Take Foot Care Seriously!
- Your two feet may be different sizes. Buy shoes for the larger one.
- About 5% of Americans have toenail problems in a given year.
- About 60-70& of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of diabetic nerve damage, which in severe forms, can lead to lower limb amputations. Approximately 56,000 people a year lose their foot or leg to diabetes.
- There are 250,000 sweat glands in a pair of feet. Sweat glands in the feet excrete as much as a half-pint of moisture in a day.
- Walking barefoot can cause plantar warts. The virus enters through a cut.
- The average person takes 8,000-10,000 steps a day, which adds up to about 114,000 miles over a lifetime. That’s enough to go around the circumference of the earth four times.
- A pedicure is a wonderful thing. Make sure the shop you go to practices good sanitizing procedures. For many older clients, it is best to have a nurse who is skilled at foot care provide that service.
- You can make your own foot care lotion with an unscented, pure lotion (no petroleum ingredients, please) and oil of peppermint.
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