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2. Corn (pathology) - Wikipedia

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   Corns from an acute injury, such as from a thorn in the sole of the foot, may form due to the weight of the body, when the process that creates the usually evenly developing plantar callus is concentrated at the point of the healing injury, as an internal callus may be triggered by pressure on the transitional scar tissue. Once formed, the corn ...

3. Callus - Wikipedia

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   Callus formation is seen in high numbers of patients with diabetes, and together with absent foot pulses and formation of hammer toe, [12] [13] this may be an early sign of individuals at an increased risk for foot ulcers. [12] The stiffness of a callus or corn, coupled with the shear and pressure that caused it, may tear the capillaries or ...

4. Diseases of the foot - Wikipedia

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   Corns and calluses are very common and do not look pleasant. Corns and calluses generally need treatment only if they cause problems. For most people, the best treatment of corns and calluses is to eliminate the source of friction or pressure. [5] Ingrown toe nail is a disorder where the nail starts to grow into the soft fleshy area of the toe.

5. How to treat foot calluses, according to experts - AOL

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   Physical exfoliation: When looking to remove a callus quickly, many people reach for a physical exfoliator like a foot file or pumice stone. These work but it pays to be choosy and proceed with ...

6. Distraction osteogenesis - Wikipedia

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   Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is used in orthopedic surgery, and oral and maxillofacial surgery to repair skeletal deformities and in reconstructive surgery. [1] [2] [3] It was originally used to treat problems like unequal leg length, but since the 1980s is most commonly used to treat issues like hemifacial microsomia, micrognathism (chin so small it causes health problems), craniofrontonasal ...

7. Podiatry - Wikipedia

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   Podiatry (/ p oʊ ˈ d aɪ. ə t r i / poh-DY-ə-tree), or podiatric medicine and surgery (/ ˌ p oʊ d i ˈ æ t r ɪ k, p oʊ ˈ d aɪ. ə t r ɪ k / POH-dee-AT-rik, poh-DY-ə-trik), is a branch of medicine devoted to the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle and lower limb.