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There are also a number of other conditions that affect hands, feet, and parts of the face with associated skin color changes that need to be differentiated from acrocyanosis: Raynaud phenomenon, pernio, acrorygosis, erythromelalgia, and blue finger syndrome. The diagnosis may be challenging in some cases, especially when these syndromes co-exist.
Diabetic foot ulcer is a breakdown of the skin and sometimes deeper tissues of the foot that leads to sore formation. It may occur due to a variety of mechanisms. It is thought to occur due to abnormal pressure or mechanical stress chronically applied to the foot, usually with concomitant predisposing conditions such as peripheral sensory neuropathy, peripheral motor neuropathy, autonomic ...
Trench foot, also known by other names, is a type of foot damage due to moisture. [ 1] Initial symptoms often include tingling or itching which can progress to numbness. [ 1][ 2] The feet may become red or bluish in color. [ 1] As the condition worsens the feet can start to swell and smell of decay. [ 1]
Athlete's foot, known medically as tinea pedis, is a common skin infection of the feet caused by a fungus. [ 2] Signs and symptoms often include itching, scaling, cracking and redness. [ 3] In rare cases the skin may blister. [ 6] Athlete's foot fungus may infect any part of the foot, but most often grows between the toes. [ 3]
Diagnosis. A plantar wart is a small lesion that appears on the surface of the skin and typically resembles a cauliflower, with tiny black petechiae (tiny hemorrhages under the skin) in the center. Pinpoint bleeding may occur when these are scratched. Plantar warts occur on the soles of feet and toes.
Young adults are getting cold feet about their highly anticipated $84 trillion wealth transfer. Chloe Berger. May 16, 2024 at 2:15 PM. Richard Drury—Getty Images. Objects in the mirror are ...
A patient recovering from surgery to treat foot drop, with limited plantar and dorsiflexion.. Foot drop is a gait abnormality in which the dropping of the forefoot happens due to weakness, irritation or damage to the deep fibular nerve (deep peroneal), including the sciatic nerve, or paralysis of the muscles in the anterior portion of the lower leg.
Foot binding. Foot binding ( simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú ), or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known as lotus feet and the shoes made for them were known as lotus shoes.