, updated on 26.8.2016)