When you consider the number of people in the world who itch between their toes when they have athlete's foot (or tinea) it's surprising there has never been a massive outbreak of athlete's hand. How is it that the fungi that so delights to sit between the toes doesn't transmit to the fingers?
Certainly it would be easier to itch athlete's hand, since the fingers are a lot more accessible to most people than their toes. But it probably wouldn't be anymore socially acceptable...
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Simple answer - airflow. Fungi like moist dark places, so it survives longer in betweeen toes.
Thanks for that. Good to see that people are still reading this slightly tongue-in-cheek post four years after it was written1
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