When inside public shower rooms and locker rooms, make sure that you are wearing sandals to protect your feet. Going barefoot will only make your feet vulnerable to fungus that may be lounging in the surrounding areas. Fungi just love warm and wet floors so make sure that you do not give them the opportunity to latch on to your feet when you step on them. This is because shoes causes the feet to perspire, a suitable environment which the fungus needs to breed and multiply. A good way of preventing such an infection is by choosing the type of shoes that you wear. Consider using light and airy footwear to make sure that your feet is always properly ventilated and prevent excessive perspiration. Walking barefoot can cause so much trouble for you in terms of contracting all kinds of fungi and bacteria. Athlete's foot will often cause itchiness in the toes particularly in the creases in between the toes. There will also be a lot of redness and scaling in the affected areas. When not treated, the infection can lead to blisters on the skin and yellowed toenails. Redness and scaling on the sole part of the feet can also be counted as a symptom although it is not such a strong symptom. Rashes always signal some irregularities so rashes in the feet area is something you should give attention to. Athlete s Foot looks really gross. It is very yucky because it usually damp and scaly that it makes anyone with the disease very uncomfortable. People who suffer from chronic interdigital athlete s foot experience heavy scaling, fissures, and maceration usually in the 4th and 5th toe webs while the moccasin type is characterized by the presence of dry, silvery, and very fine scaly skin on the sole. The acute vesicular, on the other hand, shows abrupt onset of painful blisters that can spread to different areas of the body such as arms, chest, and sides of the fingers. Of course, itchiness can also reach the backs of the feet as well as the skins of the toes. The infection may also cause redness in the affected areas. The skin will often crack and when not treated, may result in blisters. In some cases, the toe nails may develop a yellowish color. Athlete's foot as mentioned before, is a fungal infection caused by the organism tinea pedis.