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Warm water immersion foot is a skin condition of the feet that results after exposure to warm, wet conditions for 48 hours or more and is characterized by maceration ("pruning"), blanching, and wrinkling of the soles, padding of toes (especially the big toe) and padding of the sides of the feet. Foot maceration occur whenever exposed for ...
Pitted keratolysis (also known as keratolysis plantare sulcatum, [ 1] keratoma plantare sulcatum, [ 1] and ringed keratolysis[ 1]) is a bacterial skin infection of the foot. [ 2] The infection is characterized by craterlike pits on the sole of the feet and toes, particularly weight bearing areas. The infection is caused by Kytococcus ...
Burning feet syndrome, also known as Grierson-Gopalan syndrome, is a medical condition that causes severe burning and aching of the feet, hyperesthesia, and vasomotor changes of the feet that lead to excessive sweating. It can even affect the eyes, causing scotoma and amblyopia. The condition occurs more frequently in women, and usually ...
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]
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]
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 ...
Wet feet, dry feet policy. The wet feet, dry feet policy or wet foot, dry foot policy was the name given to a former interpretation of the 1995 revision of the application of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 that essentially says that anyone who emigrated from Cuba and entered the United States would be allowed to pursue residency a year later.
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.