Jellyfeet protective foot covers are ideal for college students.
Athlete’s foot is not discriminatory to just athletes, any feet will do.
With college dorm life such a close-quartered living environment, athlete’s foot, warts and MRSA are communicable foot fungus that college students are susceptible to get.
Athlete’s foot
Athlete’s foot (tinea pedis) is a fungal infection that typically starts between the toes. It occurs most commonly in people whose feet have become sweaty or wet while confined in tight-fitting shoes.
Signs and symptoms of athlete’s foot include, but may not be limited to, a scaly rash, itching, stinging and burning. Athlete’s foot is contagious and can spread if one touches contaminated areas, such as floors, towels, clothing, shoes and other items.
Other fungal infections that are closely related to athlete’s foot are ringworm and jock itch. It can be treated with over-the-counter antifungal medications, but, according to the Mayo Clinic, the infection often reoccurs. Prescription medications are available to treat reoccurring athlete’s foot. Once one gets rid of it, doesn’t mean he or she won’t catch it again. Protection is important.
Warts
There are different types of warts, but the most common types of warts are planters and palmers warts. The name is derived from the typical locations of these warts, i.e. feet and hands. Although most common in children, doctors say that everyone is likely to get at least one (if not several, since they spread easily) somewhere at some point in his or her life. Although warts come from the strain of bacteria known as the Human Papilliomavirus (HPV), it is not the same strain of HPV that causes genital warts. One is susceptible to get plantars warts when the immune system is low.
Planters warts are relatively small, growing to be about the size of the tip of a pencil eraser. However, they can grow in clusters called mosaic warts, or can grow larger.
One can get warts the same places one can get athlete’s foot.
Warts, if left untreated, can go away on their own, but they can cause irritation. There is the the duct tape home remedy, which involves multiple steps. There are over-the-counter treatments that work about half of the time. The goal is to remove the wart, whether by peeling it off or filing it down. Doctor’s treatments include removing the wart with a laser or through surgery, freezing the wart off with liquid nitrogen or applying or injecting medicines to strengthen the immune system so it can clear the body of the virus.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
MRSA is a bacterium that causes infection in different areas of the body. MRSA is harder to treat than most strains of staph (staphylococcus aureaus) because it is resistant to some common antibiotics.
Like other infections, the symptoms of MRSA depend on where one is infected. Usually, it causes mild infections on the skin, like boils or sores. However, it can cause more serious skin infections or infect surgical wounds, the lungs, urinary tract or bloodstream.
Although some MRSA infections aren’t serious, some can be life-threatening. Doctors and health experts have been alarmed by the spread of tough strains of MRSA, and because it is hard to treat, it has been called a “super bug.”
MRSA is more serious than warts or athlete’s foot, and that is why protection is important. It is important that college students know the risks of walking barefoot around dormitories. Many use sandals to cover the bottoms of their feet, but sandals fall off easily and aren’t always easy to move in.
Tips for college students
Instead of going barefoot or only wearing socks or sandals around dorm rooms, halls and showers, foot doctors like Dr. Tanisha Richmond, DPM would prescribe Jellyfeet to college students.
Jellyfeet are sleek, durable, stretchy and they fit in small places. Jellyfeet cover the entire foot and don’t fall off on accident. One can run much easier in Jellyfeet, rather than sandals. With the compression that it offers, Jellyfeet can be used for multiple purposes.
Although Dr. Richmond is new to the product she likes them because of the foot health benefits. She has used them at the airport and enjoyed not being barefoot while waiting to go through security.
Even though college dorms may not be as highly trafficked as an airport security checkpoint, the risks are still there.
“I once went to college and I remember being in college, wearing my flip-flops, scared of catching fungus, warts and anything else that lives in these communicable spa and shower settings,” she said.
Dr. Richmond, Expert Podiatrist and Medical Advisor of Jellyfeet, has her own practice in Dayton, Ohio.
“I was really excited about this product because daily I see athlete’s foot, I see toenail fungus, I see warts. Especially what concerns me the most is the ability to prevent wart infections because warts are super hard to kill. We try to freeze them out. If that fails, we either have to burn them out surgically or cut them out surgically, and that happens quite often,” she said. “It’s very traumatic because it’s usually a weekly visit to me where we’re depriving and freezing the wart trying to kill it. If they get something like this (Jellyfeet) where something is protecting their feet from these common communicable infections, that would be awesome.”
Dr. Richmond likes that Jellyfeet can protect from athlete’s foot. Being in Ohio, she typically gets a flare up of patients with athlete’s foot during the summer months. She advises her patients to protect their feet with Jellyfeet.
“[Jellyfeet] would be extremely helpful, especially for people who have family members living in their house and this particular person does not have fungus yet. So they can wear this to protect themselves while putting around the house,” she said. “And I always tell my female patients when they come in with athlete’s foot, look at your sons, your husbands, your other children to see if they have athlete’s foot. It is very communicable. As you walk across the carpet or any inanimate object, you drop skin, and that skin has the fungus in it. Then that person walks behind them, and that person gets the athlete’s foot.”
The same goes for dorm rooms, since several are living in close-quartered spaces.
Dr. Richmond has endorsed Jellyfeet and talks about the product on her radio show, “Footsteps to Health.” She will have them on display in her office, as well.
Wearing Jellyfeet is a choice toward protecting college students’ feet, and making sure they don’t have to spend needed money on remedies. So, what are you waiting for? Get your pair today at www.jellyfeet.com, and enter promo code: summer16 to save $5.
