• Signs and Symptoms
  • Is it athlete’s foot?
  • Is it nail fungus?
  • Is it body fungus?
• Athlete’s foot
• Nail Fungus
• Body Fungus

Is it athlete's foot?

Having itchy, crackling, dry feet, or feet with flaky skin and small tears (fissures) can be disconcerting. It can also cause anxiety about what is going on with your body. Symptoms like the ones above, along with a few others like redness or white, soft skin between your toes, signal that you might have athlete's foot, or tinea pedis, a common but treatable condition affecting one in five people.

What do I do now?

Before you do anything else, take a deep breath and relax. Even though the symptoms of athlete's foot should not be ignored, you can usually treat your infection with the right medication.

And remember that you are not alone: athlete's foot is a common fungal infection that affects about 1/5 of all people at some point in their lives.