Outdoors men and physically active people have a lot of experience with athlete’s foot,  but it’s certainly not a fun experience.  Something to remember is that if you treat it right away and make sure to finish your treatment then athlete’s foot will be at most a minor annoyance. 

But you need to understand that if you stop treatment as soon as your symptoms vanish, then the athlete’s foot will come back and over time it will get harder and harder to get rid of the athlete’s foot.  Plus you run the risk of developing a more dangerous condition called severe athlete’s foot. 

My partner developed this condition last summer and let me tell you it can get a little scary, and you can quite quickly find yourself in the hospital being treated with some pretty strong and expensive drugs.  My partner ended up with a four thousand dollar hospital bill and he only needed out-patient care, although he was close to being admitted.  Luckily treatment was started quickly and he recovered fairly quickly although he did lose a month of work which in this economy is pretty hard on a person.  Because of this I think that anyone having any type of problem with athlete’s foot should read this article on why athlete’s foot shouldn’t be ignored.