Athlete's Foot and Fungal Infections   Athletes Foot Treatments Athletes foot is a fungal skin infection that thrives in warm and moist environments, you may find wearing trainers and walking bare foot in swimming baths and gyms increases your risk of these fungi growing. They’re most commonly found between your toes but also the soles and sides of your feet. Symptoms of athletes foot commonly present as a scaly red rash, cracked skin between the toes, burning or itching feet and toes and smelly feet. There are numerous treatments on offer, including creams, sprays and powders, to get your feet healthy and happy again. Products like Daktarin contain the active ingredient Miconazole nitrate. This ingredient targets the fungal cells making holes in the membrane causing them to die. Use of these products along with Scholl, Lamisil and Canesten helps prevent further spread of the infection by killing and treating the fungi.   Verruca Treatments Verrucae are small lumps on the soles of your feet, called Plantur warts. These are caused by a virus. They can be painful to walk on and can spread easily through skin contact, which is why it’s very common to contract them whilst at a swimming bath or shared facilities. Treatments for verruca’s include creams, plasters and sprays. Bazuka are leading the way in treatments in different strength gels to target the virus. Including a sub-zero freeze treatment, based on the cryotherapy method used by doctors and healthcare professionals. This gets to work from the first application, freezing the verruca to the core. Great for fast acting, effective home treatment.   Fungal Nail Infections A fungal nail infection is where one or more of your nails is infected with a fungus. This can make the affected nail or nails discoloured and brittle. If left untreated it can spread to the surrounding nails. Canespro fungal nail treatment set is recommended to assist with the gentle, painless removal of the infection using the tool provided in the set to help remove the infected part of the nail gradually over a period of 2-3 weeks. Curanail Loceryl contains amorolfine which is an anti-fungal medicine which comes in the form of a brush on lacquer which seeps into the nail bed to treat the infection and is water resistant. You can help prevent persistent fungal nail infections by keeping your feet clean and dry. Prescription strength amorolfine is also available via our prescription service. Anti-fungal pills work faster than medicines applied to the nail so recommended for severe fungal infections and available from your GP.