Feet appear sour odor may be related to feet sweating more, cleaning is not in place, may also be related to fungal infection caused by tinea pedis, the patient can be through the general treatment, medication and other ways to alleviate the symptoms.
1. Sweaty feet: patients should try to avoid strenuous exercise, try to choose breathable shoes or socks, or patients can use alum solution, dilute potassium permanganate solution, urotropin solution, etc. under the guidance of the doctor to soak their feet, to improve the sweating caused by foot odor.
2. Cleaning is not in place: patients should often wash their feet, change shoes and socks diligently, keep their feet clean and dry, and expose the cleaned shoes and socks to sunlight. When the foot odor is obvious, you can use iodophor to wipe the foot, disinfect and sterilize, and you can also use potassium permanganate solution to soak your feet after mixing the water in proportion to alleviate the symptom of the sour smell of the feet.
3. Tinea pedis: for fungal infections caused by foot odor patients, can be used under the guidance of the doctor clotrimazole, naftifine, amorphophine and other antifungal drugs for treatment, the patient can also be used with astringent antiperspirant, anti-bacterial deodorant drugs, such as alum solution, urolithiophane solution, 0.1% Livanol, etc., for local rubbing or soaking feet, to alleviate foot sour smell situation.
It is recommended that patients with athlete’s foot strictly follow the doctor’s instructions for medication, do not abuse drugs privately, and need to pay attention to personal hygiene in life, do not share living supplies with others, do not walk barefoot in public places, and so on.