Signs of foot disease

Some other changes that often appear on the feet can also indicate some diseases such as heart disease, kidney, liver, or atherosclerosis such as diabetes .

For adults, heel pain is the most common disorder of the foot. Pain occurs when moving or doing everyday tasks.

The heel bone is the largest bone of the foot and is also the first part that touches the ground when we walk.

Heel pain is often seen in people over 40 years of age, who are very active. At this age, the elasticity of tendons and ligaments in the heel is reduced. Most cases of heel pain are natural. Physical therapy is also a good treatment method. Very few cases require surgery for heel pain.

If shoes are too tight, too high heels can swell the tissue around the big toe. The big toe, instead of straight ahead, curls toward the second toe. The tissue will grow over the protruding bone to protect the toe from displacement. Through rubbing against shoes, this tissue layer is getting thicker, more rugged, inflamed and causes pain. The shape of the foot also changes and does not fit into the shoe. Long time, the disease makes it difficult to walk without treatment.

Treatment does not reduce swelling, but it can avoid severe swelling and pain. It is possible to wear a special type of soft leather, a wide head to prevent the toes from squeezing, low heels to relieve pressure on the toes.

If the shoe is too tight, a nerve in the foot may be sandwiched between the third and fourth toes, squeezing the bones together. For a long time, that nerve reacted by creating a lump, causing pain. Pain felt all over the toes.

Tight shoes make a bottle, a skin area above or between two thick, hard toes, the toes pressed together or rubbed against the shoe. The big toe and the fifth toe are often bottles. Bottles also see in the heel.

Soak your feet in warm water until the bottle is soft, then use the private stone sold at the store to sharpen the bottle. Then bring the pad to reduce the pressure on the skin. If the bottle is too thick and causes pain and difficulty walking, you should go to a specialist for treatment.

Take care of your feet

People who wear shoes, not leather, sweaty feet, hot and mysterious create a good environment for pathogenic fungi. Ordinary fungi attack the feet of trichophyton . The foot is always itchy and uncomfortable with blisters, peeling skin, chapped, bad smell.

To limit this, it is necessary to change socks regularly. Do not wear a pair of shoes for several days in a row, so that the shoes dry off moisture. Do not go barefoot in public, to avoid spreading mushrooms to others if they also go barefoot.

For people who go barefoot, especially in humid places, have warts on the soles of the feet and are caused by a virus. The virus is in a humid place, like a swimming pool, people get it when walking barefoot. Usually warts on the skin in other places grow out, but in the foot grows deep inside, because the weight of the body presses on the foot. Therefore, the feeling of pain is stronger when standing.

Foot warts are quite difficult to treat.Salycilic acid creams can destroy warts. The doctor may also inject some medicine into the wart, freeze the acne with a nitrogen solution , or cut the warts with laser, minor surgery.

Signaling many dangerous diseases

If feet are not properly cared for, it will cause many problems as mentioned above. Moreover, some other changes that appear on the feet may also indicate some general diseases. Such as:

- Swelling of a foot may be due to deep venous thromboembolism or lymphatic obstruction.

- Swelling of the feet in heart, kidney and liver disease.

- Bilateral toes turn pale in Raynaud's disease because of a spasm or atherosclerosis.

- Pain in the feet when resting or raising, less pain when lowering in the final stage of arterial disease

- Painful feet with numbness due to diseases of peripheral nerves such as diabetes.

- Painful, hot and red toes and ankles in gout (gout) .

You can come to consult, treat the difficulties of the feet at the orthopedic surgeon, a medical doctor with additional specialized training in osteoarthritis - muscles. The doctor also examines leg bone diseases or podiatrists who are trained in disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention of foot diseases, can do surgery, make shoes. especially for patients.

The feet are small, but they are very useful for the body. They need good care to always be in good condition. Feet need space to breathe. They don't like being tight, pressed together in trendy brushed shoes but not comfortable for them. They also need to be washed every day, to wear clean, dry, clean socks, so that poisonous mushrooms do not disturb.

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