how do you cure athletes foot at home?
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The clinical name for sthletes foot is "ringworm of the feet"\n\n"Athlete's foot is caused by a fungus that thrives in warm, moist conditions and the closed shoes present a good 'incubator' for these organisms, That's why athlete's foot is quite uncommon in primitive cultures where shoes are not worn.\n\nWhenever you take off or put on your socks, it's a good practice to rub a sock up and down your toe webs, That keeps the areas between your toes dry, which is essential in preventing and treating athlete's foot.\n\nBaking soda is a cheaper alternative to expensive foot powders, yet it does essentially the same thing. Either sprinkle it on dry or make a paste by moistening one tablespoon of baking soda with lukewarm water.  Rub the mixture on your feet and between your toes. After about 15 minutes, rinse it off and dry thoroughly.\n\nUse your hair dryer on your feet to dry them more effectively than you can with a towel.  And blowing air from your hair dryer into your shoes is a good way to dry them out after you wear them.\n\nRubbing or spraying antiperspirant on your feet can keep them from sweating, You can use the same brand you use on your underarms. As long as it contains aluminum chlorohydrate, the active drying ingredient, it will work.\n\nDisinfect your shoes, Lysol and other household disinfectants can kill off any living fungus spores. After you take off your shoes, rub the insides with a cloth or paper towel that has a dab of disinfectant. (Then use that hair dryer to dry out the insides of the shoes).\n\nDon't use creams. Antifungal creams have the right ingredients but the wrong way of presenting them. "The problem with creams is that they help trap moisture, especially between toes. Solutions are much better than creams.  While solutions are more effective for remedying, creams can be used to help prevent athlete's foot.\n\nRemove dead skin. When your condition starts to improve, remove any dead skin. Dead skin houses fungus that can reinfect you. To remove it, use a bristled scrub brush on the entire foot and a baby bottle "nipple brush" on toe webs. And brush in the shower, so the dead skin goes down the drain without touching other parts of your body.\n\nI hope this information helps you...  Good luck!!
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Canola Oil, soak your feet in warm water for a bit, proceed with massaging your feet wtih the oil cover them with some  old socks, you can do this 2 or 3 times a week.\nHope it works for you  :)
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Foot spas and foot scrubs. If stubborn and hard use salicylic acid :-)
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Some are. But a couple of things that absolutely work for me are Apple Cider Vinegar; when you have food poisoning take 2 shots of Heinz brand apple cider vinegar... it works in 20 - 30 minutes, guaranteed!\nAlso, for athletes foot, (or any fungus), rub Grapefruit Seed Extract into the affected foot and slip on a white sock, right before you go to bed. Do this for at least 3 nights in a row... magically it's gone!\nOne more item that works... when showering, take a soapy washcloth and add some "Betadine" iodine to it and rub it in to the washcloth with the soap. Now wash your underarms, feet, and anywhere else that sweats and/or causes body odor. This concoction kills odor-causing bacteria and lasts all day, really! Eliminates the need for under-arm antiperspirant, which some claim causes brain damage later in life from the accumulation of aluminum oxide, (which is the ingredient in all antiperspirants... read their labels!
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I have never had it but my brothers have. This link below has some good cheap ideas like Vinegar, and using Alcohol and Aspirin on your foot, and many more along with info on how to use it\nhttp://www.stretcher.com/stories/00/000214a.cfm
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1. Glucosamine\n2. Elastic knee brace/bandage\n3. Ice/Ibuprofen, etc. to reduce swelling/inflammation\n4. Stretch beforehand. Put your knees together, feet close together as well, and rotate your knees slowly in circles, first one way then the other for about 5 turns.\n5. If those don't help, you better see a doc.---------\n--------------\n6. Um, like the other person said, don't wear heels. (Duh to me)
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if your feet stink(sos to be so blunt) then you may well have athletes foot. go to your g.p. and ask for some canestan foot powder, it works really good. you need to give it a week or so and then you will start to see results, you also need to change your shoes reguarly(dont wear the same ones day in and out) and get as much fresh air to your toes as possible, if your not to comfortable in going to your doctors then you can buy this powder over the counter at your local chemist.
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Usually the over the counter sprays and ointments work well.  If they don't work for you, you can get a perscription from your doctor.  The perscription forms usually work faster, but tend to have some side effects.\n\nKey to the whole thing is to keep you feet dry.  Wear open shoes as much as possible to keep your feet from sweating.  If you have to wear sneakers or closed shoes, avoid man made materials.  Natural materials, such as leather breathe better.  When you must wear sneakers, make sure that your socks are breathable too.  Also, when wearing closed shoes, try using a powder made to keep your feet cool.  The powder will keep your feet from sweating so much, and when they do, it absorbs it.  Always keep your feet clean.
