Sweaty feet are not an incurable disease, but they are bad for those affected and for those around them. It is an old wives' tale when it is still claimed today that sweaty feet should not be driven away, as otherwise secondary health damage can be expected. The answer is that people with healthy, dry feet are no less healthy than those with sweaty feet.
Causes of sweaty feet
If people want to sweat, they don't necessarily need the skin valves on their feet, but rather have sweat pores on the entire body surface.
In addition, sweaty feet are not innate, but rather acquired. They are mostly caused by poorly ventilated footwear, especially in rubber boots, shoes with rubber soles and in excessively warm rooms.
Too warm stockings and too little change of stocking contribute as much as too little light, air and sun on the feet.
The sweaty foot, which often has sore and perforated skin on the soles of the feet and between the toes, is particularly prone to athlete's foot.
In winter there is an increased risk of colds due to damp feet. What can be done practically to eliminate the sweaty foot so that the skin reacts normally and healthily again?
treatment
- Wear light, air-permeable footwear, if possible no rubber boots and rubber soles. Daily change of shoes and socks. Wear sandals or walk barefoot in summer if possible.
- Wash your feet with cold water and soap in the morning and in the evening and rub with rubbing alcohol. Use deodorizing foot spray.
- As far as possible, expose your feet to the air and the sun without clothing, the foot must be able to breathe. In summer, if possible, by the sea or in streams, otherwise treading water in the bathtub filled with cold water. The water should go up to about halfway through your calf. Raise your knees so that your feet are out of the water, and then walk on the spot. Duration a few minutes. You mustn't freeze while doing it.
- A simple but proven remedy is recommended as a therapeutic agent with a quick effect: daily take a lukewarm foot bath with the addition of acetic acid clay (2 tablespoons to 1 liter of water). Bathe your feet for 10 minutes and then let them air dry, do not dry off. For 14 days, then a week off and the same again for 14 days. After that, in most cases you will enjoy healthy, dry feet.
- In very difficult cases, formalin alcohol, which you brush on your feet twice a day, always helps. This agent tans the skin and preserves it. But this is only used if acetic acid clay does not lead to complete success.
Of course, you have to take precautionary measures for the future and not fall into the old triggering errors. Always remember: dry feet are better off; it is also more pleasant and healthier.
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