Beriberi, also known as the "Hong Kong foot", is medically known as tinea pedis, and is a superficial fungal infection.
Most fungi prefer a hot and humid environment when they reproduce, so summer is their season.
Because the summer weather is relatively hot, coupled with the fact that the summer is a rainy season, it is easy to provide a suitable environment for the fungus to breed.
Beriberi is not only the most difficult skin disease to treat, but also a skin disease with the highest incidence and recurrence rate.
So, which types of people are most likely to get athlete's foot?
1. People whose working environment is relatively humid and hot
In daily life, some people's working environment is relatively humid and hot. For example, the staff who need to work in the sea, because they need to wear waterproof rubber shoes frequently, which is very airtight, which will cause the inside of the shoes to be in a state of humid heat and heat, and there is no way to drain them.
In addition, there are people living in the southern region, because the climate of the south is characterized by humid and hot, so southerners are more likely to be infected with athlete's foot than northerners.
In particular, Guangdong and Hong Kong are the most typical examples, which are the main reason why beriberi is called "Hong Kong foot".
2. People who sweat a lot on the soles of their feet
If the feet sweat more, it will lead to a long-term humid environment in the shoe, which is more likely to breed bacteria, and also provide convenient conditions for the reproduction of bacteria.
Moreover, this can also easily lead to fungal infections, which eventually form beriberi.
If you want to reduce the probability of athlete's foot, first of all, you must reduce the number of sweating in your feet, and secondly, you must ensure that the inside of the shoe is often in a dry state. That way, the bacteria have nowhere to hide and the athlete's foot doesn't appear.
3. Obese people
In the hot summer, obese people are very prone to sweating compared to ordinary people. Some people who are particularly fat are particularly prone to sweating with a slight movement.
The toe space is relatively dense, if often in a confined space, it is very easy to breed fungi, and then it will cause athlete's foot.
4. People who do not pay attention to personal hygiene
Some people don't pay much attention to personal hygiene in their lives, and a pair of socks may be worn for 2-3 days or even longer.
In such a case, a large number of bacteria and fungi will grow in the socks. If you wear the same pair of socks repeatedly, the fungus in the socks will invade the skin of the feet, and this is how athlete's foot is formed.
5, like to use other people's daily necessities
Although daily necessities can be used universally, if you regularly use other people's daily necessities, the chance of contracting athlete's foot is very large.
For example, foot wash basins, nail clippers, slippers, etc., these may become the "transmission tools" of beriberi.
If two people often use one item, the other inadvertently infected with beriberi, the probability of the other person being infected is very large, so the daily necessities should be used single-person as much as possible.
6. People with secretory and metabolic problems in the body
People with problems with secretory metabolism are also prone to because of disorders in the endocrine and metabolism in these people;
It will lead to the accumulation of a lot of waste products and toxins in the skin, which will lead to a downward trend in the overall resistance, and the skin will be more susceptible to fungal infections.
The process of treating beriberi is relatively long, and the recurrence rate is particularly high.
Therefore, in daily life, we must take corresponding measures, such as paying attention to personal hygiene, trying not to use other people's daily necessities, and keeping the shoes clean.
In addition, if you want to completely eradicate athlete's foot, you must first disinfect, adhere to medication, and persist for a period of time after healing, so that the fungus can be completely eliminated.