Feet are the lowest part of body. They have hard functions such as carry the body weight and move our bodies to everywhere we want. Many problems may occur with foot such as corns, callousness, blister, heel pain, tinea, warts, odor or cracked heel. This article will help you to know how to take care yours feet and how to relief some feet problems.
Weekly care for feet
1. Soak your feet in warm water about 10-15 minutes at least once a week. It is helpful for blood circulation of feet, feet relaxation and decrease tenderness after long walking or running.
2. Cut the nails to suitable length, should be not too short because you may have a problem of ingrow toe.
3. For protection callousness (dead cell under the foot), you have to fine your feet especially, heel gently once a week.
4. Scrub your feet with foot products about 10-15 minutes. And mask or massage around with foot moisturizer.
One foot in each great ocean
Is a record stride or stretch.
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
5. Spray your feet with deo foot spray for protection the bad odour.
Foot Odour
At your foot, there are about 250,000 of sweat glands. Foot odour occurs from bacteria and sweat glands reaction. Especially, if you wear moist shoes or stuffy shoes that can not open to the air and evaporate the sweat. To avoid this problem you have to change your shoes for everyday, clean and expose to the sun. They can protect bacterial growth. If you have to wear the socks, they should be made from the nice materials that easy to ventilate the air. Foot powder or absorbent may be helpful for dry yours feet and absorb moisture. Foot spray is need for everyday if you still have the problem.
Foot Tinea
Foot tinea is a kind of fungus infection. Primary causes are moisture feet and walking with no shoe at the public places such as swimming pool. The signs and symptoms are heavy itchy around the foot and may have skin lesion together. To protect from Foot Tinea, you have to dry the foot after shower, change the socks or stocking everyday and clean the foot. To cure foot tinea, you have to consult the pharmacist or doctor. Normally, antifungal tablets and antifungal cream are the first choice for treatment guideline. But it takes long time for a treatment course of foot tinea. Moreover, you can use powder or absorbent together with course for fast healing and protection the recurrent.
Cracked Heels
Our poetry emulates the recent progress in military strategy: Our army’s strength is the foot soldiers.
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
Cracked heel causes from heavy body weight or hard walking and running for long time. It makes the owner of feet painful, difficult to movement and unpleasant looking. To heel the cracked is not difficult; apply the cracked heel cream on the affect area 2-3 times a day until it gets better. Normally, not more than 7 days if you used the quality cream. Lactic acid, Salicylic acid and urea are the active ingredients of cracked heel cream. Triclosan should be added in the cream for inhibit the bacterial infection.
How to buy a new pair of shoes
The best time for buying a pair of shoes is in the afternoon. Our feet will be longer than in the morning about 5-10 millimeters. The shoes should be suit to the feet size and nice feeling after walking. You have to should the new pair of shoes with yourself because the same size in different brand may be not equivalent and the feeling after wearing is not same in each pair of shoes.
Navivar Athi is a pharmacist. You can consult her at Health-Care. Her websites include: Automotive and Business.