Athletes foot remedies can come in many forms, and with different prices attached. There are home remedies, which use items normally found in your kitchen or bathroom, over the counter creams, sprays, and powders, and prescription medications that your doctor can give you. The remedies you choose will depend on your personal choices, finances, and lifestyle. Home remedies can include many common household items, like vinegar, Clorox or other household bleach, Epsom salts, and more. These remedies are also the least expensive, costing only pennies a treatment.
Athletes foot remedies can include over the counter treatments, but these are not always effective. Many of these treatments contain an anti fungal component to kill of the fungus which causes athletes foot, but once the fungus moves under the nail these treatments become much less effective. These treatments are available in creams, sprays, and powders, and the cost can start to add up over time. These treatments can cost from five to twenty dollars per purchase, and they do not always work.
Athletes foot remedies are also available by prescription by your doctor, but this is not usually done, for several reasons. Taking an oral medication to kill off the fungus can take up to a year to show results, which means taking pills every day for a year before you see improvement. These pills can have unwanted side effects which can threaten your health, and they can cost thousands of dollars for a full course of treatment. Most insurance companies will not pay for this treatment unless there is another medical condition which makes it necessary. In sixty percent of cases the full treatment, lasting over a year, is still not effective, and alternative measures may need to be used anyways. Decades ago a common treatment was removal of any nails which became infected, because this allows the medication to get to the tissue underneath, but modern science has shown that this is not necessary, and does not help. The best treatment is to start with natural and home remedies, and find out which ones are effective for your athletes foot. The chances of curing the fungal infection is better with these treatments, and they will not empty your wallet at the same time.
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