Keep your feet healthy and comfortable by learning to
recognize common foot problems and how to avoid them. You don't have to
sacrifice style for comfort, you can have both! Wearing the best shoes with the right
fit for the right occasion could help alleviate some of the common problems
below.
How can you help avoid Bunions?
A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe
caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin. A bunion can be very
painful due to pressure or arthritis, and may also lead to corns. Wearing roomy
shoes may help as well as custom shoe inserts, pain relievers or surgery.
How
can you help avoid corns and calluses?
Great fitting shoes and medicated pads can help
relieve a corn; calluses can be trimmed or surgically corrected. Corns are a
hardened area of the skin on the foot (or hand) caused by repeated friction,
wear or use. Calluses may appear anywhere there's friction. On the foot, both
may be caused by ill-fitting shoes and will fade when there is no more
friction.
What is Athlete's
foot?
Athlete's foot is a fungal infection of the skin that
is caused by fungi in the genus Trichophyton and is typically transmitted by
direct contact in moist areas where people walk barefoot such as locker rooms,
or near pools, showers or bathhouses. The fungi can then grow in shoes,
especially tight ones without air circulation. Athlete's foot is usually
treated with topical antifungal lotions or for more severe cases oral
medications.
What
is Gout?
Gout can occur in the foot, ankle, or knees. A form
of arthritis is caused by too much uric acid in the body, which can form hard
crystals in joints. Gout is characterized by sudden pain, redness, swelling,
and stiffness, usually in the large joint of the big toe. Lasting for
days or weeks gout attacks may be treated with anti-inflammatory medication, or
diet changes that that help break down uric acid in the body.
You've got 'Stinky Feet' if -
- You clear the room when you take off your shoes
- When you take off your shoes you leave a puddle on the floor
- Your feet stink even to you
- The dog won't play with your shoes
- Your dog goes on your shoes
- Your mate puts your shoes on the porch
- Your socks stand up all by themselves
- When you visit a friend’s house, they insist that you only leave
your shoes on
- You try to justify the 'manly' odor reeking from your feet
- When visitors come over they always ask ‘where’s the kitty?’
and you don't have a cat
What causes foot odor?
The main cause is foot sweat. Sweat itself is odorless, but it creates a
perfect environment for certain bacteria to grow and produce bad-smelling
substances. Foot odor is also the result of wearing shoes and/or socks for many
hours with inadequate air ventilation. Since human feet are densely covered
with sweat glands, perspiration of the feet can combine with surface bacteria
to produce odor.
How to avoid foot odor
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