Do you wear something on your feet in the locker room or not?
With all the icky stuff around, I started to wear plastic slides in the locker, shower & on to the pool deck since they let all the parents wear their outside shoes on the deck to watch their kids do lessons.
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Do the chemicals in the pool kill the fungus?
Pools and hot tubs (where the water is filtered and disinfected with chlorine, bromine, UV light) are not environments where Tinea fungi can live or be transmitted.
Tinea fungi require a favorable environment such as porous concrete floors, foot wear, etc. where there is abundance of loose skin cells and other stuff where it can colonize and make contact with the skin.
Hot & sweaty areas of the body (especially those with more more clothing coverage) are a great breeding place for fungal infections and suits that fit tight around the groin area (jammers and tech suits) are an excellent haven for breeding Tinea Cruis (jock itch).
Here's some info on tinea infections:
dermnetnz.org/.../tinea.html
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Do the chemicals in the pool kill the fungus?
Pools and hot tubs (where the water is filtered and disinfected with chlorine, bromine, UV light) are not environments where Tinea fungi can live or be transmitted.
Tinea fungi require a favorable environment such as porous concrete floors, foot wear, etc. where there is abundance of loose skin cells and other stuff where it can colonize and make contact with the skin.
Hot & sweaty areas of the body (especially those with more more clothing coverage) are a great breeding place for fungal infections and suits that fit tight around the groin area (jammers and tech suits) are an excellent haven for breeding Tinea Cruis (jock itch).
Here's some info on tinea infections:
dermnetnz.org/.../tinea.html
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