Any good advice welcome

E45 itch relief cream? It really helps me cope with eczema.

You need Canestan cream - Athletes Foot is a Candida and needs proper treatment- this should clear it up for you very quickly.I am sure you do this but keep feet clean and dry, don't share towels or flannels and change socks/tights daily. Go barefoot as often as possible. I'm sure this isn't you but some people keep their nice cosy slippers going for a long while after they need renewing - if you see what I mean!!!

When I had itchy feet, like you I thought it was probably athletes foot, but using applications for that didn't work. It turned out, after speaking with my podiatrist, that it was a case of very dry feet / dehydration. His advice was to stay hydrated and to use a good foot cream following washing. Worked like a dream. Worth trying perhaps? Almost instant results.

DH had similar problem many years ago. He made a paste with bicarbonate of soda and massaged it into his foot for a couple of minutes and then rinsed and dried thoroughly and finished off with a dusting of medicated talc (think it was Cuticura). He did this twice a day for a few weeks and let his feet air as much as possible. He hasn't been troubled since.

I had athlete's foot once as a student. I used Fullers Earth Powder.

In my 20s, My little toe got infected through Athletes Foot. It looked exactly like a radish! A week on antibiotics and keeping my foot up put it right and gave me a very easy time over Christmas as I couldn't stand at the sink to wash up!

I use Lamisil cream, which was recommended to me by a dermatologist. You have to apply the ordinary kind repeatedly to get rid of athlete's foot but there's also a stronger version - Lamisil Once- which as the name implies you onlly need to apply once, but to both feet and it's more expensive. Can sympathise BlueBelle, the itch is maddening!

Chiropodist told me once to put surgical spirit between toes regularly to help prevent it reoccurring
Cotton socks are good idea too.

Well we ve taken a new turn I bought some athletes foot cream at the pharmacy today but before I could use it I noticed my leg was really achey and the glands in the groin of that leg are up I took two ibrufen but tonight I ve developed a hot red patch about the size of an outstretched hand on my thigh just below the groin that is achey and glandy ???? I ve rung 111 just to ask for advice as it all seems to have progressed rapidly otherwise I feel fine no temperature or anything

Thanks Teetime I know all those things about washing and drying and I m pretty ok with that just all seems a bit weird and quick

Mycota cream and powder works fine for me when needed.

Bluebelle, does the red patch look like a "Bulls Eye "? if so could you have been bitten by a Tick? hope you fell better soon. what did 111 tell you to do?

If it is red hot and growing larger it could be an infection from a bite, i got cellulitis once and it was very painful requiring strong antibiotics. would be inclined to see the gp if it doesnt calm down in a day or two. Good luck.

Take that to the GP, bluebelle, before it "turns nasty". DVT's are hot red and achey, so are reactions to bites, which could deteriorate.

Update 111 rang me back at quarter to 12 I had rung at 8 I was asleep they went over all the questions again then told me if it didn't get better over the weekend to go to my GP on Monday ummm ... anyway had a bad night with severe itching on the foot Ths morning red patch a bit puffy and bit bigger ( not much) and a red patchy right ear and side of face So an emergency app at GPS this morning saw a very nice new (young very good looking that helps doesn't it ? Doctor ) He thinks it was original ( 2 days ago) athletes foot and patch on thigh and sore glands in groin are cellulitis so 7 days penicillin He was a bit puzzled by the opposite side ear /face but seemed sure it must be connected if It gets any worse over the weekend to go to Aand E he gave me full ops check and bp oxygen and temperature all normal so hopefully 24 hours and should see a difference

Hope you feel better soon, BlueBelle, and things start to calm down.

Cellulitis can be very serious, BlueBelle. My Sis-in-law has been hospitalized twice with it and put on an antibiotic drip.

Don't hesitate to go to A&E if you think it is getting worse.

Thank you merlotgran I m on a high dose of penicillin so hope that will do it but yes I will go if it seems any worse I don't have a temperature so hopeful it won't get any worse fingers crossed

Sounds as though you caught it in time BlueBelle, hope it settles down but do go to A&E as advised if it gets worse.

when i had cellulitis it started as a small sore spot, which got bigger very quickly. i outlined the spot with biro, to check how much it increased in size.
if you are on the antiobiotics you will be fine but i was told that cellulitis can return. It did come back a couple of years later but i self diagnosed and had another lot of super strength antiobiotics which solved the problem. cellulitis sounds faintly amusing, but it it isnt, its very painful but will be ok after a day or two of medication. goodluck.

You may need two weeks' worth of antibiotics if it is cellulitis as it is difficult to get rid of and 'lurks' in soft tissue as one GP told me when I had it for a 2nd time.
If it doesn't improve over the next couple of days I would go back or go to A&E.
DH gets athletes foot and needs to use Canestan and I bought him some Athlete's Food Powder to use after a shower (I have to keep reminding him!).

If your skin is broken with the Athlete's Foot that is where the staph infection could have got in and caused the cellulitis further up.

I have known two people who ended up on intravenous antibiotics for cellulitis which originated in cracked heels which are more common in summer when wearing sandals. It pays to keep the skin on the feet soft by daily (and nightly) moisturising.

Update the red patch on my thigh quickly turned much bigger and terrible itchy I ended up Sunday morning at A and E as I wasn't happy with how it was increasing even though I was on penicillin I walked into an empty AandE and was seen within five minutes by a very nice Asian doctor who definitely confirmed cellulitis diagnosis Again obs were all normal but he wanted me to have an intravenous shot of antibiotic and then some more to be taken on top of the originals
The little English nurse put the cannula in which really hurt even after she had disappeared the very good looking Portuguese male nurse who came to shoot the anti biotic through it realise and told me it wasn't in right he took it out and put it in the other arm this time not hurting so that was the only blip ....the Doctor drew a black felt tip line around the by now large hot red area and told me to come back if it went out the line This morning it was a good two inches lower and round the back of my thigh so back I went to Aand E Very lucky only two people ahead of me and within fifteen minutes I was seen by the same doctor which was lovely to get the continuity Its a big hospital serving a large area and two big towns so rare to see the same doctor Anyway my obs were still normal and although it had grown down he felt it looked less hot at the top so was happy to draw another line and let me go if my temperature rises or I get any blisters I have to go back immediately .......no sign of athletes foot so can only imagine an insect bite or goodness know what set the original itching off in my foot
I ve had no pain at all just a dreadful irritation that feels like a million insects under my skin and can't be helped or stopped I m on 4000mg penicillin a day for a few more days

I hope the treatment does the trick and it goes soon and you feel much better soon.
You did the right thing going to A&E.