Tinea can easily pick up through skin-to-skin contact with an infected person or animal
Through indirect contact with an object or surface. That an infected person or animal has touched. Bathroom floors, bathmats, towels, showers and communal bathing, swimming and changing room areas are common sources of infection.
Once in contact with your skin, the fungi spread to the surface layers of dead cells. They don’t generally invade living skin cells. It can take days or up to 2 weeks. Before you develop the infection after being in contact with the fungus.
Tinea symptoms can differ depending on the location on the body and may include:
- redness and/or itching
- burning or stinging
- a rash that may form blisters or pustules
- raw, inflamed or scaly skin
- in more severe cases, weeping or oozing areas of skin.
Some types of tinea infection can prevent if you
- Shower after you get dirty or sweaty, or after using a locker room.
- Wear shower shoes in public showers, gyms, locker rooms, and pools. Don’t go barefoot.
- Don’t share towels, combs, brushes, clothing, or shoes.
- Keep your skin and feet dry.
- Wear clean, loose-fitting underwear.
- Make sure your pet doesn’t have ringworm. People can get ringworm from animals. If you think your pet has ringworm, take the pet veterinarian for treatment. The vet can also advise you on. How to disinfect your home.
Tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) is the most common fungal infection. It is often contracted at public showers and swimming pools. It results in an itchy scaly rash between the toes and/or on soles of the feet.
Tinea of the toe nails is usually associated with tinea pedis and results in the edge of the toe nail becoming yellow and crumbly. It often results in separation of the nail from the nail bed. It can affect several toe nails. T. rubrum is the fungi involved.
Tinea of the fingernails is similar to tinea of สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที the toe nails and usually occurs with a tinea infection of the skin on the same hand. Again T. rubrum is the fungi involved.
Tinea manum, of the hands is often associate with tinea pedis and usually only affects one hand. There may be an inflamed lesion on the palm of the hand.
Tinea cruris, of the groin is common in men, but can also occur in women. It usually affects one side of the groin on the upper inner thigh, scrotum and genitals. A few pustules seen with the lesions.