Tinea pedis (Athlete’s foot)

The term “athlete’s foot” refers to the disease and not the organism (fungus) that causes it.

Several different fungi, called dermatophytes, can cause tinea pedis. Moreover, a fungus species that causes athlete’s foot can also cause, for example, jock itch (tinea cruris).

It is typically caused by a mold (but in some cases a yeast) that grows on the surface of the skin and then into the living skin tissue itself, causing the infection.

It usually occurs between the toes, but in severely lasting cases may appear as an extensive “moccasin” pattern on the bottom and sides of the foot.

The fungi that cause athlete’s foot can live on shower floors, wet towels, and footwear.

Athlete’s foot is caused by a fungus and can spread from person to person from shared contact with showers, towels, etc.

Hygiene therefore plays an important role in managing an athlete’s foot infection.

Since fungi thrive in moist environments, it is very important to keep feet and footwear as dry as possible.

Homeopathy treats the person as a whole.

It means that homeopathic treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition.

The homeopathic medicines are selected after a full individualizing examination and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution, family history, presenting symptoms, underlying pathology, possible causative factors etc.

A miasmatic tendency (predisposition/susceptibility) is also often taken into account for the treatment of chronic conditions.

A homeopathy doctor tries to treat more than just the presenting symptoms.

The focus is usually on what caused the disease condition? Why ‘this patient’ is sick ‘this way’.

The disease diagnosis is important but in homeopathy, the cause of disease is not just probed to the level of bacteria and viruses.

Other factors like mental, emotional and physical stress that could predispose a person to illness are also looked for. No a days, even modern medicine also considers a large number of diseases as psychosomatic.

The correct homeopathy remedy tries to correct this disease predisposition.

The focus is not on curing the disease but to cure the person who is sick, to restore the health.

If a disease pathology is not very advanced, homeopathy remedies do give a hope for cure but even in incurable cases, the quality of life can be greatly improved with homeopathic medicines.

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