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Flesh Colored Hard Trail Behind Toes, Itchy. What Was The Bump?
I have this flesh colored hard trail (one trail) that started behind my toe & was very itchy. It started off as a bump behind my 4th toe & started to spread to the pad of my foot . I also had a dark line appear on the pad, which hurt. I dug out a hardened line of skin & it stopped spreading on the pad but moved to the top of my foot. When it spreads it starts off hard & itchy then adds to the trail, It itches very bad. I cannot get it to stop with neosporin (in case it was impetigo ) or Tinactin . I think my 13 year old might be coming down with the same thing on the same toe, we are the only 2 in the home to show symptoms, we don t share a bathroom, socks or shoes.
Fri, 6 Sep 2013
Hello,
Thanks for the query,
You might be suffering from Tinea pedis.
It is a fungal infection.
Your description matches with this, however a photograph would have helped me much better.
Please get a KOH mount done,
This can confirm the fungal etiology.
Treatment can be with oral antifungals as well as with topical antifungals.
Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis.
Let me know if you have any other doubt.
you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link.
http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818
Wishing you a good health.
Thank you
Thanks for the query,
You might be suffering from Tinea pedis.
It is a fungal infection.
Your description matches with this, however a photograph would have helped me much better.
Please get a KOH mount done,
This can confirm the fungal etiology.
Treatment can be with oral antifungals as well as with topical antifungals.
Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis.
Let me know if you have any other doubt.
you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link.
http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818
Wishing you a good health.
Thank you
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