8 signs in your feet that warn you of your health

Some symptoms in the legs can be warning signs of physical diseases, some of which are more dangerous and the body needs to send an early warning signal.

Some foot symptoms can be warning signs of disease because the body sends early warning signals.

1. Foot wounds are hard to heal

Wounds that don't heal can be a serious problem.

Non-healing skin wounds are often metabolic related, possibly a problem with the pancreas. For example, insulin resistance, high blood sugar, and diabetes can prevent wounds on the feet from healing.

Small wounds on normal feet can heal in 3 to 5 days, while non-healing wounds are in 1 week, even 2 weeks, and the wound is still exuding, so you should pay attention to get it checked. early medical examination.

2. Often cold feet

Cold feet are related to circulation. When the blood circulation is not good, it will not be possible to control the temperature of the limbs well, which also makes the feet cold. Women are especially susceptible to this problem.

In addition, the body's metabolism is not good, especially those with poor liver metabolism are easy to get cold hands and feet.

3. Toes suddenly get bigger

Sudden enlargement of toes is often related to many factors.

When infected with bacteria and inflammation, such as paronychia (inflammation around the nail), the toes will be red and swollen, accompanied by heat and pain. Gout can also cause swelling of the toe joints.

Toenails can also become thickened and enlarged due to a fungal infection, leading to onychomycosis and larger toe symptoms. Another common possibility is due to frequent rubbing causes the skin of the feet to thicken, calluses, and then calluses. If it is true that bacterial infection or long-term friction, the big toe caused by them occurs on one or several individual toes.

However, if the 5 toes or toes on both feet are thick and larger, shaped like a pestle, beware, this could be a lung injury, or even cancer. Poor functioning lungs create a lot of pressure, when this pressure is transmitted to the extremities can cause fingers or toes to enlarge.

Sudden enlargement of toes can be caused by inflammation around the nail, nail fungus, warts.

4. Frequent foot cramps

Leg cramps usually appear in the middle of the night. When you are sleeping in a cold room, using an air conditioner or an electric fan, you may experience cramps when you stick your feet out of the warm blanket. Women are often more prone to cramps.

Tight, tight muscles can cause leg cramps. Vasculitis in the blood vessels deep in the body or constriction of the blood vessels can also cause very painful cramps.

Leg cramps in most people can also be related to an electrolyte imbalance in the body. People with potassium and calcium ion imbalances are more likely to experience leg cramps.

In general, patients with chronic kidney disease and diabetes often experience leg cramps.

To deal with this problem, you first need to find out what is causing the cramps. You can go to the hospital to have your blood drawn to see if you have an imbalance or electrolyte deficiency. At this time, it can be supplemented by taking medicine or eating specific foods.

If the cramps are caused by poor circulation and cold feet, you should take extra measures to keep warm. Doing this can help improve cramping.

• 5 simple ways to prevent nocturnal cramps

5. Leg numbness

Leg numbness is a condition in which the conduction nerve is affected.

Sitting on the toilet or resting your feet for too long, even staying in one position for too long, can cause poor blood circulation and affect nerves.

And some people, the spine is not good, doing certain movements that press on the nerve will feel numb in the legs. A herniated disc can also compress a nerve, causing numbness in the foot.

6. Heel pain

There are many reasons for heel pain, and several tests are needed to make a final diagnosis.

You can go to the orthopedic department to check for heel spurs, or go to the rehabilitation department to check for plantar fasciitis. Even see a dermatologist to see if it's cracked skin due to thickening, or heel pain caused by thick calluses from long-term foot friction.

7. Itching and peeling feet

Itchy feet, flaky skin, can be caused by foot fungus.

When many people see itchy and flaky feet (scaly skin), the first thing they think of is tinea pedis (Tinea Pedis), also known as strabismus.

Tinea capitis can be divided into 3 types. The obvious characteristic of this foot flaking belongs to keratosis pilaris. It can occur on the heel, or in the forefoot area, but is not very itchy.

Two other forms of tinea pedis are blisters and itchy patches. These patients often develop erosions and even blisters between the toes of the feet. At this point, the itchy feet will be more obvious, many people will want to rub it.

The second cause of itchy feet is ringworm in the feet.

In the summer, many people with itchy feet think they have tinea pedis, but when they go to a dermatologist, they find out that it is dyshidrosis. Eczema is an acute flare-up of chronic eczema. It can cause blisters on the feet, but blisters are located on the posterior third or even the back two thirds of the foot, and can also appear on both sides of the foot, sometimes with blistering symptoms. exfoliate.

It's usually not easy to tell if you have foot herpes or tinea versicolor or ringworm, so it's best to have it diagnosed by a dermatologist. 

8. Yellow toenails

There are many reasons why toenails turn yellow.

People's liver or kidney function is not good, metabolism has problems, which can cause toenails to turn yellow.

Yellow toenails can also be caused by a mold infection. Some people's toenails have been rubbed for a long time, or like nail polish, which can cause the nails to thicken and turn yellow.