5 Home Remedies For Treating Athlete’s Foot

Athlete’s Foot cause problems in men specially athletes and people who wear closed tight shoes with socks. It needs to be addressed as soon as spotted as there are many side effects to it too. Remedies are needed to avoid spreading the infection. People mostly think that it spreads from locker rooms of the athletes but it is not necessarily so. You can use some simple homely measures to treat athlete’s foot. So read on.

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5 List of Home Remedies For Athlete’s Foot

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Personal Hygiene

Personal hygiene comes first in treating any infection or disease. In this case you need to look after your hands and foot particularly. In order to treat athlete’s foot you need to ensure that your hands are thoroughly washed with soap and water after you touch the infected area. You need to clean your bathing tub and bucket too. You need to wash the tub or the mug with an antiseptic cleanser such as Dettol to avoid infection. Keep your towels and linens clean and avoid sharing of your clothes.

One special care is needed for the socks you wear. You must wash your socks twice in hot water to kill any remaining fungal spores. You should not repeat the same socks more than once if you have not washed them before. If you are suffering from athlete’s foot you are most likely to have fungus in your shoes. To keep from getting yourself infected with fungus every time you need to treat your shoes with antifungal sprays such as Lysol spray. At the best you can buy a new pair to rule out any possibility.

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Dry Foot

Athlete’s foot is a disease that is spread by fungus and fungus likes hot warm moist environment to grow. You need to ensure that your foot are dry always. Don’t forget to keep the space between your toes dry too as most people ignore these areas.

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Wear Open Shoes

Though it is not always possible to wear open shoes you can surely do this while you are at home. You can wear light sandals or slippers while at lunch or dinner. You can walk bare foot in your house if it is dry always.

You can sundry your shoes by placing them under sun light and taking off its laces. If you are in a sport that makes you sweaty you need to change your socks twice. You can take off your shoes once in a while too to let your ankles and foot breathe.

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Antifungal Preparations

Many anti fungal preparations such as creams ointments lotions are available in the market that is designed to treat athlete’s foot. You can use them after bath or cleaning your foot.

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Natural Products

You can use many natural products as home remedies. You can use Baking soda to sprinkle it in your shoes so as to absorb moisture. You can rub cornstarch on your foot to absorb moisture.

Garlic has anti fungal properties. You can rub the affected area with its juice twice in a day. You can also prepare a solution of vinegar and water to apply on the affected areas.