Fungus Prevention 101: Avoiding Foot Fungi at School
Miranel’s anti-fungal treatment does wonders for soothing and treating foot and toe fungal infections. But sometimes prevention is simply the best medicine.
Avoid Athlete's Foot in the Shower
Nearly 75 percent of people will contract something like athlete’s foot at some point in their lives—almost always from moist, common-use areas while walking around barefoot. Parasitic fungus grows in warm, wet areas like school swimming pools, locker rooms and showers. Transmissions can happen in any amount of standing water, even small puddles on otherwise uncontaminated tile floors.
So with your kids back in school (and therefore back in the gym, locker room and dorm room) here are five easy tips to help prevent contracting athlete’s foot and other communicable foot and toe fungi. We’re happy to help you avoid needing us!
- Wear sandals, water socks, shower shoes (even flippers, if you have to) in gym, locker room and dorm showers—anything that will keep your feet off the floor just enough to avoid prime fungal havens. Avoid sharing towels and footwear.
- Avoid wearing the same pair of shoes or socks day after day. Replace smelly shoes—they’re stinky for a reason (fungal bacteria should never be mistaken for potpourri).
- Dry your feet. Dry your feet. Dry your feet—thoroughly, after bathing, showering or swimming. Dry everywhere—top, bottom and between your toes.
- While back-to-school shopping, use socks when trying on shoes. You never know whose feet have been there before you.
- Watch for these kinds of symptoms:
- Dry, scaly, itchy skin
- Unusual bumps on the bottom of your feet.
- Cracked, peeling skin between the toes
- Redness and scaling on the soles of your feet
- “Cheese-like” skin between the toes producing a putrid smell
- Rash that spreads to your foot’s instep
- A yellow, pale or dark colored toenail that becomes thick, brittle or rigid
If you spot any of these, treat quickly to avoid letting the infection spread.
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