Home Remedy for Athletes Foot

Not Just For Athletes
Although this pretty common health problem gets a bad rap from athletes, it's by no means limited to just athletes. It's also not limited in its infectious area to just the feet. It can infect arms and legs, groin area, between fingers or just about any other place that gives it a hospitable growing condition (wet / moist for extended periods of time.)

How It's Transmitted
Many believe it to be transferable only through locker room floors. This also is a myth. Infected clothing like work boots and socks can transmit the fungus.

What It Is
Athelete's foot is known as trichophyton and is a ringworm fungus. It's still unknown as to why some people get it and others don't. For example some people can live together for years without transmitting the fungus while some who come into contact with someone who has it may get it in 1 or 2 exposures. If the fungus gets under the toe nails treatment needs to be more aggressive and prolonged. Simply because getting under the nail is no easy task.

Treatments For Athletes Foot
Topical creams work fairly quickly stuff like terbinafine based athletes foot cream like Lamisil.

Some home remedies for athlets foot include:
Vinegar and water foot baths for 10 minutes twice a day are effective in milder cases.

Black walnut is also fairly effective for milder cases if applied at least twice a day.

Thyme oil has strong anti fungal properties as well as some anti-oxidant properties so it makes it a pretty effective home remedy for athletes foot.
It can be mixed with Tea Tree and Clove Bud oil to increase it's efficacy. One drop of each can be added to a carrier oil and applied 2 or 3 times a day.

Also many report that saltwater has a good treatment for athletes foot fungus so if you live near an ocean a daily walk in the water might just do the trick.

Preventative Maintenance Helps
But no matter what type of treatment you use, keeping your feet as dry as possible is key to cleaning up the problem quickly. Simply put, the fungus thrives on warmth and wetness. So keeping your feet as cool and dry as possible is the best way to see quick results. Wear sandals as much as possible and let your feet breathe.

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