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Wore the sneaks about an hour 2 days ago. would fugus spores be in shoes now?
6 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Depends: Are the shoes new, if so then no. The fungus needs to be transmitted into the shoes, can't get fungus from simply wearing the shoes. Think of areas you are barefoot and share with other people, such as showers at fitness clubs, pools. Find a good lysol with anti fungual and get in the habit of spraying your shoes out once/week.
Answered 5/18/2016
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Yes: It does not take spores long to populate an area.
Answered 9/2/2012
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Spray shoes: With lysol let dry over night. Wear socks with sneaks.
Answered 9/7/2012
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