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ATHLETE’S FOOT

PITTED KERATOLYSIS

ATHLETE’S FOOT (TINEA PEDIS)

A COMMON FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE FEET, ESPECIALLY IN ATHLETES AND THOSE WHOSE FEET TEND TO SWEAT. THE CONDITION RESPONDS WELL TO OVER THE COUNTER TOPICAL ANTIFUNGALS, ALTHOUGH SOME FORMS (ESPECIALLY THE ACUTE FORM) ARE MORE RESISTANT TO TREATMENT AND REQUIRE PRESCRIPTION STRENGTH THERAPY. ON OCCASSION, A CONDITION THAT PRESENTS LIKE ATHLETE’S FOOT, BUT RESISTS ANTIFUNGAL TREATMENT, MAY IN FACT BE A BACTERIAL INFECTION - PITTED KERATOLYSIS.

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PITTED KERATOLYSIS

A BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE FEET THAT CAN OFTEN PRESENT WITH BLISTERS AND ITCHING ON ONE FOOT ONLY. THE FOOT MAY HAVE SMALL CIRCULAR “PITS” AND CAN BE PARTICULARLY PAINFUL. PK IS OFTEN CONFUSED WITH ATHLETE’S FOOT AND IS MORE PREVALENT IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERHIDROSIS (OVERLY SWEATY FEET). PATIENTS MAY COMPLAIN OF EXTREME ODOR FROM THE FEET AND WETNESS. TREATMENT INCLUDES A MULTI FACTORIAL PRESCRIPTION TREATMENT TO DRY THE SKIN AND TREAT THE BACTERIAL INFECTION. MANY PATIENTS WILL ALSO HAVE AN UNDERLYING CHRONIC FORM OF TINEA PEDIS AND REQUIRE CONCURRENT THERAPY.

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