In the summer hot season, many women suffer from the fact that they have corns and cracks between the toes. Even careful frequent washing and effective hydration do not help to cope with this problem. Before resorting to more serious actions, it is desirable to determine the causes that can provoke such a pathology.
Why does the skin crack between several toes?
The most probable and common cause of the defect in question is a fungal lesion. In medicine, this type of mycosis is called epidermophytia.
Infect fungus can be in public places such as a sauna, swimming pool, bath, beaches, as well as in close direct contact with a sick person. The likelihood of affection with mycosis is increased, if there are chronic endocrine, immune or digestive diseases, the cardiovascular system is weakened.
The main symptoms of epidermophytosis:
- redness appears on the feet;
- the skin between the toes cracks and itches;
- formed wounds and ulcers;
- the epidermis in the heel area strongly thickens;
- at the base of the fingers the skin begins to cloud;
- the nail plates are affected (darken, turn yellow).
Of course, there are less serious factors that cause the skin to crack between the toes - the reasons are as follows:
- wearing tight shoes that do not let in air;
- insufficient moistening of feet, especially after showering or bathing in water bodies;
- deficiency of vitamins E and A;
- an allergic reaction to soap, cream.
What to do if the skin splits and cracks between all the toes - how to treat the pathology?
With epidermophytics, the doctor will most likely prescribe one of the effective local drugs:
- Terbinafine ;
- Exifin;
- Lamisyl;
- Thermic;
- Zalain;
- Terbisyl;
- Fungoterbine;
- Terbiks;
- Lamella;
- Atitis;
- Batrafen;
- Myconorm;
- Exoderyl;
- Cyclopyroxolamine;
- Mycospores;
- Terbized-Aggio;
- Nizoral;
- Bifosin;
- Mifungar;
- Mikozoral.
Sometimes, systemic remedies are required if the skin between the toes is long and heavily cracked - adequate treatment in such situations requires taking antifungal tablets:
- Mycosyst;
- Fluconazole ;
- Forkan;
- Diflucan;
- Flucostat;
- Mycomomax;
- Nizoral;
- Fungavis;
- Itraconazole;
- Ketoconazole;
- Orungal;
- Canditral;
- Rumikoz;
- Itrazole;
- Irunin;
- Terbinafine;
- Lamisyl;
- Onihon;
- Fungoterbine;
- Exifin.
In addition to drug therapy, you need to carefully monitor the hygiene of the feet, daily change and wash socks, dry your feet after washing.