Should athlete's foot hurt so much you are tempted to cut your toe off?

[hugoagogo]

I have athletes foot (I think) I've had it on and off for years between my little toe and the next one on my left foot:it comes I treat it, it goes, no biggie.

Recently though I have had a bit of irritation between my big toe and the next on the same foot. I thought it was probably a bit of hard skin on the ball of my foot scraping between my toes. (I'm painting a pretty picture here aren't I? [hgrin])

Yesterday it was really getting on my wick, so I had a good look and the skin on the side of my big toe was just peeling off, so I cleaned it with surgical spirit and applied athletes foot powder. I have washed it, cleaned it with tea tree oil, dabbed powder on it and now my whole toe is throbbing like mad and I am considering amputation. [hsad]

What to do?

It's great when you fiddle with something .... I have had a verruca for years but have suddenly, a month ago, decided it needed to go.
3 x cryo at the drs and then last night, excision under la.

Oh my actual god the pain.

Verruca didn't hurt

No expert, but sounds like an infection to me. What she said ^

could have something to do with the tea tree oil in an open wound... makes my eyes water!

Ouchy dead That sounds hardcore. [hshock]

My throbby toe is a lot less throbby today [hgrin]

I had a good look at after I got out of the bath this morning and it looks about the size of a penny on the side of my big toe-a big red sore. bleughh

Anyway, it's less itchy and less sore so I am assuming the 'treatment' is starting to work.

I will keep you up to date if you can stand the excitement. [hgrin]

Think culprit is the surgical spirit, not to be used on an open wound/torn skin.
We used surgical spirit on our toes to harden and desensitise the skin when ballet dancing in point shoes

I used surgical spirit on my cs wound with great effect, as it dries and cleans. [hgrin]

It feels better tonight, I think the traipsing around with dd trick or treating last night added to the throbbing a bit as well.

Are you me?

I have athletes foot between the same toes.

Recently I have also had " bit of irritation between my big toe and the next on the same foot"

Hooray a yucky foot twin

No I'm not you, unless you are currently watching downton abbey and mumsnetting instead of writing an essay?

So how are treating your fungus?

sings - (belatedly) 'This foot is your foot, this foot is my ,foot o wait that's your foot, no. wait, it's my foot.'

&#65279?? What happened here?

It's spreading to your brain

I just use athletes' foot powder/cream. The bit in between my big toe is going away now I have just started ignoring it... I think it might be not be athletes' foot because it started to go away when i stopped using the cream/making sure I washed really thoroughly with soap...

It would explain a lot.

DP's longest lasting present to me is athlete's foot Bastard

I use the spray, but I've got about a dozen bottles around the house so that wherever I am when I take my shoes off or put them on I can find some.

My poor foot is freezing right now,(the heating has gone off) but I am cheering myself up with the thought that it will stop the fungus from multiplying.

I wonder if I can upload a photo of my foot? I'll try ... You'll want to gouge your eyes out

Ewwwwww

Are you using Mycil powder or something like that? If so, STOP IT AT ONCE!!!!!!! And get some Lamisil cream/ointment. It's the business and sorts athlete's foot really quickly. Really.

My athletes foot is soo betterer, tea tree is the bomb! it was all pink new skin after 3 days.

I wonder what other things it can do?