Foot Health Advice ? Tired All The Time?

by Allan Tan

Foot health advice can provide information to help people prevent, identify, or treat foot health problems. Buying shoes, routine foot care, foot health problem signs and symptoms, and advice for diabetic patients are examples of topics that are often covered by foot health advice.

Foot health advice regarding footwear may focus on avoiding foot problems that can be caused by footwear. Bunions are a common example of one of the foot health problems that can be caused by ill-fitting shoes.

Shoes that are too tight or too narrow can alter the alignment of the bones of the foot. The pushing of the bones along the outside of the ball of the foot can form bunions. Shoes that do not fit well can also cause blisters and corns.

Regular foot washing helps foot health by removing bacteria, cleaning off dirt, and preparing the feet for the most effective moisturizing. Every part of the foot, including the areas between the toes, needs to be dried thoroughly after washing.

Moisturizer applied to the feet after bathing can help lock in moisture and prevent dry skin or treat existing dry skin. Moisturizer and foot creams should never be applied between the toes.

Care should be taken when trimming toenails. If the toenails are cut too short, especially on the sides, the toenail can cut into the skin as it grows. This is known as an ingrown toenail.

To treat an ingrown toenail, the person should place a thin, small piece of sterile gauze between the toenail and the skin. This gauze needs to be replaced with clean, sterile gauze at least once a day. If a person with diabetes develops an ingrown toenail, the diabetic patient should seek medical treatment.

People with diabetes have special foot concerns since diabetes can cause complications, such as nerve damage and damage to the circulatory system, that may cause foot health problems. A person with diabetes may not feel an injury to the foot which could go undetected and become infected.

People who are diabetic have the risk of infection from foot injuries which can lead to a need for amputation. People with diabetes should inspect their feet every day and receive prompt medical treatment for any foot problems.

About the Author:

Please pay lots of attention to your diabetic foot care if you are having problems. And please seek any podiatrist for help if you have any foot problems. We have a free forum full of podiatrists, that give free foot health advice.

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Source: http://tired-all-the-time.healersalliance.org/2012/12/foot-health-advice/

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