I have been playing football since high school, not because I have a fierce ambition to serve the motherland, but mainly because the proportion of girls in the volleyball club next door is too high, and I feel inconvenient to choose football. The football teacher in high school was very good, teaching us to practice from the basic skills, passing, stopping, shooting, etc., but there was one thing I always didn't do well, that is, "open the big foot". I also used the techniques taught by the teacher, but the distance was still not like the foot strength of a boy, and I wondered if I was still more suitable for volleyball.
Later, I analyzed that I may not have mastered the skill, because when I play football, I always feel a faint pain in my toes and toenails. But at that time, I didn't care, thinking that I could understand the teacher's skills again.
It seems that it is really "foot stink" that affects my play
Later, during a shower, I unexpectedly found that the fourth toenail of my left foot was rolled outwards and upwards, and there was some slag between the toenails and the nail bed that could not be removed. I thought to myself, broken, must be a time to play football to open the big foot accidentally, the toenails were too strong to split the fork, so now it is inconvenient to cut the toenails. But I didn't feel very painful, and others couldn't see it, so I didn't care too much.
When I was in college, I also signed up for the football team, and although I was mediocre and could only play at the back, I was often frustrated that abnormal toenails affected my bigfoot passing. Slowly, I noticed that the fourth toenail of my left foot became thicker and darker, and the third toenail thickened and turned outward, and even the toenail of the big toe showed signs of discoloration. The idea of high school resurfaced, and it didn't hurt anyway and others couldn't see it, so be it.
Later, I went to a school in the north to go to graduate school, and because of my poor performance in football, I gave up playing, thinking that the toenails would not get any uglier. But by winter, the heels of my feet began to dry out, crack, and even some of the cracks were oozing blood, a phenomenon that disappeared with my complaints about the dry weather in the north and the end of winter. The following winter, my heels were cracked, bleeding, and painful again, and I decided to see a dermatologist.
Got nail fungus, an infection for both
When the doctor asked me to take off my shoes and socks to show him, one of my big men was shy. I think my feet are so ugly, I'm ashamed to see people!
My toenails 丨 Author courtesy of the author
The doctor looked at my ugly toenails and asked how long it had been like this, and I suddenly felt as if my toes were terminally ill, and after a moment's hesitation I asked, "Doctor, what about my toenails?" ”
"It's not a big deal, it could be nail fungus," the doctor said very calmly, and then added, "How long has it been?" ”
I replied that it was almost three years, and then all the memories related to nail fungus flashed in my mind, first of all, the famous advertising slogan "Got nail fungus, a contagious two", and remembered that I once heard that nail fungus had to pull out the entire toenail, and then wait for it to grow slowly, and I couldn't get out of bed for a few days or something... Thinking of this, my toes unconsciously poked a little.
The doctor looked at my heel again and prescribed me a checklist that included direct immunofluorescence of the skin and fungal culture and identification.
In the examination room was a gentle nurse sister with a thin scalpel scraping my toenails and heels. Eight feet boy, I was actually a little nervous, but I didn't feel the pain and discomfort, like a very tickle.
The results came out quickly, and I went to the doctor with the checklist. The doctor said that nail fungus and athlete's foot were caused by fungal infections, and then he prescribed medicine to me very sharply.
My check results 丨 Author courtesy of the image
Nothing compares to "Impact Armor"
The doctor prescribed me antifungal oral medicine and topical ointment, and then instructed me to use shock therapy for antifungal treatment, take it for one week every month, stop the drug for three weeks, and eat it like this for four months before returning to the clinic. Thinking of the pain of pulling out toenails, I asked, "Don't you have to pull out your toenails or something?" The doctor smiled softly, "Now I don't need that method, just take the medicine." "I sincerely thank him for his laughter.
When I came back, I started taking medicine, applying ointments, and taking photos to document the recovery process. As follows, the left figure is the left heel and the right picture is the right heel.
These wounds once oozed blood 丨 The author provided the picture
Less than two months almost recovered to this look丨 Author courtesy of the picture
Two months of difference is not more than the recovery 丨 author provided the picture
The desire to explore drove me to search for the relationship between nail fungus, athlete's foot and playing football. There is a saying on the Internet that "the collision of the foot cannot be avoided during the process of kicking the ball, which can easily lead to toe injuries, fungal infection and invasion, and onychomycosis.". Sounds like it makes some sense.
So back to the original question, people who play soccer regularly are more susceptible to fungus because their feet are easily injured, including nail fungus and athlete's foot, which in turn affects their skills and performance. So medically speaking, my bad football may really be because of my "foot odor".
Doctor reviews
Ma Weiyuan 丨 Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical College
Tinea pedis (commonly known as athlete's foot) and onychomycosis (commonly known as nail fungus) are two clinically common superficial mycosis of the skin. Fungi are a class of low-grade microorganisms with nuclei, and the fungi that cause tinea pedis and onychomycosis include Trichoderma redis, Tinea trichophyllum, and Phytodermatophyllum flocculent.
Tinea pedis occurs frequently in summer, which is related to the accelerated reproduction rate of fungi in a humid and hot environment, and the clinical manifestations are maceration erosion of the toe slits with a peculiar odor, and there are often blisters, desquamation, thickening, cracking and so on on in the soles and heels of the feet. Onychomycosis is mostly manifested as thickening, brittleness, turbid discoloration, peeling, hollowing and so on.
If these clinical manifestations occur, it is necessary to go to the dermatology department of a regular hospital, and the diagnosis can be confirmed by fungal microscopy and fungal culture. Because topical antifungal drugs are difficult to penetrate the deck and hypertrophic skin, onychomycosis and hyperkeratotic tinea pedis often require oral medications, such as itraconazole capsules, terbinafine tablets, etc., which are prescription drugs and need to be used under the guidance of a dermatologist. Ketoconazole cream, bibenzalazole cream, ciclopiroxamine cream, terbinafine cream, etc. are the most commonly used topical drugs for the treatment of tinea pedis, it is worth noting that topical drugs must continue to be used for more than 2 weeks after the clinical symptoms disappear to prevent recurrence.
The prevention of tinea pedis and onchomycosis is very important. First of all, you should pay attention to personal hygiene, penetrate shoes and socks with good gas properties, keep your feet dry and clean, and change your shoes and socks as soon as possible after strenuous exercise. Secondly, shoes and socks, bathtubs, pedicure tools, etc. are not used, especially in public places such as bathing and swimming. Finally, it should be noted that 50% of tinea pedis patients have onychomycosis, and the same treatment of foot and nail is the key to preventing recurrence, otherwise the foot and nail are transmitted to each other, resulting in prolongation of the disease.
In summary, tinea pedis and onychomycosis are common fungal infectious skin diseases in the clinic, which can be prevented and treated.
Sharing personal experience does not constitute a diagnosis and treatment recommendation, can not replace the doctor's individual judgment of a specific patient, if you need to go to a regular hospital.
Author: Mucoe
Editors: Knife Rider Te Wei, Li Xiaoqiu