What causes an itchy sole of the foot?

Itchy feet may be due to tinea pedis, eczema, pruritus, and other factors. 1. Tinea pedis: commonly known as “foot fungus”, is due to fungal infection of the foot skin caused by infectious skin diseases, manifested as skin peeling, blisters, itching and other symptoms, contagious, often aggravated in the summer or recurrence. 2. Eczema: is due to a variety of internal and external factors together lead to inflammatory skin diseases, can be manifested as erythema on the basis of pimples, small blisters, often fused into a unclear border flake, self-conscious itching, scratching, hot water washing and scalding lesions aggravated. 3. Pruritus: it is a kind of disease that only has the symptom of itchy skin without primary skin lesions, which may be related to dry skin, neuropsychiatric factors, systemic diseases, etc. There is no erythema, papules, blisters and other damages on the soles of the feet, and only the symptom of itchy skin. Itchy soles of the feet may also be due to other factors, it is recommended that the patient seek medical attention in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to carry out relevant examinations, in order to clarify the cause of the disease, symptomatic treatment.