Causes of Athlete's foot
Causes of Athlete's foot (Diseases Database):
The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Athlete's foot
that are listed by the Diseases Database:
Source: Diseases Database
Athlete's foot Causes: Book Excerpts
Athlete's foot as a complication of other conditions:
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Athlete's foot as a complication may,
potentially, be an underlying cause of Athlete's foot.
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What causes Athlete's foot?
Causes: Athlete's foot:
Infection of the feet or toes with tinea (a fungal infection).
Article excerpts about the
causes of Athlete's foot:
Fungal and Bacterial Conditions , including athlete's foot,
occur because our feet spend a lot of time in shoes - a warm, dark,
humid place that is perfect for fungus to grow. Fungal and bacterial
conditions can cause dry skin, redness, blisters, itching, and
peeling. If not treated right away, an infection may be hard to
cure. If not treated properly, the infection may reoccur (Source: excerpt from Foot Care - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)
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As with all medical conditions,
there may be many causal factors.
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Toe Pain/Swelling:
Differential Diagnosis
(In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Gout
–Monosodium urate crystal deposition occurs secondary to hyperuricemia
–Severe pain, redness, and swelling occurring in one joint (80% of cases), usually of the lower extremity, and most classically at the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe (podagra)
–Tophi: Collections of solid urate in
connective tissue
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Ingrown toenail
–Causes severe pain in the distal nail folds with associated erythema, edema, and tenderness
Trauma
–Contusion
–Fracture
Pseudogout
–Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease
–Can affect the toe, but the knee is most
common
- Seronegative spondyloarthropathy
–Psoriatic arthritis: Spondyloarthropathy involving middle-aged patients at multiple joints associated with classic skin lesions
–Reiter's syndrome: Arthritis, uveitis, urethritis
- Septic arthritis
–Fever, joint redness, pain with passive and active range of motion
–Most often due to skin flora such as Staphylococcus aureus and various streptococci
–Neisseria gonorrhoeae in young sexually active adults
–Often associated with previous penetrating trauma to the toe
- Less common etiologies (“zebras”) include cholesterol emboli, infective endocarditis, Lyme disease (presents as monoarticular arthritis in 10% of cases), and paronychia (bacterial infection of the posterior nail folds)
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Source: In a Page: Signs and Symptoms, 2004
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