Mycosis is called a whole group of diseases caused by pathogenic fungi. Mycosis can affect the internal organs, as well as nails and skin. The most common pathogens are mold fungi (dermatophytes), pityriasis lichen and fungi Candida.
Risk factors
Any person can get sick with mycosis, as mushroom spores are everywhere. Exposure to the disease is associated with impaired immunity and non-compliance with personal hygiene rules. The most common mycosis of smooth skin occurs in children: they like to squeeze cats and dogs, take pets to bed.
Factors provoking mycosis of smooth skin and the causes of the disease:
- contact with a sick person (more often - a child);
- contact with the infected animal (dogs, cats, rodents and even cattle);
- contact with someone else's shoes, a towel, a washcloth and other hygiene items;
- use of non-sterile manicure accessories;
- visit to the public sauna, bath, pool, shower.
Mycosis of smooth skin is more susceptible to people over 60 years old, patients with excessive sweating of the palms and feet, as well as with micro-trauma (cuts, scratches).
Signs of mycosis
The fungus infects the trunk and limbs, sometimes push-pull hair is involved in the process. Depending on the type of pathogen accompanying mycosis smooth skin symptoms may be different:
- skin peeling;
- itching of the feet, exfoliation of the skin, the appearance of bubbles;
- the appearance of diaper rash;
- irritation in the folds between the fingers;
- changes in the structure of the nails, peeling, peeling of the plate;
- the appearance of itchy spots on the skin.
Depending on the site of the lesion, the disease is classified as follows:
- mycosis of the skin of the hands;
- mycosis of the skin of the feet (stop);
- mycosis of the skin of the trunk;
- mycosis of the nails;
- mycosis of the scalp;
- mycosis of the facial skin.
The first signs of skin mycosis are easily overlooked. Therefore, it is important to pay more attention to hygiene and examination of your own body, because any disease, not just fungal, is easier to cure at the first stages.
Diagnosis and treatment
With any changes in the skin, you must immediately go to the skin dispensary. Problems of fungal diseases are handled by a mycologist. He will make samples, determine the type of fungus that caused mycosis of smooth skin, prescribe treatment. Do not delay the visit to the doctor, and even more so - smear the skin lesion with doubtful means.
Self-treatment will erase the clinical picture, and it will be more difficult to establish the diagnosis.
Treatment of mycosis smooth skin involves the use of drugs that destroy the fungal infection (diflucan, fluconazole, lamizil, thermocone, orungal).
Folk methods
To treat mycosis smooth skin, oddly enough, simple folk remedies help.
- Pine tincture - pine needles and cones (250 g) are poured with alcohol (at least 70%), in a closed pot insist in a dark place for two weeks. Ready strained tincture is stored in the refrigerator. Twice a day she smeared affected areas.
- Garlic-salted gruel is an excellent treatment for mycosis of the skin of the hands. The garlic clove needs to be crushed and mixed with a pinch of salt, gum wrapped in gauze. To the filtered juice add a pinch of salt. Healing properties persist for 12 hours, lubricate the affected skin 2-3 times a day.
- Ointment from fat and activated carbon - treats mycosis of the skin of the face. Greased lard should be mixed with crushed charcoal, put ointment on the face before going to bed.