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6. Bleeding Feet
The technical name for ringworm is tinea and the type of ringworm can be denoted with a word to identify the area being affected. For instance, ringworm is actually responsible for athlete’s foot, which is known as ‘tinea pedis’.
Symptoms of athlete’s foot include itching, discomfort and eventually bleeding and flaking around the toes and particularly in between them. This is common as the moist, dark and warm environment that your shoes present can provide the perfect habitat for the fungi that causes tinea.
It is important to make sure you dry your feet thoroughly following swimming and to give them time to breathe out of your shoes in general.