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Athlete's feet is a fungus of the Candida variety.  Candida hates acidophilous (the bacteria in yogurt).  Use the creams on your feet - make sure they are antifungal creams like clotrizamole (generic) or Lotrimin AF.\n\nIf you take antibiotics, it will help, but antibiotics kill the good bacteria too, and the athlete's feet will come back faster than the good bacteria.  Prevention is use of anti-fungal foot powder.\n\nSo start eating non-fat plain yogurt, as well as using the antifungal creams.  If you don't like the taste, put real fruit in it (apple is my favorite).
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you can't.\nThe foot needs to be casted or set to heal properly....not the groin muscle..you can treat that on your own...but i'm not telling you how because it's probably more painful than the foot...and you NEED to go to the dr for the foot! SO go for both. please.
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You can try vicks vapo rub as that is what the podiatrist recommend.  One other treatment is to soak his foot in warm water with tea tree oil added and then use the tea tree oil directly on the nail several times a day.
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With athletes foot the problem is because its a fungus the spores live in your socks, shoes and carpets... basically anywhere your feet have been! So the best plan is to carry on treating it for at least 5 days after your symptoms have disappeared. Then switch to an antifungal powder which you can use on a regular basis to keep it at bay :-)
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Well you could have athletes foot or like my son he had very bad dry skin on his feet and the doctor recommended a thick moisturizer eucerin
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Fungi such as that causing athlete's foot (Tinea pedis), flourish in an evironment such as feet.  The foot has 2 characteristics fungi grow well in.  1. Dead skin and 2. a warm moist environment.  Some people are more prone to fungi foot infections do to their immune system.  Many of the over the counter medications work well but if it moves into toenails, it is more difficult to treat.  Prescription meds such as Lamisil are needed for this and need to be taken for 4-6 months in total to cure.
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athlets foot is caused by a fungus and fungi love moist and warm environments like between your toes while your wearing socks in your shoes.  \n\nSo to rid youself of the prob. \n\n1-bathe often wash your feet\n2-don't wear socks to often. If it's cold then wear them or slippers you'll need to expose your feet to air from time to time\n3-If it won't go away then Pharmacy has overcounter meds.\n3-If really bad, go see your doc or a dermatologist
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You have to make sure your shower, bath mat, shoes and socks have been treated/washed as well. They carry the bacteria so even if you are treating your feet, if you are still showering or using the infected surfaces (bath mat, shower, shoes etc) then the fungus wont go away. If you have cleaned everything and you still cant get rid of the fungus, id go to a doctor just to make sure it really is athletes foot and not something else.
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Yellow toenails is an indicator that your body is out of ph balance.\n\nGet the nutrition basics down and your bodies signal will not have been in vain.\n\nDrinking 6-8 glasses of distilled water with a pinch of unrefined sea salt will help your toes and may cure what may have been coming down the line.\nhttp://www.curezone.com/foods/watercure.asp\n\nWell fitting shoes could help.\n\nSoaking your feet in Epsom Salts could help.\n\nSoaking your feet in apple cider vinegar(the cheap stuff from the grocery store) will help\n\nSoaking your feet in dilluted lemon juice will help\n\nDrinking Lemon Water will help\n\nA drop of Wild Oregano Oil on each nail could zap fungus.\n\nColloidal Silver externally could help.\n\nSunlight could help...let the sun shine in. Vitamin D from sunlight and not from mucous milk could help significantly. \n\nEating more raw fruits and vegetables will help\n\nI would drink a daily drink of half unsweetened apple juice/grape juice with a tablespoon of raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar, a dash of turmeric, cinnamon, turmeric, and one drop of wild oregano oil. When the yellowing fades, I would continue the drink but quit using the oregano oil.\n\nhttp://curezone.com/blogs/f.asp?f=179&t=32541\nhttp://curezone.com/blogs/f.asp?f=740&t=32560\nhttp://curezone.com/blogs/f.asp?f=172&t=32588\nhttp://curezone.com/blogs/f.asp?f=605&t=30517\n\nIt is good that you are picking up on your bodies cues to hydrate itself and give your body good circulation. Do what works for you and stick with it to achieve