PODIATRIST DISCUSSES BEST OVER THE COUNTER ANTIFUNGALS

According to New York City-based podiatrist Nelya Lobkova, DPM at Step Up Footcare, “Athlete's foot is a fungal infection in the skin. Like most fungal infections, fungus prefers a moist and dark environment. Thus it is important to keep the feet and the surfaces touching the feet clean and dry.”

 

Dr. Nelya Lobkova

 

Dr. Lobkova continues, “The best over-the-counter topical medications are derived from the allylamine family, such as topical terbinafine, because they are fungicidal and actually kill the fungus. Topical azoles, like clotrimazole, are fungistatic, meaning they limit fungal growth but they do not completely get rid of the athlete's foot." As you shop, keep an eye out for creams that are formulated with terbinafine and clotrimazole to eliminate or reduce athlete’s foot.

 

Source: Elizabeth Enochs, Enochs, Bustle [5/1/21]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News