Thursday, March 26, 2009
College students are known to leave piles and piles of dirty laundry sitting in their rooms for days. Once in a while, they may even reach into a pile to retrieve a piece of clothing to wear again. Well, you might think twice next time you reach for that soiled, sweaty sock to wear again. Moist, dirty socks are a perfect breeding ground for athlete’s foot, says Ralph Mingle, doctor at the Shawnee Mission Primary Care in Shawnee Mission.
Athlete’s foot is common in gyms, locker rooms and community showers, but you may be surprised at the likelihood of your socks carrying the disease as well.
The common fungal infection on the skin of your feet is also called tinea pedis. The fungus is contracted in public environments and then grows in the warm and moist environment of your socks.
Though letting your dirty socks sit before rewearing them “just that one time” may not seem like a bad idea, that day or two they have been sitting in the laundry bin moist from sweat allows fungus the time to grow.
The truth is that it is fairly simple to avoid the red, itchy, blistering, dry and peeling skin that comes with athlete’s foot. Don’t wear dirty socks, and when you are in public places such as locker rooms, gyms and public restrooms, always have a barrier, such as clean sandals, between your skin and the ground.
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