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There Is One Thing You Are Missing About Foot Care

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There Is One Thing You Are Missing About Foot Care
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Everyone should know how to take care of their feet. No one should be living on earth being left in the dark about how to take care of their feet. Most women go to the nail salon to get a pedicure. Do most people think about whether there is bacteria on the equipment used to care the feet? No, probably not. They are there to enjoy the ride. To enjoy the feet scrubs and the lotion getting rubbed on their legs. But are the tool really clean? If a person is enjoying a fabulous feet scrub, and glance over to see a speck of dirt on a tool, would they get up? These are questions that should be in a person's mind that goes to get a pedicure. Do not think that it being to caution. Feet fungal affections are easy to get but hard to get rid of. This article will let people know what the disadvantages are for not think care of their feet.

Feet are one of the most essential parts of the body. The feet are the base to the body. They hold a person’s body weight. Taking care of feet is important because they help us all get around. No one wants their feet to be amputated. No one wants to have to stay in a wheelchair for the rest of their life because of poor foot hygiene. If a person does not wash their feet, they are prone to have fungal infections. Athlete’s foot is one of the most known foot fungal infections. Fungus could be found in swimming pools, showers, school locker rooms, and walking on the ground outside. Not washing socks is another way to have bad foot hygiene. Great foot care is needed because feet allows us to stand, run, and walk, which is how we all get around. All the parts in the human body works together, one quarter of the bones throughout the body are in the feet. Severe foot fungal infection could result in amputation.

Cancer of the toenail is one of the most overlooked cancers in the world. Cancer of the toenail can come from poor foot care. Feet are often wet from sweat and when this wetness gets inside the nail it causes a lot of health problems. A person should even be cautious when going to a nail salon. They should make sure the equipment used to wash the feet are sterilized because if not they could be susceptible to fungal infections. Some medicines for the fungal infections are harmful to other part of the body. One of the oral antibiotics drug for fighting feet fungal infections is Lamisil. This oral capsules prescribed drug has side effects that cause patients to develop liver damages. If people have good foot hygiene, then none of these feet fungal infections would occur.

Taking of your feet is extremely important. No one wants to catch anything and risk a possible death. To avoid of all that just watch where you are walking.

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