Mycosis Tropical

Tropical mycosis is an infection of micromycetes of various species from the dermatophyte family, causing various lesions of the skin and its appendages. It primarily affects the skin of the feet, as well as the groin area and female genital organs. There are superficial forms that occur on the skin of the feet (transverse, marginal, pink, intertriginous mycoses), groin area and deep forms of mycoses of the feet. People usually get sick: young and middle-aged people.

Mycotic skin lesions can be caused by various types of fungi, depending on local conditions and the susceptibility of the human body.

When the skin of the feet is affected, an erythematosquamous (flaky) form of superficial generalized mycosis is more often observed. Here there is an eczemasto-papular form with damage to the mouths of large and small sweat and sebaceous glands (sapietrigoral, parautilitarian, metaampholic) and a squamous-warty form with accumulations of vesicles and pustules (keratomycotic), follicular - conglomerates of microvesiculopustular papules surrounded by continuous peeling (intertriginous), erosive -ulcerative form with the formation of ulcers of significant size, which can lead to secondary complications (cracks, mucopurulent discharge, abscess). Untimely and unskilled treatment of minor wounds and scratches on the skin, the presence of calluses and cracks can also lead to deep infection.

A characteristic sign of a mycotic infection is the appearance of peculiar red scaly spots of oval or round shape with sharp boundaries, which first rise at the edges above the surface of the skin to a small height, then gradually grow into it and, if left untreated, can grow deep into the subcutaneous tissue. The lesions are most often localized on the smooth skin of the lower extremities without excess vegetation. The important point is that even after normal foot washing, the rash does not