The health of the feet beyond the calluses

The diseases that influence our feet and that force us to visit the podiatrist with some frequency go beyond the Juane and the calluses. “For example, a poorly healed ampul in a person with diabetes can end in an amputation,” warns the president of the official Podiaters College of the Valencian Community (ICOPCV), Pilar Nieto. Foot Health Specialists assess some of the most common pathologies and those to be paid attention.

The Retroniquia – a kind of incarnated nail – is one of the most common pathologies among adolescents for the use and “abuse” of sports shoes with a robust sole and considerable platform. «Visually we can see that the birth of the nail is red or inflamed. On some occasions, the affected surface of liquid has risen and is usually very annoying. Usually this change in the nail comes from repeated microtrauma in the matrix area. Now it is important to make a differential diagnosis with a fungal or frank infection or some tumors that can also occur with a chronic inflammation of the proximal edge of the nail, ”says the Valencian podiatrist

The treatment to cure a retroquinie can vary from the disinfection of the area and a spontaneous healing to the need to use antibiotics by eliminating an infection or even the nail. “The relationship of this pathology is closely linked to the use of hard footwear in the toe, heavy and too robust and although many young people think that” scab is not with pleasure, “the podiatrists do not recommend using these types of sports such as usual shoes,” the specialists agree.

Although it only affects people who suffer from diabetes, it is a disease that is “serious” if there is no good order, they are on the College of Podiators of Asturia. It is not surprising that 4 out of 10 people who are affected by this pathology must submit to an amputation of the foot. “In a diabeticum, a simple wound or friction can quickly take them to an ulcer and from there to an amputation, so it is very important that they have a strict control over their pathology and risk factors, in addition to maintaining hygiene and taking care of their very exhausting feet,” Pilar -not adds. In any case, experts advise the general population to always pay attention to any change in nail coloring or skin disaps.

If you go every time you go, you have to stand every few meters because it remarks a very intense legs (especially in the calves), the suffering that is popularly known as ‘showcase syndrome’, a pathology that causes the narrowing and obstruction of blood vessels and producing a lot of pain. “This disease is not nonsense and we are often the podiatrs that diagnose it,” says the ICOPCV presenter.

This pathology affects a high percentage of the population, especially men older than 65, with cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension or hypercholesterolemia. Experts advise that when the pain starts, these three to five minutes of rest before the Machar is resumed to improve the arrival of blood to the muscles. You must also avoid leg compression stockings and increase the part of the bed head of the bed to increase blood circulation.

The shoes of your brother inherit or older cousins ​​is a usual practice in almost all houses. However, podologists warn of the problems that this shoes can cause in the child’s foot; From sanding to fungi and in the most serious cases, generating pathologies derived from poor support or the change of their way of walking.

«The biggest problem is that it often seems to us that a shoe is new and in reality it is not. Although minimal, the interior template may have been adapted to the foot of the first child it used, which will influence the next one that inherits the shoes. The little ones often notice discomfort, but they say nothing and change the position of their foot duralectual. Sometimes they rimming the friction and others reduce the fingers because the shoe is small. All this influences its Mars and the correct development of the locomotor device, “Pilar Nieto argues.

If the footwear that is inherited is only used three or four times, it is advisable to confirm that it has no malformations, folds in the inte or any form of wear in the toe or the heel. It is also important to change the interor template. Another recommendation: from zero to three years, podiatrists advise to revise the child’s foot size every two weeks.