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During floods, the most common skin diseases are bacterial and fungal infections.

The most common fungal skin diseases are athlete's foot and toenail fungus. The main cause is that people wade in water a lot, causing the skin to soften and its ability to protect against the environment to decrease, making it easier for external agents such as fungi to penetrate. Fungi grow easily in hot and humid environments, so during the rainy season, people are susceptible to athlete's foot, toenail fungus, etc.

With the condition of a lot of waste and increased humidity, people are susceptible to skin fungus, foot fungus, with scaly lesions in the toes first. Lesions on the body, in the folds have red symptoms.

With scabies symptoms, patients are prone to lesions in the hands, palms, thin skin areas; water lesions; papules. This disease is very itchy at night, causing discomfort for the patient and the disease also spreads strongly to relatives.

Bacterial dermatitis occurs mainly in humid, rainy weather. The skin is no longer as elastic as before, so it is easily invaded by bacteria other than fungi such as impetigo, boils, and folliculitis, causing bacterial dermatitis.

In addition, when people wade in water a lot, the water can contain many allergens and irritants, leading to irritant contact dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis on the feet.

When people come into contact with chemicals or heavy metals while soaking their feet in water, they will experience redness, itching, and peeling in the contact area. In areas with thin skin such as the face and neck, if exposed to gases or vapors, the skin will also become red and peeling.

Currently, there are many wrong ways of self-treatment by patients that lead to more serious illnesses such as applying leaves, soaking leaves, rubbing too much or using medicine of unknown origin, or borrowing someone else's prescription.

At that time, the skin condition does not improve but gets worse. To prevent skin diseases, people in flooded areas need to pay attention to clean environmental hygiene, ensure disinfection of hands, feet and body, use protective equipment such as boots and rubber gloves when in contact with dirty water sources to avoid contact with disease-causing factors.

If you have to wade through rainwater, you must clean it when you get home, dry your hands and feet, and dry your shoes before using them again.

When experiencing skin abnormalities, people need to find a dermatologist for early treatment. People need to change their habits during the rainy season, such as not wearing damp socks or damp shoes, which can cause inflammation of the skin caused by fungus and bacteria; they must have a habit of daily personal hygiene; they should not go to random doctors, but should go to the right doctor and get the right treatment.

Dr. Pham Thi Minh Phuong, Head of Examination Department, Central Dermatology Hospital

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