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I went to camping last week and foolishly didn’t take waterproof shoes. I spent three days with more or less sodden feet and ever since then have had an annoyingly persistent case of athlete’s foot on one little toe. I’ve done all the suggested stuff, clean it carefully, dry it carefully, use the powder, changes socks at the drop of a hat into a fresh pair but the f*cker refuses to go away. It’ll die down to the point where I think it’s gone and then flare up again. I know I can’t be the only one here to have had this problem so hit me with your remedies shoewawa, how can I shift this before I resort to amputation?
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Regular bathing of feet in vinegar. Add a little salt and warm water if you want, for that wonderful fish and chip smell. Bathe for 15 minutes or so and then dry feet, do not rinse off.
The idea is to change the climate adversely with respect to fungal infections not just on the surface but allowing it to get into the skin when your feet are immersed for some time. It’s worth applying pressure to toenails to try and suck some under the nails a bit too.
Vinegar is very very cheap – do it daily until signs of improvement and then a bit less frequently for a period afterwards. This has cleared up cases for me that did not respond to expensive powder and creams.
This advice came from a doctor. It works for me. And I believe the Romans! Been using this method for some years when needed. You can also use it as a preventative as it does not favour the organisms that cause it.
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The only cure I ever found was when I waded through a stagnant pool to get access to a caravan site in South Wales. Not sure what was in the water, but my feet had lovely skin for months after.
Not exactly a cure as it only temporarily removes the flaky bits, but the dog loves licking between my toes when they’re particularly encrusted and to be honest, it does feel quite nice in a pain/pleasure sort of way – especially when she has a quick nibble…
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Buy a tube of Canestan but get the thrush variety as it has 2% clotrimazole rather than 1% in the athlete’s foot variety.
If you’re really badly infected, change socks every day, wash them hot, spray the insides of all your shoes with an athlete’s foot spray to kill the fungus and wash and dry your feet every day and apply the cream twice daily.
Dog saliva can infect your skin with ringworm. Then you’ll need to use a cream AND an oral drug.
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My dog has athletes tongue, can anyone tell me how to help him?
More seriously, I have hot feet so wearing safety boots all day leaves my feet in a constant state of mushroom cultivation. A daily wash with anti-dandruff shampoo works wonders, better than the creams and powders, once my feet are thoroughly dry I moisturise the area with E45 cream to stop cracking and itching. I do this daily in summer, maybe twice a week in winter.
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Carefully grind dead skin off with a pumice. Dead skin stops so much of the stuff (be it anti-fungal compounds, vinegar, brine or cobra piss) teaching the live, infected skin underneath it.
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Wrap your infected toe (or even your whole foot if you wish to be thorough) in a heavy duty duct tape then remove the infected skin by simply peeling it all off. If that fails then you may wish to try an extra coarse grade sandpaper or even an industrial blow torch in extreme cases of infection… 😉
Hope this helps!
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Yeah, binned the original shoes, now have two identical pairs of everyday shoes (walking shoes Karrimor type things) so they don’t get worn on consecutive days. In an interesting side note as I knew I was going to do this I bought cheapo shoes (own brand rather than Merrill) at half the price and have noticed 0 difference in performance! Well interesting to me anyway.
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