Best way to heal my feet?

Question:

I went outside without shoes on and I ran down to our mailbox and back up to our house and when I got inside, I couldn't walk anymore and I sat down and the top of my feet and the bottom of my toes are all covered in blisters... Well I really need to heal FAST because I start school soon and I'll be doing P.E. and stuff so does anyone know a way to make these blisters go away?
Do I have to pop them?

Answers:
They are not blisters from mechanical irritation. Running down to the mailbox really has nothing to do with it except your feet got dirty and the bumps were more visible to you. The small weeping or closed bumps are a form of a fungal infection. Clotrimazole (Lotrimin) or terbinafine HCl (Lamisil) will kill it. These are over the counter preps you can buy at a local pharmacy.

Better foot hygiene will help too removing layers of dead skin that the fungus can multiply in easier. Wash your feet using soap and a washcloth. Change your socks twice daily would help too. Moisture and heat makes this type of fungus grow real well. A spraying of Lysol in your shoes wouldn't hurt either.

From fungus the blisters are multiple and fairly small. They cover many surfaces especially between the toes and sides of the heal. From mechanical irritation, they will be found only in areas where the toes and foot rub against a shoe or another toe and are usually larger and only a few in number. These will heal themselves but if they break open usually a little triple antibiotic ointment on a bandaid does nicely. The bandaid also helps to protect the open skin from more mechanical irritation until it heals on it's own... usually 7 - 10 days.

Poison ivy would itch terribly. Fungal infections can also be itchy but it would be so itchy with poison ivy/oak you wouldn't be able to tolerate it.especialy with shoes on again.

Soak your feet in tepid water everyday and apply Neosporin or some kind of antifungal lotion for the feet!

At first I thought you'd burned your feet on a very hot pavement, but you say these blisters are also on top of your feet. Could indeed be a fungal infection that you had before but didn't notice as the previous answerer suggested, but since you say it's pretty bad suddenly I'm more inclined to think it could be a reaction to some plant; poison ivy or nettles or something less aggressive that you just happen to be allergic to. Did you walk just on the driveway or did you walk through the bushes/grass/leaves? Do you ever walk the same place barefoot without problems? Go look (more carefully!) what kind of plants are growing where you walked; look for the typical 'leaves of three' to identify poison ivy (see source).

If it's this kind of rash/blistering, you may go to the store and get some over-the-counter ointment to use, it'll help it go away quicker. How long it takes really depends on your sensitivity to the plant.

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