Misunderstandings in the treatment of tinea manuum and tinea pedis

Tinea manuum or tinea pedis are both skin diseases caused by fungal infection. Tinea pedis is also called athlete's foot or Hong Kong foot. It is quite harmful to human health and often leads to recurrent symptoms. During repeated treatment, it will not only affect the health of the body, but also easily cause drug resistance problems. Therefore, during the treatment process, we must pay attention to some misunderstandings in treatment.

Misconception 1: Stopping medication prematurely

For example, azole topical antifungal drugs need to be applied twice a day, each application takes more than ten minutes, and the treatment lasts for 4 to 6 weeks. However, investigations have shown that most patients cannot persist for more than 2 weeks when using topical medications, so of course it is impossible to be completely cured. Misconception 2: Missing blind spots When applying medication, patients tend to only apply it on lesions with obvious symptoms, while some potentially asymptomatic lesions will be missed. When conditions are ripe, these lesions will relapse. There are also certain types of tinea pedis, such as hyperkeratosis, in which topical medications are difficult to penetrate and effective antibacterial concentrations cannot be reached at the treatment site, so the therapeutic effect will not be ideal. Misconception 3: Misuse of topical medications . For example, some patients with interdigital erosion type athlete's foot directly use topical medications, which are highly irritating to the local area and can easily cause bacterial infection. There are also a small number of patients who suffer from other diseases such as diabetes and tumors, which lead to decreased immunity and susceptibility to infection, and are not suitable for topical medications.