What is tinea pedis and onychomycosis? Tinea pedis and nail fungus are superficial fungal infections caused by skin fungi that invade the feet and fingernails. Tinea pedis is commonly referred to as “tinea pedis” and tinea nail is called “gray nail”. The fungus likes to live in a warm and humid environment, so tinea pedis can be heavy in summer and light in winter. Is it contagious? Gray nails and toenails are not a minor disease and are highly contagious, not only causing infection in other parts of the body, but also infecting family members. Is it useful to soak your feet in potassium permanganate? Foot odor is divided into three types: 1, blister type: often in the toe crevice, foot edge repeated blisters, scattered distribution or appear in groups, accompanied by obvious itching, a few days later dry, flaking. 2, rubbing type: common between 3-4 or 4-5 toes, keratin layer impregnation, whitening, peeling, oozing at this time, odor, itching unbearable. 3, scaly keratinized type: common in the heel, horny layer thickening, flaking, dry cracking, with itching. 1:8000 potassium permanganate wet compress is only effective for foot odor with more ooze, after drying and flaking, still need to use antifungal ointment. How is foot odor treated? Lighter foot odor can be topical antifungal ointment such as: Dakine, etc., must adhere to the foot treatment, and continue to use two weeks after the symptoms disappear, can be cured. The heavier foot odor, the lesion area is large, or keratinized skin topical creams are more difficult to penetrate, you can add oral broad-spectrum antifungal drugs to inhibit the fungus from the inside out, to achieve the effect of complete treatment. How to standardize the treatment of gray nails? The fungus that causes gray finger (toe) nail not only infects the nail plate, but also infects the deep tissue of the nail bed, so it is difficult for topical creams to penetrate, and oral medication also requires a long course of treatment. It is necessary to follow the medical advice to standardize the treatment and insist on the medication in order to obtain satisfactory results. The internet says that it is useful to use garlic soak or leek compress? Whether it is foot fungus or grey nail is caused by fungal infection, antifungal drugs should be used symptomatically. Garlic and chives do not have any scientific basis to show that they have antifungal effects, so it is recommended that you do not believe in the prescriptions. It is still recommended that you choose a regular hospital to do a fungal microscopy which takes only 10-30 minutes to determine the diagnosis and then treat it under the professional guidance of a dermatologist.