Athlete’s Foot (Tinea Pedis): Symptoms, Complaints, Signs

The following symptoms and complaints may indicate tinea pedis (athlete’s foot):

  • Softening of the skin, especially in the space between the fourth and fifth toe.
  • Redness
  • Fine dry scaling
  • Rhagades (skin cracks)
  • Pruritus (itching)
  • Vesicles
  • Tension feeling

Notice: In such cases, dyshidrosiform changes (small, almost always itchy blisters on the finger sides, palms and soles (podopompholyx)) may also occur in the area of the hands (= mycid). A mycid or dermatophytid is a hyperergic hematogenous scatter reaction of the skin in mycosis (here: tinea pedis).