A pair of feet can take us anywhere we want, but because they are farthest from the heart, they are often the most easily overlooked. In fact, many disease signals are hidden in the feet.
1 foot swelling
If most people sit for a long time and stand, they are prone to foot swelling. If it is a long-term foot swelling, they must pay attention. Problems with organs such as the heart, liver, and kidneys can all cause edema. This type of edema usually results in small depressions on the skin after compression, while there is another type of edema. If there are no depressions after compression, it may be caused by factors such as taking antihypertensive drugs, gout, and varicose veins.
Countermeasure: If you have a history of heart disease in the past and now have foot swelling accompanied by symptoms such as chest tightness and post activity asthma, you should consider cardiac edema and seek medical attention at the hospital, otherwise serious consequences may occur.
If there is a history of schistosomiasis, hepatitis, or alcoholic liver disease that has reached the level of liver fibrosis, foot swelling should also be taken seriously, as there is a possibility of abdominal distension and ascites, so it is necessary to seek medical attention in a timely manner.
If foot swelling is combined with early morning eyelid or facial edema, and foam urine is found when urinating, it is considered to be nephrotic edema, and timely diagnosis and treatment should also be made.
Two leg cramps
Most people have experienced foot cramps during sleep at night, which can be caused by factors such as calcium deficiency, potassium deficiency, excessive fatigue, exposure to cold, poor sleeping posture, and blood flow obstruction (such as varicose veins or arteriosclerosis in the legs).
Countermeasure: Soak your feet in warm water for 15 minutes before bedtime to promote blood circulation. When soaking your feet, stretch your toes towards your nose; Pay attention to keeping your calves warm and avoid direct cold air blowing on your legs; Maintain a relaxed and good sleeping position.
Pay attention to balanced nutrition in diet, eat more foods rich in calcium and vitamin D, such as milk, dried small fish, seaweed, soy products, etc., supplement potassium appropriately, and eat more potatoes, bananas, etc.
3 feet cold
Cold hands and feet indicate a low metabolic level in the body. Fear of cold is closely related to blood circulation. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, conditions such as insufficient qi and blood, and yang deficiency can affect the circulation of blood. Poor peripheral blood circulation can cause cold hands and feet.
Countermeasure: Soak your feet in warm water or blow them with a hair dryer before going to bed. Wait until your feet are warm before going to bed. Ensure at least half an hour of brisk walking every day and supplement with nutritious warm foods such as lamb, dog meat, red dates, etc. Avoid eating raw and cold foods, ice products, or drinking cold drinks
4 calluses on the soles of the feet
A normal lumbar spine has a normal physiological curvature. If calluses grow on the forefoot, it indicates that your center of gravity has shifted. The lumbar spine may be beyond a normal range.
Countermeasure: In cases where lumbar muscle strain and lumbar disc herniation are not very severe, auxiliary treatment can be carried out at home by using hot compress and wearing waist protection. However, it should be noted that the duration of each hot compress should not exceed 30 minutes.
5 Foot Pain
If the foot pain cannot be cured, then be careful. This is the main manifestation of diabetes. Elevated blood sugar levels can cause damage to the nerves in the feet, manifested as scratches, cuts, or irritation caused by pressure or accidental friction. Other manifestations of diabetes include frequent thirst, frequent urination, fatigue, blurred vision, hunger or weight loss.
Countermeasures: Get a diabetes test right away.
Sudden enlargement of big toe 6
It may be gout, which is a type of arthritis usually caused by excessive uric acid. Uric acid is usually present in the body parts with lower body temperature, and the coolest place in the whole body is undoubtedly the big toe, which is farthest from the heart. Men aged 40-50 and postmenopausal women are more susceptible to gout.
Countermeasure: If you find that your uric acid is too high, drink at least 2000 milliliters of water per day to increase urine output, and try to excrete excess uric acid as much as possible. Increase the amount appropriately in summer; Eating more alkaline foods, such as vegetables, milk, fruits, rice and flour, can increase the body's alkaline reserves and help reduce uric acid. Especially in summer, you can boil corn silk and corn cob leaves in water before drinking, which has the best effect on reducing uric acid.
Eat less purine rich foods such as animal organs, seafood, meat, tofu, etc; Eat less hotpot. Eating hotpot once can increase purine intake by 10 times, or even dozens of times, compared to a regular meal
7 cracked heels
The skin at the heel is already thick, with insufficient elasticity and poor shrinkage, making it more prone to cracking symptoms. Lack of vitamins A and E can lead to heel cracking, and skin diseases such as eczema, athlete's foot, and tinea pedis can also cause symptoms of cracked foot skin. If left untreated, the skin on the feet will further deteriorate, leading to whitening of the skin between the corns or toes, and infection and suppuration. Therefore, one must not underestimate the dryness of the skin on the feet.
Countermeasure: Soak your feet in leftover tea, wipe them dry, and apply foot cream or a thick hand cream for one week. The skin on your feet will become smoother, more delicate, and elastic, and the symptoms of cracking will disappear.
8 feet and toes are hairless
Poor circulation is usually caused by vascular disease. Due to arteriosclerosis, the heart is unable to supply enough blood to the feet, resulting in this phenomenon. Insufficient blood supply can also cause people to be unable to feel the pulse of their feet. When standing, the feet may be bright red or slightly black; When rising, the feet will immediately turn pale.
Countermeasure: In order to prevent and alleviate arteriosclerosis, 15g of Danshen, Yuzhu, and Hawthorn can be taken and boiled as a tea drink.