Sores on the top of my foot

[quely14]

My husband does not have Health Insurance I would like to know what home remedy or what I could help him with.  His foot seem to wake up better in the morning when I soak his feet in warm water and Epsom salt. We have used hydrocortisone cream. Expensive prescribed creams and they do not help. I thought it might be fungus but they almost look like herpes SHINGLE SORES but at the same time I have not got infected from attending the sores. I am cautious but at times I have touched them by mistake.  I have tried meany different things.  I also am sacred that it may be a bacteria that lives inside the skin of his foot. I have tried antiobiotics and it keeps coming back. the longest that it has not broken out is for about two months then it came back.


This discussion is related to Rash on Foot.

[Vanessa Lacuesta]

Hi.

How would you describe these sores?

Herpetic lesions do present with blisters and vesicles and they do have a reddish background. They may present with some degree of tingling and burning. The sensation may provide some degree of discomfort. If the warm bath relieves this,then you may continue doing so. You may use gloves when washing your husband’s feet. Make him understand that we do not want this to spread especially if you also tend to children at home. If this is a bacterial infection, there are OTC topical antibiotics that may be used.

If this is fungal and viral ,then this may be something which may resolve and recur given the proper triggers. Your husband may opt to wear open sandals but just avoid unnecessarily touching or scratching the area.

A dermatitis may be a differential here also given its chronicity and recurrent pattern. It is also noted not to respond to antibiotics