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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on August 06, 2017, 12:16:37 pm
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What is Athlete’s foot
By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD
Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection that affects soft areas between the toes and sometimes other parts of the foot. It may lead to severe itching, flaking, scaling, burning, bleeding and stinging. (1, 2)
The condition is called Tenia pedis and is one of the commonest types of fungal infection.
This type of skin fungal infection is related to ringworm and jock itch.
It is sometimes referred to as the “ringworm of the foot”. It is caused by skin fungi called “trichophyton".
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